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19th Century Timeline
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1. Gunfight at the O.K. Corral. Sitting Bull surrenders.
1881
1806-1812
1868
1844
2. Tsar Alexander II is assassinated
1881
1895
1801
1871
3. Indian famine begins.
1830
1862
1881
1899
4. Upper and Lower Canada are merged into the Province of Canada
1804
1840
1806-1812
1877
5. SpanishInquisition officially ends.
1858
1834
1804
1898
6. First section of the London Underground opens.
1866
1802
1863
1881
7. First electric motor built.
1885
1804
1876
1829
8. Taiping Rebellion is the bloodiest conflict of the century - leading to the deaths of 20 million people.
1829
1831
1801
1850
9. Formation of theInternational Red Cross is followed by the adoption of theFirst Geneva Convention in 1864.
1898
1851
1863
1881
10. Egyptian
1804
1810
1897
1831
11. The German Customs Union is formed.
1879
1826
1815
1834
12. World population reaches 1 billion.
1873
1804
1835
1831
13. The feudal system is dismantled in Japan.
1813
1820
1858
1871
14. Telegraphy patented.
1848
1837
1863
1871
15. The United States more than doubles in size when it buys out France's territorial claims in North America via the Louisiana Purchase. This begins the U.S.'s westward expansion to the Pacific referred to as its Manifest Destiny which involves annexing
1829
1830
1803
1820
16. July Revolution in France.
1830
1834
1884
1837
17. Beethoven performs his Fifth Symphony
1853
1845
1830
1808
18. Jack the Ripper murders occur in Whitechapel - London
1888
1861
1810
1866
19. Anglo-Zulu War in South Africa.
1879
1884
1883
1877
20. Thomas Jefferson elected President of the United States by the United States House of Representatives - following a tie in the Electoral College (United States)
1872
1839
1801
1885
21. French gain first foothold in Southeast Asia
1803
1875
1862
1815
22. Basketball is invented.
1897
1868
1803
1892
23. Invention of the phonautograph - the first true device for recording sound.
1894
1850
1858
1801
24. Dmitri Mendeleev created the Periodic table
1810
1857
1869
1862
25. The quagga is rendered extinct.
1883
1851
1817
1813
26. British defeat French at the Second Battle of Abukir
1801
1871
1858
1881
27. The Grito de Dolores begins the Mexican War ofIndependence.
1869
1876
1825
1810
28. Chilean Civil War.
1831
1833
1891
1876
29. Cairo falls to the British.
1863
1801
1882
1898
30. Imam Shamil's rebellion in Russian-occupied Caucasus.
1883
1898
1834
1806
31. Premiere of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony.
1893
1824
1892
1879
32. The Cisplatine War results in the independence of Uruguay.
1874
1825
1837
1897
33. Mirza Ghulam Ahmad establishes the Ahmadi Muslim Community.
1889
1822
1806
1823
34. Napoleon decisively defeats an Austrian-Russian army at the Battle of Austerlitz.
1813
1852
1826
1805
35. The Bront
1853
1892
1897
1847
36. The Principality of Serbia passes a Constitution which defines its independence from the Ottoman Empire.International recognition followed in 1878.
1867
1820
1894
1891
37. The Trumpet gets valves.
1805
1834
1810
1846
38. Formation of theInternational Red Cross is followed by the adoption of theFirst Geneva Convention in 1864.
1837
1894
1877
1863
39. Liberia founded by the American Colonization Society for freed American slaves.
1822
1820
1831
1844
40. Frederick Douglass delivers his speech 'The Meaning of July Fourth for the Negro' in Rochester - New York.
1868
1852
1845
1826
41. The World's Columbian Exposition was held in Chicago celebrating the 400th anniversary of Christopher Columbus's arrival in the New World.
1837
1892
1854
1815
42. Maxwell's A Treatise on Electricity and Magnetism published.
1866
1851
1873
1821
43. Independence of Argentina
1816
1894
1850
1821
44. The Communist Manifesto published.
1815
1805
1848
1805
45. Mormon migration to Utah.
1846
1830
1863
1862
46. Richard Wagner's Ring Cycle is first performed in its entirety.
1890
1876
1894
1837
47. Britain declares the Slave Trade illegal.
1807
1801
1808
1839
48. Greco-Turkish War.
1804-1813
1897
1861
1831
49. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's Faust premieres.
1829
1853
1850
1808
50. Gojong - or Emperor Gwangmu - proclaims the short-lived Korean Empire - lasts until 1910.
1842
1897
1820
1864