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19th Century Timeline
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1. Fingerprinting is officially adopted for the first time
1898
1892
1889
1866
2. The Caste War of Yucat
1843
1847
1845
1836
3. Battle of the Little Bighorn leads to the death of General Custer and victory for the alliance of Lakota - Cheyenne and Arapaho
1897
1819
1876
1885
4. Aspirin patented.
1891
1889
1824
1877
5. Formation of theInternational Red Cross is followed by the adoption of theFirst Geneva Convention in 1864.
1863
1876
1812
1866
6. Imam Shamil's rebellion in Russian-occupied Caucasus.
1849
1834
1895
1844
7. The Wounded Knee Massacre was the last battle in the AmericanIndian Wars. This event represents the end of the American Old West.
1859
1843
1890
1816
8. Principality of Serbia becomes suzerain from the Ottoman Empire. Officially independent in 1867.
1837
1817
1845
1851
9. First Seminole War begins in Florida.
1892
1821
1817
1814
10. Fulani Jihad in Nigeria.
1819
1804
1805
1801
11. 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
1806
1803
1865
1816
12. Prince Pedro of Portugal proclaimed the Brazilian independence on September 7. On December 1 - he was crowned as Emperor Dom Pedro I of Brazil.
1863
1812
1896
1822
13. End of the Brazilian Empire and the beginning of the Brazilian Republic
1815
1843
1831
1889
14. The Communist Manifesto published.
1804
1848
1865
1856
15. Italy annexes Eritrea.
1821
1829
1817
1890
16. California Gold Rush
1848
1876
1897
1831
17. The Home Rule Movement is established in Ireland.
1874
1825
1876
1831
18. Mexico gains independence from Spain with the Treaty of C
1804
1876
1821
1895
19. The cardboard box is invented.
1813
1881
1890
1876
20. Battle of Balaclava and the Charge of the Light Brigade.
1898
1868
1864
1854
21. Famine in Persia is believed to have caused the death of 2 million.
1870
1871
1839
1848
22. The Great Exhibition in London was the world's first international Expo or World's Fair.
1844
1851
1830
1895
23. The Kingdom of Great Britain and the Kingdom of Ireland merge to form the United Kingdom.
1801
1874
1875
1869
24. Britain establishes a protectorate over Bechuanaland (modern Botswana)
1885
1843
1859
1871
25. Henry Morton Stanley meets Dr. David Livingstone near Lake Tanganyika.
1885
1871
1813
1838
26. Neanderthal man first identified. Age still unknown.
1819
1825
1832
1856
27. Russo-Turkish War - Treaty of Bucharest.
1863
1806-1812
1829
1851
28. Unification of the Kingdom of Tonga under Taufa?ahau (King George Tupou I)
1845
1885
1898
1863
29. Seneca Falls Convention is the first women's rights convention in the United States and leads to the battle for suffrage and women's legal rights.
1814
1848
1872
1886
30. Civil war in the Federal Republic of Central America led to the foundings of Guatemala - El Salvador - Honduras - Nicaragua - and Costa Rica.
March 18 - 1871
1896
1838
1895
31. Earliest recorded air raid - as Austria employs 200 balloons to deliver ordnance against Venice.
1849
1873
1813
1838
32. Reconstruction in the United States; Slavery is banned in the United States by the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.
1865
1844
1848
1801
33. King Leopold II of Belgium establishes the Congo Free State as a personal fiefdom
1802
1885
1834
1850
34. First electrical power plant and grid in Godalming - Britain.
1876
1881
1890
1889
35. Dreyfuss Affair
1865
1851
1814
1894
36. First Republic in Spain.
1816
1816
1874
1812
37. SecondIndustrial Revolution
1895
1879
1871
1878
38. By this time - 46000 Native Americans have been forcibly relocated in the Trail of Tears.
1899
1838
1890
1801
39. The Great Auk is rendered extinct.
1845
1805
1898
1844
40. Little War against Spanish rule in Cuba leads to rebel defeat.
1854
1804-1813
1879
1854
41. Great Bosnian uprising against Ottoman rule occurs.
1831
1823
1894
1804
42. First steam locomotive begins operation.
1882
1895
1804
1865-April 9 - 1865
43. The safety pin and the gas mask are invented
1859
1848
1830
1849
44. Frederick Douglass delivers his speech 'The Meaning of July Fourth for the Negro' in Rochester - New York.
1801
1821
1852
1837
45. Siege of Khartoum
1848
1829
1884
1843
46. The modern city of Singapore is established by the British EastIndia Company.
1892
1834
1819
1886
47. Henri Becquerel discovers radioactivity; JJ Thompson identifies the electron - though not by name.
1803
1874
1896
1877
48. The British EastIndia Company is dissolved.
1886
1840
1874
1885
49. First section of the London Underground opens.
1863
1888
1805
1814
50. Black War in Tasmania leads to the near extinction of the Tasmanian aborigines
1810s
1828
1848
1897
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