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19th Century Timeline
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1. Formation of theInternational Red Cross is followed by the adoption of theFirst Geneva Convention in 1864.
1801
1866
1804
1863
2. Dmitri Mendeleev created the Periodic table
1883
1825
1898
1869
3. Long Depression in Western Europe and North America
1819
1854
1870s-1890s
1815
4. World's first oil refinery in Romania
1894
1821
1856
1881
5. Krakatoa volcano explosion - one of the largest in modern history.
1820
1813
1820
1883
6. Muslim Rebellion in northwest China.
1889
1862
1898
1803
7. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle publishes his first Sherlock Holmes story - A Study in Scarlet.
1881
1868
1824
1887
8. Peru declares its independence from Spain.
1884
1821
1805
1801
9. Prince Pedro of Portugal proclaimed the Brazilian independence on September 7. On December 1 - he was crowned as Emperor Dom Pedro I of Brazil.
1880
1822
1875
1810
10. Napoleon crowns himself Emperor of the French.
1886
1804
1851
1801
11. Morphine first isolated.
1820
1804
1893
1889
12. Crazy Horse surrenders and is later killed
1877
1825
1889
1885
13. Richard Wagner's Ring Cycle is first performed in its entirety.
1874
1863
1845
1876
14. Maxwell's A Treatise on Electricity and Magnetism published.
1866
1820
1828
1873
15. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's Faust premieres.
1871
1876
1829
1848
16. Telegraphy patented.
1849
1802
1865
1837
17. First electrical power plant and grid in Godalming - Britain.
1846
1838
1840
1881
18. Dominican War ofIndependence from Haiti.
1830
1894
1892
1844
19. Kingdom of Belgium declared.
1825
1839
1856
1848
20. Vincent van Gogh paints Starry Night
1831
1889
1858
1820
21. The British Empire takes over Balochistan
1890
1837
1803
1887
22. Fingerprinting is officially adopted for the first time
1892
1897
1893
1802
23. H. G. Wells publishes The War of the Worlds
1893
1825
1898
1826
24. Gojong - or Emperor Gwangmu - proclaims the short-lived Korean Empire - lasts until 1910.
1868
1897
1806
1876
25. The modern city of Singapore is established by the British EastIndia Company.
March 18 - 1871
1898
1819
1863
26. Gregor Mendel formulates his laws of inheritance
1876
1865
1803
1874
27. Benin Expedition of 1897 loots and burns Benin
1807
1866
1897
1814
28. End of the Brazilian Empire and the beginning of the Brazilian Republic
1872
1817
1886
1889
29. Bulgarians instigate the April Uprising against Ottoman rule.
1885
1876
1889
1877
30. Asaph Hall discovers the moons of Mars
1877
1819
1895
1813
31. Serbian revolution erupts against the Ottoman rule. Suzerainty of Serbia recognized in 1817.
1812
1869
1837
1804
32. France invades and occupies Algeria.
1895
1831
1838
1883
33. Anglo-Nepalese War between Nepal (Gurkha Empire) and British Empire.
1881
1801
1876
1814
34. The Little Ice Age ends around this time.
1874
1876
1864
1850
35. The safety pin and the gas mask are invented
1873
1825
1895
1849
36. Dreyfuss Affair
1867
1816
1821
1894
37. The British EastIndia Company is dissolved.
1808
1868
1836
1874
38. Dissolution of the Maratha Empire.
1859
1892
1884
1820
39. 26 millionIndians perish inIndia due to famine.
1875
1858
1874
1895
40. First Republic in Spain.
1875
1874
1821
1878
41. Richard Wagner's Ring Cycle is first performed in its entirety.
1893
1877
1876
1829
42. Mormon migration to Utah.
1829
1868
1846
1890
43. The University of Berlin is founded. Among its students and faculty are Hegel - Marx - and Bismarck. The German university reform proves to be so successful that its model is copied around the world (see History of European research universities).
1810
1839
1861
1840
44. War breaks out between Britain and France; this is considered by some to be the beginning of the Napoleonic Wars.
1889
1804-1813
1825
1803
45. Eiffel Tower is inaugurated in Paris.
1896
1895
1889
1801
46. The British Empire annexed Burma (now also called Myanmar) after three Anglo-Burmese Wars.
1804
1823
1828
1887
47. Robert Lewis Stevenson's Treasure Island is published
1851
1883
1831
1895
48. The Home Rule Movement is established in Ireland.
1867
1881
1874
1850
49. 'The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde' by Robert Louis Stevenson is published.
1886
1892
1836
1853
50. French gain first foothold in Southeast Asia
1862
1817
1805
1848