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19th Century Timeline
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1. SpanishInquisition officially ends.
1884
1834
1814
1848
2. First Anglo-Sikh War
1801
1802
1845
1851
3. Erie Canal opened connecting the Great Lakes to theAtlantic Ocean.
1825
1899
1843
1864
4. The British Empire annexed Burma (now also called Myanmar) after three Anglo-Burmese Wars.
1813
1882
1823
1839
5. 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
1863
1894
1874
6. Queen Victoria's reign is considered the apex of the British Empire and is referred to as the Victorian era.
1875
1810s
1897
1837
7. Giuseppe Garibaldi launches the Expedition of the Thousand
1860
1867
1826
1871
8. First electrical power plant and grid in Godalming - Britain.
1842
1870s-1890s
1881
1892
9. Chilean Civil War.
1864
1881
1891
1865-April 14 - 1865
10. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle publishes his first Sherlock Holmes story - A Study in Scarlet.
1862
1813
1887
1888
11. Yellowstone National Park - the first national park - is created.
1830
1872
1879
1836
12. French intervention in Mexico and the creation of the Second Mexican Empire - ruled by Maximilian I of Mexico and his consort Carlota of Mexico.
1825
1861
1831
1868
13. Prince Pedro of Portugal proclaimed the Brazilian independence on September 7. On December 1 - he was crowned as Emperor Dom Pedro I of Brazil.
1869
1822
1820
1874
14. The Expatriation Act of 1868 is approved by the U.S. Congress - one of the early blows which would eventually lead to the death of the common law doctrine of perpetual allegiance
1868
1844
1844
1837
15. First Transcontinental Railroad completed in United States on May 10.
1842
1885
1869
1820
16. The samurai class is abolished in Japan.
1873
1821
1804-1813
1826
17. Battle of the Alamo ends with defeat for Texan separatists.
1821
1836
1854
1825
18. Haiti gains independence from France and becomes the first black republic.
1885
1804
1847
1817
19. Greece becomes the first country to break away from the Ottoman Empire after the Greek War ofIndependence.
1892
1881
1821
1837
20. Trial of Oscar Wilde and premiere of his play The Importance of Being Earnest
1868
1895
1886
1871
21. Siege of Khartoum
1884
1867
1893
1886
22. Death of William Blake - Ludwig van Beethoven
1805
1884
1873
1827
23. The British invasion and subsequent occupation of Egypt
1881
1882
1801
1834
24. Little War against Spanish rule in Cuba leads to rebel defeat.
1888
1890
1879
1897
25. TheInternal Macedonian Revolutionary Organisation is formed
1893
1894
1820
1886
26. Anglo-Zulu War in South Africa.
1862
1888
1879
1830
27. The German Customs Union is formed.
1834
1888
1823
1801
28. Ethiopia defeats Italy in theFirst Italo
1895
1834
1883
1818
29. Henry Morton Stanley meets Dr. David Livingstone near Lake Tanganyika.
1861
1816
1871
1887
30. Missouri Compromise
1879
1825
1820
1829
31. Dreyfuss Affair
1881
1894
1875
1808
32. Persian Prophet the B
1878
1820
1896
1844
33. Ranjit Singh crowned as King of Punjab.
1859
1844
1801
1804
34. Charles Dickens publishes Oliver Twist
1856
1898
1845
1837
35. United States President Abraham Lincoln is assassinated while attending a performance atFord's Theater - Washington - D.C.. He dies approximately nine hours after being shot on April 15 - 1865.
1820
1825
1865-April 14 - 1865
1845
36. Construction of the Statue of Liberty; Coca-Cola is developed.
1861
1857
1803
1886
37. The feudal system is dismantled in Japan.
1866
1871
1806
1843
38. Volleyball is invented
1843
1895
1865-April 9 - 1865
1861
39. Ethiopia defeated Italy at the Battle of Adwa.
1896
1861
1865-April 14 - 1865
1848
40. Most of the Latin American colonies free themselves from the Spanish and Portuguese Empires after the Latin American wars of independence.
1890
1810s
1839
1858
41. French troops capture Antananarivo in Madagascar
1895
1844
1867
1880
42. Giuseppe Piazzi discovers the dwarf planet Ceres.
1869
1854
1890
1801
43. Samuel Morey patents the internal combustion engine.
1895
1826
1834
1895
44. Thomas Edison invents the phonograph
1826
1877
1820
1892
45. The Great Auk is rendered extinct.
1844
1822
1877
1881
46. First electric motor built.
1816
1829
1868
1880
47. The quagga is rendered extinct.
1883
1876
1831
1881
48. Shaka's Zulu Kingdom becomes the largest in Southern Africa.
1821
1816
1866
1859
49. Carlist Wars in Spain.
1892
1862
1862
1833
50. Samuel Colt popularizes the revolver and sets up a firearms company to manufacture his invention of the Colt Paterson revolver a six bullets firearm shot one by one without reloading manually.
1830
1814
1820
1836
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