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19th Century Timeline
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1. Robert Lewis Stevenson's Treasure Island is published
1892
1883
1863
1834
2. Peterloo massacre in England.
1801
1819
1874
1894
3. 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.
1802
1874
1836
1821
4. Eiffel Tower is inaugurated in Paris.
1896
1872
1889
1834
5. Peru declares its independence from Spain.
1853
1836
1879
1821
6. Thomas Edison tests his first light bulb
1877
1835
1845
1879
7. After two Opium Wars - France - the United Kingdom - the United States and Russia gained many concessions from China resulting in the decline of the Qing Dynasty.
1839
1831
1886
1862
8. Philippine Revolution ends declaring Philippines free from Spanish rule.
1863
1840
1896
1815
9. The Boxer Rebellion in China is suppressed by an Eight-Nation Alliance.
1885
1889
1898
1838
10. Neanderthal man first identified. Age still unknown.
1829
March 18 - 1871
1856
1803
11. Suez Canal is constructed.
1801
1884
1859
1826
12. Queen Victoria becomes Empress ofIndia.
1844
1804
1876
1804
13. Charles Darwin publishes On the Origin of Species.
1859
1805
1845
1874
14. Giuseppe Garibaldi launches the Expedition of the Thousand
1831
1821
1860
1842
15. Liberia founded by the American Colonization Society for freed American slaves.
1819
1896
1838
1820
16. France and the Russian Empire form a military alliance
1894
1840
1830
1881
17. Spanish guerrillas fight in the Peninsular War.
1808
1850
1814
1803
18. New Zealand is founded - as the Treaty of Waitangi is signed by the Maori and British.
1829
1840
1867
1851
19. TheInternal Macedonian Revolutionary Organisation is formed
1848
1871
1893
1834
20. Benin Expedition of 1897 loots and burns Benin
1879
1897
1821
1854
21. Battle of San Jacinto leads to the capture of General Santa Anna.
1884
1836
1889
1859
22. H. G. Wells publishes The War of the Worlds
1842
1898
1853
1832
23. California Gold Rush
1804
1889
1888
1848
24. Bessemer process enables steel to be mass produced.
1810s
1801
1888
1855
25. Robert Lewis Stevenson's Treasure Island is published
March 18 - 1871
1883
1895
1839
26. Frederick Douglass delivers his speech 'The Meaning of July Fourth for the Negro' in Rochester - New York.
1865-April 9 - 1865
1852
1890
1831
27. The Pony Express started.
1867
1874
1859
1860
28. Shaka rises to power over the Zulu Kingdom. Zulu expansion was a major factor of the Mfecane (
1879
1867
1816
1822
29. Jane Austen publishes Pride and Prejudice
1899
1813
1837
1837
30. Greater Colombia dissolved and the nations of Colombia (including modern-day Panama) - Ecuador - and Venezuela took its place.
1817
1876
1830
1854
31. Anglo-Zulu War in South Africa.
1872
1879
1898
1876
32. Austrian Empire founded by Francis I.
1824
1817
1804
1885
33. The Belgian Revolution in the United Kingdom of the Netherlands led to the creation of Belgium.
1830
1806-1812
1804
1838
34. After theFirst Sino-Japanese War - China cedes Taiwan to Japan and grants Japan a free hand in Korea.
1837
1848
1813
1894
35. Missouri Compromise
1821
1871
1820
1802
36. The Kingdom of Great Britain and the Kingdom of Ireland merge to form the United Kingdom.
1801
1869
1825
1806
37. Empress Dowager Cixi of China engineers a coup d'
1898
1837
1841
1863
38. Bessemer process enables steel to be mass produced.
1842
1855
1837
1889
39. Reconstruction in the United States; Slavery is banned in the United States by the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.
1825
1837
1865
1801
40. Chile battles with Peru and Bolivia over Andean territory in the War of the Pacific.
1895
1830
1872
1879
41. Bah
1863
1848
1801
1868
42. Henry Morton Stanley meets Dr. David Livingstone near Lake Tanganyika.
1830
1820
1871
1848
43. Earliest recorded air raid - as Austria employs 200 balloons to deliver ordnance against Venice.
1863
1849
1806-1812
March 18 - 1871
44. Empress Dowager Cixi of China engineers a coup d'
1836
1866
1898
1851
45. Napoleon decisively defeats an Austrian-Russian army at the Battle of Austerlitz.
1805
1865-April 9 - 1865
1803
1820
46. TheFirst Boer War.
1881
1837
1840
1880
47. Independence of Chile
1884
1818
1845
1896
48. Battle of the Little Bighorn leads to the death of General Custer and victory for the alliance of Lakota - Cheyenne and Arapaho
1810s
1859
1876
1885
49. 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
1871
1816
1825
1868
50. The Mahdist War in Sudan.
1881
1894
1837
1868