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19th Century Timeline
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1. Construction of the Statue of Liberty; Coca-Cola is developed.
1869
1847
1886
1877
2. The Pony Express ended.
1863
1843
1862
1820
3. The Caste War of Yucat
1836
1881
1886
1847
4. Charles Darwin publishes On the Origin of Species.
1876
1826
1859
1873
5. Millerite movement awaits the Second Advent of Jesus Christ on October 22. Christ's non-appearance becomes known as the Great Disappointment.
1844
1896
1874
1876
6. HMS Challenger surveys the deepest point in the Earth's oceans - the Challenger Deep
1879
1875
1881
1825
7. Battle of the Little Bighorn leads to the death of General Custer and victory for the alliance of Lakota - Cheyenne and Arapaho
1810s
1876
1821
1826
8. After the Meiji Restoration - Japan embarks on a program of rapid modernization.
1866
1814
1810
1844
9. The Grito de Dolores begins the Mexican War ofIndependence.
1818
1889
1856
1810
10. Morphine first isolated.
1804
1818
1839
1817
11. Bulgarians instigate the April Uprising against Ottoman rule.
1876
1894
1851
1889
12. War breaks out between Britain and France; this is considered by some to be the beginning of the Napoleonic Wars.
1803
1863
1832
1871
13. The One Thousand Days war in Colombia breaks out between the 'Liberales' and 'Conservadores' - culminating with the loss of Panama in 1903.
1815
1898
1839
1817
14. The Soci
1816
1822
1874
1884
15. The German Customs Union is formed.
1823
1896
1817
1834
16. Discovery of Antarctica
1830
1819
1803
1820
17. The Great Exhibition in London was the world's first international Expo or World's Fair.
1829
1898
1801
1851
18. First isolation of aluminum.
1818
1849
1893
1825
19. Battle of San Jacinto leads to the capture of General Santa Anna.
1876
1873
1878
1836
20. The first recognised international soccer match - between England and Scotland - is played.
1872
1829
1836
1843
21. The Grito de Dolores begins the Mexican War ofIndependence.
1888
1876
1810
1880
22. The Paraguayan War ends Paraguayan ambitions for expansion and destroys much of the Paraguayan population.
1886
1877
1836
1864
23. Treaty of Nanking cedes Hong Kong to the British.
1894
1824
1845
1842
24. Ethiopia defeats Italy in theFirst Italo
1839
1898
1896
1895
25. Chilean Civil War.
1826
1891
1804
1896
26. Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker Suite premi
1856
1801
1892
1810
27. Peru declares its independence from Spain.
1850
1874
1844
1821
28. Dmitri Mendeleev created the Periodic table
1895
1869
1884
1879
29. The World's Columbian Exposition was held in Chicago celebrating the 400th anniversary of Christopher Columbus's arrival in the New World.
1839
1830
1892
1836
30. Napoleon signs the Concordat of 1801 with the Pope.
1801
1850
1873
1879
31. Greco-Turkish War.
1885
1834
1848
1897
32. The samurai class is abolished in Japan.
1825
1879
1877
1873
33. Napoleon abdicates and is exiled to Elba.
1830
1818
1821
1814
34. Henry Morton Stanley meets Dr. David Livingstone near Lake Tanganyika.
1826
1874
1871
1812
35. Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker Suite premi
1892
1885
1896
1897
36. War breaks out between Britain and France; this is considered by some to be the beginning of the Napoleonic Wars.
1803
1853
1832
March 18 - 1871
37. Following the Russo-Turkish War - the Treaty of Berlin recognizes formal independence of the Principality of Serbia - Montenegro and Romania. Bulgaria becomes autonomous.
1886
1876
1877
1847
38. Henri Becquerel discovers radioactivity; JJ Thompson identifies the electron - though not by name.
1890
1845
1896
1801
39. Serbian revolution erupts against the Ottoman rule. Suzerainty of Serbia recognized in 1817.
1804
1886
1856
1848
40. The first boatloads of gold prospectors arrive in California - giving them the nickname 49ers.
1849
1826
1814
1834
41. Mexico gains independence from Spain with the Treaty of C
1836
1897
1821
1892
42. Dominican War ofIndependence from Haiti.
1896
1876
1813
1844
43. Barbary Wars between the United States and the Barbary States of North Africa
1801
1838
1818
1860
44. Reconstruction in the United States; Slavery is banned in the United States by the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.
1890
1872
1867
1865
45. The modern city of Singapore is established by the British EastIndia Company.
1844
1879
1806-1812
1819
46. The British Empire annexed Burma (now also called Myanmar) after three Anglo-Burmese Wars.
1823
1886
1893
1862
47. Russia abolishes serfdom.
1821
1839
1848
1861
48. First section of the London Underground opens.
1881
1889
1863
1890
49. Morphine first isolated.
1888
1870s-1890s
1804
1845
50. The British Empire annexed Burma (now also called Myanmar) after three Anglo-Burmese Wars.
1821
1864
1823
1802