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19th Century Timeline
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1. Dissolution of the Maratha Empire.
1899
1820
1857
1851
2. Ten Years' War between Cuba and Spain
1810
1886
1868
1816
3. Dominican War ofIndependence from Haiti.
1801
1894
1844
1809
4. Short stories A Christmas Carol and The Tell-Tale Heart published.
1804
1888
1804
1843
5. TheInternal Macedonian Revolutionary Organisation is formed
1893
1804
1817
1863
6. Karl Benz sells the first commercial automobile
1884
1886
1865
1868
7. The United States purchases Alaska from Russia.
1863
1867
1814
1873
8. Battle of the Little Bighorn leads to the death of General Custer and victory for the alliance of Lakota - Cheyenne and Arapaho
1865
1893
1879
1876
9. The Caste War of Yucat
1830
1862
1899
1847
10. Famine in Finland.
1849
1815
1866
1845
11. The Principality of Serbia passes a Constitution which defines its independence from the Ottoman Empire.International recognition followed in 1878.
1896
1884
1842
1867
12. Philippine Revolution ends declaring Philippines free from Spanish rule.
1896
1895
1834
1822
13. The Grito de Dolores begins the Mexican War ofIndependence.
1804
1840
1810
1889
14. The Cisplatine War results in the independence of Uruguay.
1812
1825
1829
1837
15. Ranjit Singh crowned as King of Punjab.
1834
1801
1814
1804
16. Napoleon decisively defeats an Austrian-Russian army at the Battle of Austerlitz.
1861
1834
1813
1805
17. 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.
1820
1894
1839
1814
18. The United States gains control of Cuba - Puerto Rico - and the Philippines after the Spanish-American War.
1844
1898
1890
1844
19. The massive expansion in population - territory - industry and wealth in the United States is referred to as the Gilded Age.
1876
1853
1810
1848
20. At least 5000 Mexicans die in Apache raids - and 100 settlements are destroyed.
1820
1844
1884
1891
21. Greater Colombia dissolved and the nations of Colombia (including modern-day Panama) - Ecuador - and Venezuela took its place.
1834
1876
1894
1830
22. First section of the London Underground opens.
1863
1837
1875
1804
23. 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
1848
1884
1803
1877
24. Black War in Tasmania leads to the near extinction of the Tasmanian aborigines
1892
1828
1856
1801
25. Dominican War ofIndependence from Haiti.
1831
1883
1871
1844
26. Principality of Serbia becomes suzerain from the Ottoman Empire. Officially independent in 1867.
1817
1837
1818
1891
27. The Suez Canal opens linking the Mediterranean to the Red Sea.
1869
1810
1881
1898
28. Paris Commune - Around 30000 Parisians were killed - and thousands more were later executed.
1827
1868
March 18 - 1871
1896
29. Shaka's Zulu Kingdom becomes the largest in Southern Africa.
1895
1892
1816
1804
30. The German Customs Union is formed.
1834
1896
1876
1867
31. Italy annexes Eritrea.
1839
1871
1851
1890
32. Cairo falls to the British.
1863
1816
1801
1826
33. The safety pin and the gas mask are invented
1817
1863
1849
1830
34. The Paraguayan War ends Paraguayan ambitions for expansion and destroys much of the Paraguayan population.
1864
1860
1802
1850
35. Peterloo massacre in England.
1819
1840
1849
1836
36. Shaka rises to power over the Zulu Kingdom. Zulu expansion was a major factor of the Mfecane (
1816
1889
1834
1864
37. Mary Shelley writes Frankenstein
1818
1825
1884
1808
38. After theFirst Sino-Japanese War - China cedes Taiwan to Japan and grants Japan a free hand in Korea.
1869
1833
1877
1894
39. Independence of Argentina
1886
1816
1898
1874
40. Revolutions of 1848 in Europe
1848
1825
1865-April 9 - 1865
1888
41. Anglo-Nepalese War between Nepal (Gurkha Empire) and British Empire.
1881
1894
1813
1814
42. Battle of the Little Bighorn leads to the death of General Custer and victory for the alliance of Lakota - Cheyenne and Arapaho
1876
1814
1848
1884
43. Shaka's Zulu Kingdom becomes the largest in Southern Africa.
1896
1885
1816
1825
44. Dreyfuss Affair
1895
1821
1894
1803
45. Muslim Rebellion in northwest China.
1893
1853
1862
1809
46. Slavery Abolition Act bans slavery throughout the British Empire.
1863
1814
1833
1845
47. Independence of Bolivia.
1804
1824
1859
1825
48. TheInternal Macedonian Revolutionary Organisation is formed
1893
1848
1801
1892
49. Egyptian
1807
1884
1831
1804
50. The United States gains control of Cuba - Puerto Rico - and the Philippines after the Spanish-American War.
1898
1821
1895
1866
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