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19th Century Timeline
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1. 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.
1804-1813
1836
1803
1881
2. 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).
1812
1810
1885
1885
3. Crimean War between France - the United Kingdom - the Ottoman Empire and Russia
1850
1885
1884
1853
4. Battle of San Jacinto leads to the capture of General Santa Anna.
1860
1846
1836
1874
5. The New Zealand Land Wars
1846
1845
1849
1881
6. Giuseppe Garibaldi launches the Expedition of the Thousand
1801
1868
1860
1807
7. Chile battles with Peru and Bolivia over Andean territory in the War of the Pacific.
1806
1849
1869
1879
8. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's Faust premieres.
1845
1871
1883
1829
9. The Soci
1874
1888
1889
1885
10. Anaesthesia used for the first time.
1876
1845
1842
1803
11. First Seminole War begins in Florida.
1842
1817
1879
1881
12. Battle of the Alamo ends with defeat for Texan separatists.
1894
1826
1844
1836
13. Civil war in the Federal Republic of Central America led to the foundings of Guatemala - El Salvador - Honduras - Nicaragua - and Costa Rica.
1836
1838
1844
1863
14. Robert E. Lee surrenders the Army of Northern Virginia (26 -765 troops) to Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Courthouse - Virginia - effectively ending the American Civil War.
1850
1858
1865-April 9 - 1865
1896
15. Robert E. Lee surrenders the Army of Northern Virginia (26 -765 troops) to Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Courthouse - Virginia - effectively ending the American Civil War.
1825
1865-April 9 - 1865
1890
1862
16. Dreyfuss Affair
1894
1877
1825
1804
17. 'The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde' by Robert Louis Stevenson is published.
1886
1847
1838
1897
18. Greece becomes the first country to break away from the Ottoman Empire after the Greek War ofIndependence.
1889
1821
1877
1885
19. Independence of Chile
1807
1838
1885
1818
20. Independence of Chile
1818
1821
1806-1812
1898
21. Following the Russo-Turkish War - the Treaty of Berlin recognizes formal independence of the Principality of Serbia - Montenegro and Romania. Bulgaria becomes autonomous.
1804
1877
1820
1831
22. Great Bosnian uprising against Ottoman rule occurs.
1896
1892
1895
1831
23. Tsar Alexander II is assassinated
1867
1801
1881
1897
24. Death of Alexander Pushkin
1837
1803
1803
1851
25. Krakatoa volcano explosion - one of the largest in modern history.
1863
1890
1883
1888
26. Polish uprising against the Russian Empire.
1863
1848
1876
1888
27. United States Commodore Matthew C. Perry threatens the Japanese capital Edo with gunships - demanding that they agree to open trade.
1820
1812
1853
1897
28. The word 'dinosaur' is coined by Richard Owen
1898
1820
1841
1821
29. Wilhelm R
1805
1860
1895
1845
30. Blue jeans and barbed wire are invented.
1810s
1887
1873
1874
31. Beethoven performs his Fifth Symphony
1886
1801
1848
1808
32. Carlist Wars in Spain.
1825
1804
1838
1833
33. The United States gains control of Cuba - Puerto Rico - and the Philippines after the Spanish-American War.
1820
1898
1888
1821
34. The feudal system is dismantled in Japan.
1897
1871
1865-April 9 - 1865
1802
35. Barbary Wars between the United States and the Barbary States of North Africa
1843
1893
1801
1884
36. Ranjit Singh crowned as King of Punjab.
1885
1816
1801
1805
37. Queen Victoria becomes Empress ofIndia.
1866
1869
1876
1834
38. Suez Canal is constructed.
1848
1860
1845
1859
39. Year Without a Summer - Unusually cold conditions wreak havoc throughout the Northern Hemisphere - likely caused by the 1815 explosion of Mount Tambora.
1845
1816
1889
1828
40. H. G. Wells publishes The War of the Worlds
1866
1821
1801
1898
41. Gregor Mendel formulates his laws of inheritance
1830
1865
1872
1850
42. Frederick Douglass delivers his speech 'The Meaning of July Fourth for the Negro' in Rochester - New York.
1892
1837
1852
1806
43. Louis Napoleon assumes power in France in a coup.
1851
1881
1808
1831
44. Empress Dowager Cixi of China engineers a coup d'
1836
1898
1802
1850
45. Burma is presented to Queen Victoria as a birthday gift
1886
1826
1802
1843
46. World's first oil refinery in Romania
1819
1865-April 9 - 1865
1862
1856
47. First Republic in Spain.
1831
1846
1823
1874
48. Greater Colombia dissolved and the nations of Colombia (including modern-day Panama) - Ecuador - and Venezuela took its place.
1804
1886
1830
1817
49. Henry Morton Stanley meets Dr. David Livingstone near Lake Tanganyika.
1871
1883
1813
1839
50. The Pony Express ended.
1812
1898
1862
1804