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19th Century Timeline
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1. Discovery of Antarctica
1856
1820
1875
1899
2. Prince Pedro of Portugal proclaimed the Brazilian independence on September 7. On December 1 - he was crowned as Emperor Dom Pedro I of Brazil.
1822
1870s-1890s
1864
1848
3. 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).
1859
1829
1879
1810
4. Dreyfuss Affair
1843
1894
1867
1884
5. 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
1873
1849
1803
1821
6. Indian Rebellion of 1857. The British Empire assumes control ofIndia from the EastIndia Company.
1808
1851
1857
1889
7. The World's Columbian Exposition was held in Chicago celebrating the 400th anniversary of Christopher Columbus's arrival in the New World.
1897
1895
1892
1826
8. The Pony Express started.
1819
1881
1860
1816
9. The Soci
1879
1874
1840
1836
10. 26 millionIndians perish inIndia due to famine.
1868
1851
1801
1875
11. The Boxer Rebellion in China is suppressed by an Eight-Nation Alliance.
1803
1898
1839
1893
12. Great Bosnian uprising against Ottoman rule occurs.
1825
1831
1890
1833
13. The Boxer Rebellion in China is suppressed by an Eight-Nation Alliance.
1898
1850
1801
1885
14. Trial of Oscar Wilde and premiere of his play The Importance of Being Earnest
1895
1893
1805
1892
15. Greece becomes the first country to break away from the Ottoman Empire after the Greek War ofIndependence.
1894
1898
1821
1839
16. First section of the London Underground opens.
1859
1837
1892
1863
17. Regency period ends in the United Kingdom
1816
1885
1839
1820
18. Principality of Serbia becomes suzerain from the Ottoman Empire. Officially independent in 1867.
1862
1817
1884
1883
19. The Paraguayan War ends Paraguayan ambitions for expansion and destroys much of the Paraguayan population.
1882
1804-1813
1884
1864
20. The quagga is rendered extinct.
1883
1887
1877
1819
21. France and the Russian Empire form a military alliance
1894
1805
1880
1836
22. Chile battles with Peru and Bolivia over Andean territory in the War of the Pacific.
1879
1897
1862
1884
23. The Cisplatine War results in the independence of Uruguay.
1825
1876
1894
1828
24. Frederick Douglass delivers his speech 'The Meaning of July Fourth for the Negro' in Rochester - New York.
1852
1810
1848
1801
25. Indian Rebellion of 1857. The British Empire assumes control ofIndia from the EastIndia Company.
1857
1894
1854
1883
26. November Uprising in Poland against Russia.
1868
1830
1804
1813
27. Mexico gains independence from Spain with the Treaty of C
1836
1886
1821
1810
28. The 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution is approved.
1894
1868
1854
1804-1813
29. The first wagon train sets out from Missouri.
1861
1881
1880
1843
30. After the final Russo-Persian War - the Persian Empire took back territory lost to Russia from the previous war.
1826
1821
1889
1808
31. Egyptian
1862
1871
1801
1831
32. Wave of pogroms begins in the Russian Empire.
1889
1804-1813
1881
1815
33. Upper and Lower Canada are merged into the Province of Canada
1896
1844
1840
1830
34. Napoleon escapes exile and begins the Hundred Days before finally being defeated at the Battle of Waterloo and exiled to St Helena. His defeat brings a conclusion to the Napoleonic Wars and marks the beginning of a Pax Britannica which lasts until 19
1895
1814
1815
1876
35. Short stories A Christmas Carol and The Tell-Tale Heart published.
1867
1804
1877
1843
36. Wilhelm R
1895
1887
1873
1821
37. Treaty of Amiens between France and the United Kingdom ends the War of the Second Coalition.
1831
1825
1881
1802
38. The first recognised international soccer match - between England and Scotland - is played.
1888
1804
1896
1872
39. Thomas Edison tests his first light bulb
1879
1804
1865
1874
40. First electric motor built.
1899
1851
1803
1829
41. Sir Robert Peel founds the Metropolitan Police Service - the first modern police force.
1816
1835
1898
1829
42. First commercial film release by Jean Aim
1898
1894
1867
1825
43. Construction of the Statue of Liberty; Coca-Cola is developed.
1886
1814
1829
1867
44. The Stockton and Darlington Railway - the first public railway in the world - is opened.
1837
1868
1825
1871
45. Navarino Massacre
1806-1812
1890
1837
1821
46. 13 million Chinese die of famine in northern China.
1876
1830
1820
March 18 - 1871
47. H. G. Wells publishes The War of the Worlds
1898
1817
1896
1804
48. Siege of Khartoum
1820
1884
1886
1803
49. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle publishes his first Sherlock Holmes story - A Study in Scarlet.
1887
1818
1831
1810
50. First gramophone record
1801
1896
1879
1894