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19th Century Timeline
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1. The One Thousand Days war in Colombia breaks out between the 'Liberales' and 'Conservadores' - culminating with the loss of Panama in 1903.
1898
1878
1814
1834
2. Olympic Games revived inAthens.
1866
1854
1801
1896
3. Mirza Ghulam Ahmad establishes the Ahmadi Muslim Community.
1864
1889
1806
1831
4. Wave of pogroms begins in the Russian Empire.
1881
1895
1851
1879
5. France invades and occupies Algeria.
1871
1884
1814
1831
6. Philippine Revolution ends declaring Philippines free from Spanish rule.
1896
1819
1820
1877
7. Elisha Haydon Collier invents the Flintlock Revolver.
1829
1831
1881
1814
8. American Civil War between the Union and seceding Confederacy
1861
1802
1871
1848
9. Queen Victoria becomes Empress ofIndia.
1876
1817
1839
1871
10. Shaka's Zulu Kingdom becomes the largest in Southern Africa.
1890
1816
1820
1849
11. The Pony Express started.
1860
1813
1862
1840
12. The Boxer Rebellion in China is suppressed by an Eight-Nation Alliance.
1820
1806-1812
1898
1845
13. Battle of the Little Bighorn leads to the death of General Custer and victory for the alliance of Lakota - Cheyenne and Arapaho
1889
1815
1810
1876
14. Peru declares its independence from Spain.
1815
1821
1896
1895
15. Navarino Massacre
1860
1889
1837
1821
16. 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
1818
1868
1892
1809
17. The Trumpet gets valves.
1806
1810
1849
1884
18. Famine in Persia is believed to have caused the death of 2 million.
1895
1885
1871
1864
19. France annexes Cambodia.
1836
1863
1856
1813
20. First commercial film release by Jean Aim
1894
1871
1820
1801
21. Kingdom of Belgium declared.
1839
1815
1831
1803
22. US forces overthrow the government of Hawaii
1801
1893
1897
1832
23. Giuseppe Piazzi discovers the dwarf planet Ceres.
1836
1864
1801
1860
24. Fingerprinting is officially adopted for the first time
1889
1889
1851
1892
25. Cape Colony becomes part of the British Empire.
1889
1851
1881
1806
26. Queen Victoria's reign is considered the apex of the British Empire and is referred to as the Victorian era.
1859
1837
1874
1849
27. July Revolution in France.
1889
1899
1861
1830
28. The Great Auk is rendered extinct.
1850
1884
1844
1812
29. Taiping Rebellion is the bloodiest conflict of the century - leading to the deaths of 20 million people.
1850
1838
1899
1803
30. Seneca Falls Convention is the first women's rights convention in the United States and leads to the battle for suffrage and women's legal rights.
1848
1825
1863
1889
31. The Berlin Conference signals the start of the European 'scramble for Africa'.Attending nations also agree to ban trade in slaves.
1880
1831
1884
1825
32. The Pony Express ended.
1868
1898
1862
1894
33. The Stockton and Darlington Railway - the first public railway in the world - is opened.
1825
1831
1863
1894
34. Siege of Sevastapol; city falls to British forces.
1854
1897
1876
1816
35. The United States purchases Alaska from Russia.
1822
1817
1867
1884
36. 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.
1822
1836
1804
1866
37. The New Zealand Land Wars
1845
1899
1848
1871
38. 13 million Chinese die of famine in northern China.
1889
1848
1804
1876
39. Singer begins production of the 'Vibrating Shuttle' which would become the Model T of sewing machines.
1838
1885
1851
1801
40. Ethiopia defeated Italy at the Battle of Adwa.
1805
1857
1896
1804
41. The word 'dinosaur' is coined by Richard Owen
1841
1840
1821
1871
42. Louis Napoleon assumes power in France in a coup.
1851
1830
1804
1840
43. Klondike Gold Rush in Canada.
1825
1892
1896
1819
44. First Anglo-Sikh War
1821
1897
1845
1844
45. After theFirst Sino-Japanese War - China cedes Taiwan to Japan and grants Japan a free hand in Korea.
1801
1843
1869
1894
46. The French invasion of Russia is a turning point in the Napoleonic Wars.
1867
1812
1804
1890
47. French gain first foothold in Southeast Asia
1862
1829
1895
1831
48. Muslim Rebellion in northwest China.
1804
1845
1802
1862
49. At least 5000 Mexicans die in Apache raids - and 100 settlements are destroyed.
1820
1804
1874
1890
50. France and the Russian Empire form a military alliance
1863
1867
1894
1874