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19th Century Timeline
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1. French intervention in Mexico and the creation of the Second Mexican Empire - ruled by Maximilian I of Mexico and his consort Carlota of Mexico.
1898
1852
1881
1861
2. Great Bosnian uprising against Ottoman rule occurs.
1848
1842
1831
1884
3. Tsar Alexander II is assassinated
1830
1877
1809
1881
4. The first wagon train sets out from Missouri.
1843
1875
1881
1877
5. Bessemer process enables steel to be mass produced.
1894
1871
1812
1855
6. The Kingdom of Great Britain and the Kingdom of Ireland merge to form the United Kingdom.
1887
1898
1801
1842
7. Basketball is invented.
1834
1881
1824
1892
8. Rebellions of 1837 in Canada.
1849
1837
1856
1899
9. Austrian Empire founded by Francis I.
1818
1804
1817
1824
10. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle publishes his first Sherlock Holmes story - A Study in Scarlet.
1887
1836
1804
1801
11. World's first oil refinery in Romania
1830
1856
1855
1820
12. Russia commences its conquest of the Caucasus.
1817
1861
1820
1877
13. California Gold Rush
1828
1894
1848
1876
14. Spanish guerrillas fight in the Peninsular War.
1808
1850
1836
1876
15. The Communist Manifesto published.
1834
1848
1806
1825
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
1862
1804
1851
1868
17. United States Commodore Matthew C. Perry threatens the Japanese capital Edo with gunships - demanding that they agree to open trade.
1834
1818
1829
1853
18. Uruguayan Civil War
1823
1826
1839
1837
19. Civil war in the Federal Republic of Central America led to the foundings of Guatemala - El Salvador - Honduras - Nicaragua - and Costa Rica.
1860
1866
1838
1801
20. Britain declares the Slave Trade illegal.
1866
1807
1866
1804
21. Gunfight at the O.K. Corral. Sitting Bull surrenders.
1884
1865
1881
1804
22. Burma is presented to Queen Victoria as a birthday gift
1873
1822
1886
1865
23. First commercial telephone exchange in New Haven - Connecticut.
1854
1878
1879
1894
24. Tsar Alexander II is assassinated
1820
1881
1827
1826
25. Assassination of Tsar Paul I of Russia.
1831
1884
1857
1801
26. Regency period ends in the United Kingdom
1894
1820
1834
1894
27. Crazy Horse surrenders and is later killed
1877
1810s
1894
1865-April 9 - 1865
28. Klondike Gold Rush in Canada.
1861
1864
1820
1896
29. Earliest recorded air raid - as Austria employs 200 balloons to deliver ordnance against Venice.
1831
1821
1830
1849
30. Sir Robert Peel founds the Metropolitan Police Service - the first modern police force.
1842
1829
1863
1893
31. Suez Canal is constructed.
1898
1859
1857
1850
32. Egyptian
1840
1881
1818
1831
33. Neanderthal man first identified. Age still unknown.
1897
1856
1809
1894
34. The British invasion and subsequent occupation of Egypt
1882
1810
1810
1884
35. Philippine Revolution ends declaring Philippines free from Spanish rule.
1883
1873
1803
1896
36. Dmitri Mendeleev created the Periodic table
1863
1881
1869
1804
37. Polish uprising against the Russian Empire.
1812
1815
1863
1808
38. H. G. Wells publishes The War of the Worlds
1890
1898
1890
1891
39. Ranjit Singh crowned as King of Punjab.
1897
1821
1807
1801
40. Mexico gains independence from Spain with the Treaty of C
1801
1851
1827
1821
41. The Great Exhibition in London was the world's first international Expo or World's Fair.
1830
1838
1851
1844
42. Morphine first isolated.
1884
1830
1804
1863
43. At least 5000 Mexicans die in Apache raids - and 100 settlements are destroyed.
1854
1802
1820
1894
44. Persian Prophet the B
1866
1888
1844
1801
45. The Wahhabis of theFirst Saudi State capture Mecca and Medina.
1803
1867
1866
1817
46. After the Meiji Restoration - Japan embarks on a program of rapid modernization.
1895
1884
1866
1854
47. Battle of the Alamo ends with defeat for Texan separatists.
1820
1848
1889
1836
48. Shaka rises to power over the Zulu Kingdom. Zulu expansion was a major factor of the Mfecane (
1889
1816
1863
1863
49. US forces overthrow the government of Hawaii
1866
1818
1893
1890
50. Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker Suite premi
1831
1894
1804-1813
1892