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19th Century Timeline
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1. The British Parliament passes the Great Reform Act.
1832
1842
1886
1844
2. Discovery of Antarctica
1820
1814
1837
1879
3. Volleyball is invented
1852
1830
1864
1895
4. November Uprising ends with crushing defeat for Poland in the Battle of Warsaw.
1875
1831
1804-1813
1814
5. Bulgarians instigate the April Uprising against Ottoman rule.
1871
1838
1863
1876
6. Barbary Wars between the United States and the Barbary States of North Africa
1801
1845
1889
1877
7. 'The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde' by Robert Louis Stevenson is published.
1831
1886
1871
1817
8. Thomas Edison tests his first light bulb
1879
1889
1899
1801
9. Ethiopia defeats Italy in theFirst Italo
1864
1825
1895
1877
10. First Seminole War begins in Florida.
1845
1830
1831
1817
11. Navarino Massacre
1854
1821
1819
1872
12. Telegraphy patented.
1886
1837
1844
1873
13. First Mexican Empire - as Mexico's first post-independent government - ruled by Emperor Agust
1804
1822
1883
1840
14. Peru declares its independence from Spain.
1834
1879
1821
1840
15. Famine in Finland.
1866
1858
1819
1833
16. The German Customs Union is formed.
1834
1890
1863
1832
17. Morphine first isolated.
1889
1874
1831
1804
18. Mexico gains independence from Spain with the Treaty of C
1837
1821
1838
1819
19. Mary Shelley writes Frankenstein
1818
1896
1817
1884
20. First publicly funded telegraph line in the world
1852
1844
1896
1822
21. Maxwell's A Treatise on Electricity and Magnetism published.
1810
1881
1802
1873
22. By this time - 46000 Native Americans have been forcibly relocated in the Trail of Tears.
1812
1848
1810
1838
23. Polish uprising against the Russian Empire.
1830
1863
1879
1818
24. Eiffel Tower is inaugurated in Paris.
1810
1889
1843
1863
25. The Communist Manifesto published.
1871
1801
1862
1848
26. Thomas Edison invents the phonograph
1870
1887
1845
1877
27. Samuel Morey patents the internal combustion engine.
1826
1812
1804
1814
28. The Cisplatine War results in the independence of Uruguay.
1825
1829
1849
1848
29. Little War against Spanish rule in Cuba leads to rebel defeat.
1896
1879
1894
1858
30. The One Thousand Days war in Colombia breaks out between the 'Liberales' and 'Conservadores' - culminating with the loss of Panama in 1903.
1898
1867
1806-1812
1879
31. The Pony Express started.
1803
1874
1887
1860
32. Greece becomes the first country to break away from the Ottoman Empire after the Greek War ofIndependence.
1889
1869
1821
1812
33. The Platine War ends and the Empire of Brazil has the hegemony over South America.
1851
1840
1829
1849
34. The Berlin Conference signals the start of the European 'scramble for Africa'.Attending nations also agree to ban trade in slaves.
1877
1860
1886
1884
35. Elisha Haydon Collier invents the Flintlock Revolver.
1814
1883
1804
1834
36. Anglo-Zulu War in South Africa.
1860
1804
1888
1879
37. The contest between the British Empire and Imperial Russia for control of Central Asia is referred to as the Great Game.
1877
1813
1842
1878
38. The Principality of Serbia passes a Constitution which defines its independence from the Ottoman Empire.International recognition followed in 1878.
1830
1856
1867
1802
39. The United States gains control of Cuba - Puerto Rico - and the Philippines after the Spanish-American War.
1868
1833
1865
1898
40. 'The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde' by Robert Louis Stevenson is published.
1826
1886
1894
1851
41. Germany gains control of Camaroon
1884
1801
1842
1868
42. The massive expansion in population - territory - industry and wealth in the United States is referred to as the Gilded Age.
1864
1839
1876
1816
43. Sir Robert Peel founds the Metropolitan Police Service - the first modern police force.
1820
1871
1862
1829
44. The Decembrist revolt
1895
1889
1826
1825
45. Reconstruction in the United States; Slavery is banned in the United States by the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.
1878
1865
1862
1850
46. Peterloo massacre in England.
1831
1816
1849
1819
47. The One Thousand Days war in Colombia breaks out between the 'Liberales' and 'Conservadores' - culminating with the loss of Panama in 1903.
1830
1898
1893
1854
48. Kingdom of Belgium declared.
1839
1895
1815
1817
49. Famine in Persia is believed to have caused the death of 2 million.
1803
1804
1895
1871
50. The Paraguayan War ends Paraguayan ambitions for expansion and destroys much of the Paraguayan population.
1864
1821
1801
1895