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19th Century Timeline
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1. The Irish Potato Famine leads to the Irish diaspora.
1842
1816
1845
1825
2. The Little Ice Age ends around this time.
1893
1850
1816
1803
3. Siege of Khartoum
1884
1859
1825
1863
4. Second Anglo-Sikh War
1825
1831
1863
1848
5. Dmitri Mendeleev created the Periodic table
1816
1829
1889
1869
6. TheInternal Macedonian Revolutionary Organisation is formed
1898
1809
1851
1893
7. Famine in Persia is believed to have caused the death of 2 million.
1871
1890
1851
1815
8. Premiere of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony.
1824
1829
1883
1804
9. The modern city of Singapore is established by the British EastIndia Company.
1814
1819
1866
1897
10. Shaka's Zulu Kingdom becomes the largest in Southern Africa.
1801
1896
1816
1898
11. Queen Victoria becomes Empress ofIndia.
1876
1849
1806
1856
12. Civil war in the Federal Republic of Central America led to the foundings of Guatemala - El Salvador - Honduras - Nicaragua - and Costa Rica.
1865-April 14 - 1865
1846
1838
1807
13. Treaty of Nanking cedes Hong Kong to the British.
1838
1881
1842
1830
14. Cape Colony becomes part of the British Empire.
1806
1887
1868
1892
15. Treaty of Amiens between France and the United Kingdom ends the War of the Second Coalition.
1863
1895
1802
1881
16. Ethiopia defeats Italy in theFirst Italo
1850
1861
1868
1895
17. World's first oil refinery in Romania
1810
1856
1898
1824
18. Second Boer War begins (-1902); Philippine-American War begins (-1913).
1899
1886
1877
1884
19. The Soci
1881
1874
1854
1887
20. The cardboard box is invented.
1896
1890
1872
1837
21. First commercial telephone exchange in New Haven - Connecticut.
1878
1820
1830
1876
22. The British Empire takes over Balochistan
1887
1844
1871
1851
23. Dissolution of the Maratha Empire.
1848
1893
1845
1820
24. Battle of San Jacinto leads to the capture of General Santa Anna.
1836
1806-1812
1838
1810
25. The Decembrist revolt
1877
1822
1825
1850
26. France invades and occupies Algeria.
1886
1831
1885
1822
27. End of the Brazilian Empire and the beginning of the Brazilian Republic
1830
1889
1876
1887
28. First Transcontinental Railroad completed in United States on May 10.
1851
1869
1850
1818
29. Earliest recorded air raid - as Austria employs 200 balloons to deliver ordnance against Venice.
1823
1892
1896
1849
30. Ethiopia defeated Italy at the Battle of Adwa.
1896
1842
1801
1895
31. Maxwell's A Treatise on Electricity and Magnetism published.
1816
1804
1818
1873
32. 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).
1830
1876
1884
1810
33. New Zealand is founded - as the Treaty of Waitangi is signed by the Maori and British.
1851
1831
1840
1875
34. Gojong - or Emperor Gwangmu - proclaims the short-lived Korean Empire - lasts until 1910.
1862
1869
1851
1897
35. British defeat French at the Second Battle of Abukir
1854
1884
1809
1801
36. Thomas Jefferson elected President of the United States by the United States House of Representatives - following a tie in the Electoral College (United States)
1805
1801
1896
1820
37. France annexes Cambodia.
1817
1844
1822
1863
38. First steam locomotive begins operation.
1816
1820
1804
1831
39. The Battle of Trafalgar eliminates the French and Spanish naval fleets and allows for British dominance of the seas - a major factor for the success of the British Empire later in the century.
1847
1818
1805
1866
40. The Stockton and Darlington Railway - the first public railway in the world - is opened.
1825
1895
1862
1819
41. Long Depression in Western Europe and North America
1816
1848
1870s-1890s
1819
42. Ten Years' War between Cuba and Spain
1868
1865-April 9 - 1865
1834
1854
43. Battle of the Little Bighorn leads to the death of General Custer and victory for the alliance of Lakota - Cheyenne and Arapaho
1876
1830
1819
1871
44. The Little Ice Age ends around this time.
1850
1820
1894
1848
45. Robert Lewis Stevenson's Treasure Island is published
1853
1883
1820
1855
46. Charles Darwin publishes On the Origin of Species.
1859
1886
1830
1825
47. Blue jeans and barbed wire are invented.
1831
1851
1856
1873
48. Cro-Magnon man first identified.
1894
1853
1890
1868
49. Louis Napoleon assumes power in France in a coup.
1851
1804
1839
1839
50. The Soci
1870
1884
1846
1874