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19th Century Timeline
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1. Telegraphy patented.
1826
1810
1889
1837
2. Short stories A Christmas Carol and The Tell-Tale Heart published.
1895
1843
1888
1818
3. Mexico gains independence from Spain with the Treaty of C
1844
1821
1831
1802
4. Navarino Massacre
1821
1872
1840
1845
5. First Seminole War begins in Florida.
1817
1885
1808
1821
6. First electric motor built.
1830
1804
1822
1829
7. Russia conquers Finland from Sweden in the Finnish War.
1801
1833
1843
1808
8. Charles Darwin publishes On the Origin of Species.
1810
1886
1859
1873
9. Bah
1819
1804
1889
1863
10. New Zealand becomes the first country to enact women's suffrage
1803
1843
1817
1893
11. Gojong - or Emperor Gwangmu - proclaims the short-lived Korean Empire - lasts until 1910.
1810
1839
1897
1802
12. The contest between the British Empire and Imperial Russia for control of Central Asia is referred to as the Great Game.
1877
1886
1813
1876
13. The Stockton and Darlington Railway - the first public railway in the world - is opened.
1866
1845
1825
1842
14. Prince Pedro of Portugal proclaimed the Brazilian independence on September 7. On December 1 - he was crowned as Emperor Dom Pedro I of Brazil.
1863
1894
1822
1825
15. Fulani Jihad in Nigeria.
1881
1872
1804
1896
16. TheFirst Boer War.
1874
1880
1840
1812
17. Greece becomes the first country to break away from the Ottoman Empire after the Greek War ofIndependence.
1888
1821
1834
1841
18. Bessemer process enables steel to be mass produced.
1877
1855
1839
1874
19. Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker Suite premi
1871
1889
1892
1877
20. First commercial telephone exchange in New Haven - Connecticut.
1882
1844
1878
1896
21. Indian Rebellion of 1857. The British Empire assumes control ofIndia from the EastIndia Company.
1857
1881
1825
1808
22. Millerite movement awaits the Second Advent of Jesus Christ on October 22. Christ's non-appearance becomes known as the Great Disappointment.
1831
1878
1896
1844
23. The New Zealand Land Wars
1867
1886
1883
1845
24. The modern city of Singapore is established by the British EastIndia Company.
1876
1808
1894
1819
25. Greater Colombia dissolved and the nations of Colombia (including modern-day Panama) - Ecuador - and Venezuela took its place.
1857
1831
1830
1851
26. Charles Darwin's journey on the HMS Beagle.
1868
1831
1801
1801
27. United States Commodore Matthew C. Perry threatens the Japanese capital Edo with gunships - demanding that they agree to open trade.
1890
1853
1898
1892
28. Henry Morton Stanley meets Dr. David Livingstone near Lake Tanganyika.
1822
1801
1871
1840
29. Dissolution of the Maratha Empire.
1820
1839
1838
1890
30. The safety pin and the gas mask are invented
1886
1849
1826
1840
31. Polish uprising against the Russian Empire.
1892
1841
1893
1863
32. Second Anglo-Sikh War
1804
1898
1848
1871
33. Volleyball is invented
1874
1890
1895
1804
34. Karl Benz sells the first commercial automobile
1833
1877
1820
1886
35. Philippine Revolution ends declaring Philippines free from Spanish rule.
1874
1896
1872
1813
36. The Pony Express ended.
1801
1822
1862
1852
37. New Zealand becomes the first country to enact women's suffrage
1893
1897
1871
1816
38. Vincent van Gogh paints Starry Night
1889
1864
1886
1861
39. French gain first foothold in Southeast Asia
1851
1862
1831
1871
40. The Wahhabis of theFirst Saudi State capture Mecca and Medina.
1815
1879
1818
1803
41. The Congress of Vienna redraws the European map. The Concert of Europe attempts to preserve this settlement - but it fails to stem the tide of liberalism and nationalism that sweeps over the continent.
1804
1803
1815
1866
42. The Great Auk is rendered extinct.
1897
1876
1844
1809
43. Thomas Edison tests his first light bulb
1862
1851
1813
1879
44. Taiping Rebellion is the bloodiest conflict of the century - leading to the deaths of 20 million people.
1830
1850
1851
1846
45. The New Zealand Land Wars
1809
1845
1834
1816
46. Chile battles with Peru and Bolivia over Andean territory in the War of the Pacific.
1897
1879
1808
1873
47. Imam Shamil's rebellion in Russian-occupied Caucasus.
1831
1840
1834
1886
48. 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).
1838
1829
1874
1810
49. United States President Abraham Lincoln is assassinated while attending a performance atFord's Theater - Washington - D.C.. He dies approximately nine hours after being shot on April 15 - 1865.
1865-April 14 - 1865
1895
1865
1803
50. Mary Shelley writes Frankenstein
1884
1818
1892
1889
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