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19th Century Timeline
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1. Robert E. Lee surrenders the Army of Northern Virginia (26 -765 troops) to Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Courthouse - Virginia - effectively ending the American Civil War.
1871
1865-April 9 - 1865
1895
1890
2. 26 millionIndians perish inIndia due to famine.
1875
1814
1868
1876
3. Dissolution of the Maratha Empire.
1804
1881
1893
1820
4. The Home Rule Movement is established in Ireland.
1801
1874
1821
1859
5. Revolutions of 1848 in Europe
1844
1841
1855
1848
6. The Caste War of Yucat
1876
1847
1894
1853
7. Klondike Gold Rush in Canada.
1819
1885
1898
1896
8. Ranjit Singh crowned as King of Punjab.
1831
1847
1801
1837
9. Thomas Edison invents the phonograph
1897
1822
1877
1845
10. War of 1812 between the United States and the United Kingdom
1812
1829
1890
1889
11. Suez Canal is constructed.
1859
1824
1801
1838
12. Discovery of Antarctica
1804
1845
1819
1820
13. New Zealand becomes the first country to enact women's suffrage
1801
1831
1893
1830
14. Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker Suite premi
1893
1802
1828
1892
15. Upper and Lower Canada are merged into the Province of Canada
1842
1841
1840
1856
16. The Soci
1874
1879
1808
1867
17. Peru declares its independence from Spain.
1821
1872
1844
1877
18. Napoleon abdicates and is exiled to Elba.
1832
1895
1814
1815
19. World population reaches 1 billion.
1859
1804
1807
1867
20. First Seminole War begins in Florida.
1892
1817
1848
1883
21. The French invasion of Russia is a turning point in the Napoleonic Wars.
1816
1812
1808
1834
22. Independence of Bolivia.
1825
1896
1877
1870
23. Thomas Jefferson elected President of the United States by the United States House of Representatives - following a tie in the Electoral College (United States)
1829
1801
1888
1831
24. Austro-Prussian War results in the dissolution of the German Confederation and the creation of the North German Confederation and the Austrian-Hungarian Dual Monarchy.
1801
1866
1877
1896
25. First Mexican Empire - as Mexico's first post-independent government - ruled by Emperor Agust
1838
1822
1878
1835
26. Napoleon strips the Teutonic Knights of their last holdings in Bad Mergentheim.
1842
1871
1816
1809
27. Fingerprinting is officially adopted for the first time
1892
1804
1883
1805
28. Queen Victoria becomes Empress ofIndia.
1879
1806-1812
1876
1836
29. King Leopold II of Belgium establishes the Congo Free State as a personal fiefdom
1831
1885
1804
1849
30. Trial of Oscar Wilde and premiere of his play The Importance of Being Earnest
1832
1871
1895
March 18 - 1871
31. Most of the Latin American colonies free themselves from the Spanish and Portuguese Empires after the Latin American wars of independence.
1869
1810s
1804-1813
1807
32. 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.
1866
1896
1845
1805
33. Muhammad Ali modernizes Egypt.
1820
1866
1831
1805
34. The massive expansion in population - territory - industry and wealth in the United States is referred to as the Gilded Age.
1851
1885
1876
1896
35. Aspirin patented.
1845
1834
1896
1889
36. Crazy Horse surrenders and is later killed
1851
1877
1838
1886
37. The British EastIndia Company is dissolved.
1826
1861
1874
1866
38. The cardboard box is invented.
1890
1801
1825
1884
39. The Paraguayan War ends Paraguayan ambitions for expansion and destroys much of the Paraguayan population.
1803
1829
1817
1864
40. Karl Benz sells the first commercial automobile
1863
1886
1842
1862
41. Morphine first isolated.
1841
1804
1877
1889
42. Britain declares the Slave Trade illegal.
1861
1832
1883
1807
43. 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.
1805
1865-April 14 - 1865
1877
1899
44. The Great Exhibition in London was the world's first international Expo or World's Fair.
1894
1806
1851
1844
45. Gojong - or Emperor Gwangmu - proclaims the short-lived Korean Empire - lasts until 1910.
1801
1871
1888
1897
46. French troops capture Antananarivo in Madagascar
1895
1879
1815
1881
47. Carlist Wars in Spain.
1801
1833
1808
1806
48. The Wounded Knee Massacre was the last battle in the AmericanIndian Wars. This event represents the end of the American Old West.
1870
1893
1890
1885
49. Siege of Sevastapol; city falls to British forces.
1817
1879
1898
1854
50. H. G. Wells publishes The War of the Worlds
1898
1830
1875
1889