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19th Century Timeline
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1. Fulani Jihad in Nigeria.
1804
1896
1850
1897
2. Following the Russo-Turkish War - the Treaty of Berlin recognizes formal independence of the Principality of Serbia - Montenegro and Romania. Bulgaria becomes autonomous.
1894
1802
1877
1879
3. The Franco-Prussian War results in the unifications of Germany and Italy - the collapse of the Second French Empire and the emergence of a New Imperialism.
1870
1808
1885
1851
4. Frederick Douglass delivers his speech 'The Meaning of July Fourth for the Negro' in Rochester - New York.
1852
1898
1836
1877
5. 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.
1881
1831
1815
1876
6. Earliest recorded air raid - as Austria employs 200 balloons to deliver ordnance against Venice.
1830
1818
1820
1849
7. Burma is presented to Queen Victoria as a birthday gift
1896
1886
1815
1896
8. Beethoven performs his Fifth Symphony
1823
1888
1873
1808
9. Fingerprinting is officially adopted for the first time
1874
1830
1804
1892
10. The Berlin Conference signals the start of the European 'scramble for Africa'.Attending nations also agree to ban trade in slaves.
1834
1884
1897
1895
11. Canadian Confederation formed.
1805
1825
1867
1848
12. Prince Pedro of Portugal proclaimed the Brazilian independence on September 7. On December 1 - he was crowned as Emperor Dom Pedro I of Brazil.
1858
1894
1808
1822
13. November Uprising ends with crushing defeat for Poland in the Battle of Warsaw.
1814
1831
1848
1872
14. Most of the Latin American colonies free themselves from the Spanish and Portuguese Empires after the Latin American wars of independence.
1863
1810s
1817
1831
15. The Wahhabis of theFirst Saudi State capture Mecca and Medina.
1831
1809
1803
1889
16. Basketball is invented.
1896
1892
1819
1876
17. France annexes Cambodia.
1886
1819
1863
1890
18. Earliest recorded air raid - as Austria employs 200 balloons to deliver ordnance against Venice.
1849
1895
1859
1887
19. The New Zealand Land Wars
1801
1830
1884
1845
20. Indian Rebellion of 1857. The British Empire assumes control ofIndia from the EastIndia Company.
1897
1840
1857
1889
21. 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.
1866
1889
1875
1878
22. Charles Dickens publishes Oliver Twist
1839
1890
1814
1837
23. Chile battles with Peru and Bolivia over Andean territory in the War of the Pacific.
1865
1893
1863
1879
24. The Communist Manifesto published.
1855
1886
1848
1884
25. First commercial film release by Jean Aim
1876
1803
1851
1894
26. Treaty of Nanking cedes Hong Kong to the British.
1804
1828
1844
1842
27. Aspirin patented.
1823
1876
1801
1889
28. Telegraphy patented.
1889
1886
1837
1894
29. H. G. Wells publishes The War of the Worlds
1895
1867
1810s
1898
30. King Leopold II of Belgium establishes the Congo Free State as a personal fiefdom
1885
1894
1805
1867
31. Spanish guerrillas fight in the Peninsular War.
1886
1830
1896
1808
32. Olympic Games revived inAthens.
1889
1854
1881
1896
33. TheInternal Macedonian Revolutionary Organisation is formed
1856
1819
1893
1884
34. Siege of Sevastapol; city falls to British forces.
1853
1854
1884
1817
35. War breaks out between Britain and France; this is considered by some to be the beginning of the Napoleonic Wars.
1810
1884
1803
1859
36. First isolation of aluminum.
1865
1831
1825
1874
37. Spanish guerrillas fight in the Peninsular War.
1868
1825
1828
1808
38. First section of the London Underground opens.
1885
1863
1861
1801
39. Taiping Rebellion is the bloodiest conflict of the century - leading to the deaths of 20 million people.
1839
1850
1816
1810
40. Great Railroad Strike in the United States may have been the world's first nationwide labor strike.
1839
1890
1877
1813
41. United States Commodore Matthew C. Perry threatens the Japanese capital Edo with gunships - demanding that they agree to open trade.
1853
1838
1810
1866
42. Suez Canal is constructed.
1888
1859
1831
1801
43. Anglo-Nepalese War between Nepal (Gurkha Empire) and British Empire.
1865
1814
1837
1830
44. Dominican War ofIndependence from Haiti.
1803
1821
1844
1810
45. The Trumpet gets valves.
1881
1810
1846
1818
46. Thomas Edison tests his first light bulb
1884
1855
1879
1896
47. Mirza Ghulam Ahmad establishes the Ahmadi Muslim Community.
1854
1889
1813
1883
48. First gramophone record
1804
1861
1894
1806-1812
49. Vincent van Gogh paints Starry Night
1859
1889
1893
1896
50. Independence of Chile
1840
1883
1818
1883