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19th Century Timeline
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1. Henry Morton Stanley meets Dr. David Livingstone near Lake Tanganyika.
1871
1879
1801
1895
2. Invention of the phonautograph - the first true device for recording sound.
1858
1876
1898
1805
3. Volleyball is invented
1893
1861
1854
1895
4. First Seminole War begins in Florida.
1817
1844
1889
1851
5. First commercial telephone exchange in New Haven - Connecticut.
1878
1847
1801
1805
6. Asaph Hall discovers the moons of Mars
1848
1884
1877
1801
7. First publicly funded telegraph line in the world
1840
1831
1888
1844
8. The Mexican-American War leads to Mexico's cession of much of the modern-day Southwestern United States.
1890
1846
1870s-1890s
1801
9. Great Railroad Strike in the United States may have been the world's first nationwide labor strike.
1846
1877
1815
1860
10. The British EastIndia Company is dissolved.
1885
1801
1884
1874
11. Cairo falls to the British.
1894
1801
1839
1891
12. 'The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde' by Robert Louis Stevenson is published.
1847
1825
1886
1814
13. The British Parliament passes the Great Reform Act.
1804
1833
1832
1807
14. Black War in Tasmania leads to the near extinction of the Tasmanian aborigines
1831
1849
1804
1828
15. Little War against Spanish rule in Cuba leads to rebel defeat.
1830
1872
1879
1825
16. HMS Challenger surveys the deepest point in the Earth's oceans - the Challenger Deep
1875
1825
1801
1808
17. Russia abolishes serfdom.
1862
1881
1844
1861
18. The Platine War ends and the Empire of Brazil has the hegemony over South America.
1886
1861
1851
1805
19. The French invasion of Russia is a turning point in the Napoleonic Wars.
1812
1889
1890
1877
20. Indian Rebellion of 1857. The British Empire assumes control ofIndia from the EastIndia Company.
1842
1857
1879
1872
21. Anglo-Nepalese War between Nepal (Gurkha Empire) and British Empire.
1814
1815
1899
1866
22. The New Zealand Land Wars
1845
1898
1830
1831
23. Jack the Ripper murders occur in Whitechapel - London
1836
1863
1879
1888
24. Philippine Revolution ends declaring Philippines free from Spanish rule.
1852
1854
1820
1896
25. Crazy Horse surrenders and is later killed
1883
1804
1885
1877
26. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle publishes his first Sherlock Holmes story - A Study in Scarlet.
1887
1890
1889
1829
27. Millerite movement awaits the Second Advent of Jesus Christ on October 22. Christ's non-appearance becomes known as the Great Disappointment.
1836
1844
1890
1883
28. Gregor Mendel formulates his laws of inheritance
1837
1861
1865
1862
29. The Grito de Dolores begins the Mexican War ofIndependence.
1883
1810
1855
1831
30. The Cisplatine War results in the independence of Uruguay.
1884
1825
1807
1848
31. The word 'dinosaur' is coined by Richard Owen
1830
1896
1841
1874
32. The Suez Canal opens linking the Mediterranean to the Red Sea.
1869
1803
1881
1803
33. November Uprising ends with crushing defeat for Poland in the Battle of Warsaw.
1834
1831
1834
1874
34. Dominican War ofIndependence from Haiti.
1865
1827
1844
1803
35. Neanderthal man first identified. Age still unknown.
1867
1856
1853
1883
36. Mirza Ghulam Ahmad establishes the Ahmadi Muslim Community.
1867
1889
1819
1859
37. Carlist Wars in Spain.
1833
1854
1876
1804
38. November Uprising in Poland against Russia.
1830
1888
1822
1851
39. Peterloo massacre in England.
1819
1889
1876
1885
40. Basketball is invented.
1892
1824
1830
1863
41. November Uprising in Poland against Russia.
1801
1820
1804
1830
42. The Convention of Kanagawa formally ends Japan's policy of isolation.
1857
1879
1853
1854
43. Carlist Wars in Spain.
1833
1890
1825
1885
44. Wilhelm R
1801
1895
1867
1887
45. Mormon migration to Utah.
1846
1862
1823
1801
46. World's first oil refinery in Romania
1813
1894
1856
1842
47. Dissolution of the Maratha Empire.
1820
1879
1833
1898
48. Treaty of Nanking cedes Hong Kong to the British.
1848
1842
1846
1825
49. Gunfight at the O.K. Corral. Sitting Bull surrenders.
1804
1881
1898
1812
50. Construction of the Statue of Liberty; Coca-Cola is developed.
1839
1886
1889
1830