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19th Century Timeline
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1. Erie Canal opened connecting the Great Lakes to theAtlantic Ocean.
1830
1813
1825
1866
2. The Convention of Kanagawa formally ends Japan's policy of isolation.
1871
1839
1815
1854
3. Britain declares the Slave Trade illegal.
1813
1819
1883
1807
4. After the final Russo-Persian War - the Persian Empire took back territory lost to Russia from the previous war.
1810
1884
1805
1826
5. Imam Shamil's rebellion in Russian-occupied Caucasus.
1818
1810
1884
1834
6. The British Empire takes over Balochistan
1888
1834
1877
1887
7. The Decembrist revolt
1825
1801
1899
1848
8. November Uprising ends with crushing defeat for Poland in the Battle of Warsaw.
1837
1806
1831
1886
9. Giuseppe Garibaldi launches the Expedition of the Thousand
1862
1860
1861
1840
10. The word 'dinosaur' is coined by Richard Owen
1801
1841
1803
1801
11. Independence of Argentina
1841
1873
1896
1816
12. Kingdom of Belgium declared.
1839
1849
1870
1830
13. Anglo-Afghan Wars lead to stalemate and the establishment of the Durand line
1844
1825
1863
1839
14. Most of the Latin American colonies free themselves from the Spanish and Portuguese Empires after the Latin American wars of independence.
1844
1810s
1885
1891
15. Ethiopia defeats Italy in theFirst Italo
1837
1821
1895
1843
16. Siege of Khartoum
1804
1884
1865
1806
17. Empress Dowager Cixi of China engineers a coup d'
1898
1806
1830
1818
18. Navarino Massacre
1822
1831
1851
1821
19. Robert Lewis Stevenson's Treasure Island is published
1875
1883
1885
1888
20. SpanishInquisition officially ends.
1827
1863
1834
1819
21. Treaty of Amiens between France and the United Kingdom ends the War of the Second Coalition.
1813
1802
1872
1883
22. End of the Brazilian Empire and the beginning of the Brazilian Republic
1816
1817
1889
1804
23. SecondIndustrial Revolution
1895
1871
1820
1816
24. Ethiopia defeats Italy in theFirst Italo
1862
1803
1861
1895
25. Battle of San Jacinto leads to the capture of General Santa Anna.
1814
1884
1865-April 9 - 1865
1836
26. Shaka's Zulu Kingdom becomes the largest in Southern Africa.
1812
1816
1874
1890
27. Gojong - or Emperor Gwangmu - proclaims the short-lived Korean Empire - lasts until 1910.
1865
1897
1896
1834
28. Russo-Turkish War - Treaty of Bucharest.
1896
1872
1806-1812
1874
29. Samuel Colt popularizes the revolver and sets up a firearms company to manufacture his invention of the Colt Paterson revolver a six bullets firearm shot one by one without reloading manually.
1848
1836
1866
1872
30. The British EastIndia Company is dissolved.
1874
1896
1898
1823
31. Ranjit Singh crowned as King of Punjab.
1817
1877
1812
1801
32. Second Anglo-Sikh War
1806
1848
1862
1851
33. Independence of Chile
1834
1818
1886
1894
34. 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.
1856
1842
1845
1865-April 14 - 1865
35. 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.
1812
1851
1866
1874
36. 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.
1867
1805
1818
1845
37. Jane Austen publishes Pride and Prejudice
1813
1825
1801
1853
38. Charles Darwin's journey on the HMS Beagle.
1863
1831
1868
1836
39. The United States more than doubles in size when it buys out France's territorial claims in North America via the Louisiana Purchase. This begins the U.S.'s westward expansion to the Pacific referred to as its Manifest Destiny which involves annexing
1897
1896
1803
1876
40. July Revolution in France.
1883
1848
1830
1871
41. The Irish Potato Famine leads to the Irish diaspora.
1833
1802
1845
1888
42. William Symington demonstrates his Charlotte Dundas - the 'first practical steamboat'.
1897
1870
1812
1803
43. Giuseppe Piazzi discovers the dwarf planet Ceres.
1859
1801
1807
1869
44. Louis Napoleon assumes power in France in a coup.
1821
1879
1851
1840
45. Dmitri Mendeleev created the Periodic table
1804
1869
1865
1822
46. Civil war in the Federal Republic of Central America led to the foundings of Guatemala - El Salvador - Honduras - Nicaragua - and Costa Rica.
1831
1874
1838
1874
47. Fingerprinting is officially adopted for the first time
1845
1892
1842
1871
48. The feudal system is dismantled in Japan.
1846
1896
1819
1871
49. Russia conquers Finland from Sweden in the Finnish War.
1804
1855
1808
1849
50. Persian Prophet the B
1844
1842
1821
1883