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19th Century Timeline
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1. Bah
1825
1884
1863
1814
2. Battle of Balaclava and the Charge of the Light Brigade.
1854
1825
1853
1848
3. Singer begins production of the 'Vibrating Shuttle' which would become the Model T of sewing machines.
1818
1817
1885
1876
4. The first boatloads of gold prospectors arrive in California - giving them the nickname 49ers.
1849
1824
1888
1889
5. Dreyfuss Affair
1849
1844
1894
1874
6. Suez Canal is constructed.
1859
1820
1890
1882
7. The Wahhabis of theFirst Saudi State capture Mecca and Medina.
1801
1868
1868
1803
8. End of the Brazilian Empire and the beginning of the Brazilian Republic
1889
1862
1857
1844
9. Krakatoa volcano explosion - one of the largest in modern history.
1883
1830
1825
1836
10. Discovery of Antarctica
1820
1895
1801
1821
11. Most of the Latin American colonies free themselves from the Spanish and Portuguese Empires after the Latin American wars of independence.
1815
1854
1872
1810s
12. Principality of Serbia becomes suzerain from the Ottoman Empire. Officially independent in 1867.
1893
1886
1817
1871
13. Morphine first isolated.
1804
1873
1854
1868
14. Richard Wagner's Ring Cycle is first performed in its entirety.
1848
1876
1890
1814
15. The Belgian Revolution in the United Kingdom of the Netherlands led to the creation of Belgium.
1845
1830
1805
1861
16. Mary Shelley writes Frankenstein
1897
1818
1829
1863
17. Great Bosnian uprising against Ottoman rule occurs.
1831
1839
1883
1851
18. The Great Exhibition in London was the world's first international Expo or World's Fair.
1851
1881
1894
1887
19. The British Parliament passes the Great Reform Act.
1892
1846
1894
1832
20. Haiti gains independence from France and becomes the first black republic.
1804
1820
1825
1873
21. The massive expansion in population - territory - industry and wealth in the United States is referred to as the Gilded Age.
1801
1851
1896
1876
22. Napoleon signs the Concordat of 1801 with the Pope.
1894
1869
1801
1892
23. Kingdom of Belgium declared.
1877
1826
1839
1874
24. Missouri Compromise
1820
1896
1826
1891
25. Famine in Persia is believed to have caused the death of 2 million.
1872
1843
1871
1831
26. Britain establishes a protectorate over Bechuanaland (modern Botswana)
1873
1885
1862
1890
27. Aspirin patented.
1864
1896
1889
1804
28. Aspirin patented.
1820
1889
1870
1826
29. Uruguayan Civil War
1825
1836
1801
1839
30. The safety pin and the gas mask are invented
1839
1854
1884
1849
31. Basketball is invented.
1898
1805
1892
1871
32. US forces overthrow the government of Hawaii
1844
1804
1840
1893
33. Mirza Ghulam Ahmad establishes the Ahmadi Muslim Community.
1819
1814
1889
1804
34. The Boxer Rebellion in China is suppressed by an Eight-Nation Alliance.
1867
1898
1801
1817
35. Rebellions of 1837 in Canada.
1894
1837
1876
1890
36. Louis Napoleon assumes power in France in a coup.
1851
1840
1898
1852
37. Egyptian
1818
1895
1896
1831
38. British defeat French at the Second Battle of Abukir
1879
1895
1896
1801
39. Construction of the Statue of Liberty; Coca-Cola is developed.
1876
1862
1804
1886
40. Canadian Confederation formed.
1888
1876
1845
1867
41. 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.
1890
1883
1886
1836
42. The modern city of Singapore is established by the British EastIndia Company.
1819
1898
1869
1825
43. France and the Russian Empire form a military alliance
1867
1821
1837
1894
44. Revolutions of 1848 in Europe
1831
1848
1866
1804
45. Dmitri Mendeleev created the Periodic table
1869
1876
1854
1890
46. Cuban War forIndependence results in Cuban independence from Spain
1875
1812
1881
1895
47. TheFirst Boer War.
1892
1880
1895
1886
48. The British invasion and subsequent occupation of Egypt
1879
1867
1882
1894
49. French intervention in Mexico and the creation of the Second Mexican Empire - ruled by Maximilian I of Mexico and his consort Carlota of Mexico.
1868
1819
1876
1861
50. Great Railroad Strike in the United States may have been the world's first nationwide labor strike.
1877
1842
1876
1806