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19th Century Timeline
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1. The Communist Manifesto published.
1867
1801
1863
1848
2. 'The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde' by Robert Louis Stevenson is published.
1886
1824
1828
1830
3. First Seminole War begins in Florida.
1894
1895
1886
1817
4. Little War against Spanish rule in Cuba leads to rebel defeat.
1879
1863
1812
1896
5. 26 millionIndians perish inIndia due to famine.
1861
1834
1845
1875
6. After the Meiji Restoration - Japan embarks on a program of rapid modernization.
1810
1838
1880
1866
7. Ethiopia defeated Italy at the Battle of Adwa.
1850
1893
1804
1896
8. First commercial telephone exchange in New Haven - Connecticut.
1894
1803
1825
1878
9. Ten Years' War between Cuba and Spain
1802
1849
1868
1837
10. 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.
1840
1817
1836
1895
11. Wave of pogroms begins in the Russian Empire.
1881
1830
1820
1898
12. Volleyball is invented
1894
1814
1895
1816
13. Louis Le Prince records the Roundhay Garden Scene - the earliest surviving film.
1838
1888
1861
1898
14. Haiti gains independence from France and becomes the first black republic.
1804
1848
1829
1819
15. Russo-Turkish War - Treaty of Bucharest.
1806-1812
1890
1879
1895
16. French intervention in Mexico and the creation of the Second Mexican Empire - ruled by Maximilian I of Mexico and his consort Carlota of Mexico.
1898
1830
1861
1839
17. Chilean Civil War.
1815
1847
1891
1848
18. The British EastIndia Company is dissolved.
1884
1842
1874
1860
19. The Mexican-American War leads to Mexico's cession of much of the modern-day Southwestern United States.
1876
1836
1807
1846
20. The British EastIndia Company is dissolved.
1874
1830
1887
1843
21. Famine in Finland.
1824
1825
1801
1866
22. Muhammad Ali modernizes Egypt.
1877
1804
1805
1831
23. Second Anglo-Sikh War
1894
1817
1848
1802
24. 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
1839
1866
1803
1818
25. 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.
1883
1877
1830
1870
26. Treaty of Nanking cedes Hong Kong to the British.
1868
1842
1847
1804
27. Mormon migration to Utah.
1877
1868
1846
1844
28. Napoleon abdicates and is exiled to Elba.
1897
1829
1893
1814
29. Paris Commune - Around 30000 Parisians were killed - and thousands more were later executed.
1866
1838
1804
March 18 - 1871
30. Great Railroad Strike in the United States may have been the world's first nationwide labor strike.
1801
1877
1851
1821
31. The One Thousand Days war in Colombia breaks out between the 'Liberales' and 'Conservadores' - culminating with the loss of Panama in 1903.
1874
1803
1863
1898
32. Paris Commune - Around 30000 Parisians were killed - and thousands more were later executed.
1874
March 18 - 1871
1820
1826
33. Elisha Haydon Collier invents the Flintlock Revolver.
1833
1833
1884
1814
34. France annexes Cambodia.
1827
1863
1868
1847
35. Following the Russo-Turkish War - the Treaty of Berlin recognizes formal independence of the Principality of Serbia - Montenegro and Romania. Bulgaria becomes autonomous.
1835
1833
1803
1877
36. Aspirin patented.
1896
1889
1804
1848
37. The Cisplatine War results in the independence of Uruguay.
1878
1863
1881
1825
38. Basketball is invented.
1892
1839
1877
1865-April 9 - 1865
39. Wave of pogroms begins in the Russian Empire.
1821
1849
1881
1801
40. Russia abolishes serfdom.
1861
1830
1898
1889
41. Richard Wagner's Ring Cycle is first performed in its entirety.
1873
1876
1821
1890
42. Britain establishes a protectorate over Bechuanaland (modern Botswana)
1871
1820
1871
1885
43. The word 'dinosaur' is coined by Richard Owen
1895
1885
1841
1814
44. TheInternal Macedonian Revolutionary Organisation is formed
1893
1816
1881
1872
45. Slavery banned in Brazil.
1844
1888
1867
1873
46. Russo-Turkish War - Treaty of Bucharest.
1806-1812
1892
1806
1898
47. Cape Colony becomes part of the British Empire.
1895
1879
1825
1806
48. The Great Exhibition in London was the world's first international Expo or World's Fair.
1851
1806-1812
1828
1868
49. Thomas Edison tests his first light bulb
1821
1879
1839
1830
50. Mexico gains independence from Spain with the Treaty of C
1808
1868
1877
1821