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19th Century Timeline
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1. Dreyfuss Affair
1886
1812
1894
1842
2. First section of the London Underground opens.
1865
1863
1854
1873
3. Gojong - or Emperor Gwangmu - proclaims the short-lived Korean Empire - lasts until 1910.
1802
1891
1897
1826
4. Regency period ends in the United Kingdom
1864
1821
1851
1820
5. Fingerprinting is officially adopted for the first time
1898
1892
1871
1868
6. Holy Roman Empire dissolved as a consequence of the Treaty of Pressburg.
1839
1895
1806
1887
7. 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.
1886
1844
1802
1815
8. Assassination of Tsar Paul I of Russia.
1877
1829
1869
1801
9. After two Opium Wars - France - the United Kingdom - the United States and Russia gained many concessions from China resulting in the decline of the Qing Dynasty.
1803
1839
1814
1836
10. HMS Challenger surveys the deepest point in the Earth's oceans - the Challenger Deep
1887
1837
1875
1831
11. Shaka's Zulu Kingdom becomes the largest in Southern Africa.
1862
1871
1883
1816
12. Britain amends the Poor Law demanding that any paupers requesting assistance must go to a workhouse.
1860
1845
1834
1892
13. Eiffel Tower is inaugurated in Paris.
1876
1871
1889
1886
14. Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker Suite premi
1892
1889
1831
1838
15. American Civil War between the Union and seceding Confederacy
1825
1861
1848
1859
16. 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.
1848
1855
1839
1865-April 14 - 1865
17. Louis Napoleon assumes power in France in a coup.
1814
1831
1879
1851
18. Wilhelm R
1854
1895
1814
1865
19. Earliest recorded air raid - as Austria employs 200 balloons to deliver ordnance against Venice.
1895
1849
1852
1865
20. The word 'dinosaur' is coined by Richard Owen
1841
1820
1866
1874
21. Gunfight at the O.K. Corral. Sitting Bull surrenders.
1863
1803
1881
1841
22. Death of William Blake - Ludwig van Beethoven
1827
1842
1864
1866
23. Paris Commune - Around 30000 Parisians were killed - and thousands more were later executed.
March 18 - 1871
1805
1801
1830
24. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints is established on April 6 - 1830.
1804
1894
1830
1889
25. Formation of theInternational Red Cross is followed by the adoption of theFirst Geneva Convention in 1864.
1842
1810
1863
1841
26. Bulgarians instigate the April Uprising against Ottoman rule.
1842
1850
1804
1876
27. Liberia founded by the American Colonization Society for freed American slaves.
1864
1820
1857
March 18 - 1871
28. Russia commences its conquest of the Caucasus.
1817
1887
1864
1850
29. Battle of Balaclava and the Charge of the Light Brigade.
1854
1862
1841
1830
30. Basketball is invented.
1839
1829
1865-April 14 - 1865
1892
31. November Uprising ends with crushing defeat for Poland in the Battle of Warsaw.
1890
1877
1895
1831
32. The Berlin Conference signals the start of the European 'scramble for Africa'.Attending nations also agree to ban trade in slaves.
1884
1828
1869
1890
33. First commercial telephone exchange in New Haven - Connecticut.
1878
1816
1839
1892
34. Napoleon strips the Teutonic Knights of their last holdings in Bad Mergentheim.
1875
1875
1809
1877
35. Rebellions of 1837 in Canada.
1801
1810
1837
1894
36. Principality of Serbia becomes suzerain from the Ottoman Empire. Officially independent in 1867.
1817
1863
March 18 - 1871
1808
37. The quagga is rendered extinct.
1877
1814
1883
1844
38. Cuban War forIndependence results in Cuban independence from Spain
1897
1893
1895
1834
39. The British Empire annexed Burma (now also called Myanmar) after three Anglo-Burmese Wars.
1898
1889
1823
1808
40. First steam locomotive begins operation.
1804
1851
1825
1839
41. Earliest recorded air raid - as Austria employs 200 balloons to deliver ordnance against Venice.
1871
1844
1849
1807
42. William Symington demonstrates his Charlotte Dundas - the 'first practical steamboat'.
1804
1821
1896
1803
43. Following the Russo-Turkish War - the Treaty of Berlin recognizes formal independence of the Principality of Serbia - Montenegro and Romania. Bulgaria becomes autonomous.
1866
1830
1871
1877
44. Burma is presented to Queen Victoria as a birthday gift
1898
1894
1886
1866
45. TheInternal Macedonian Revolutionary Organisation is formed
1881
1893
1868
1872
46. Short stories A Christmas Carol and The Tell-Tale Heart published.
1848
1843
1816
1885
47. Beethoven performs his Fifth Symphony
1879
1892
1808
1856
48. Erie Canal opened connecting the Great Lakes to theAtlantic Ocean.
1839
1830
1825
1815
49. Robert E. Lee surrenders the Army of Northern Virginia (26 -765 troops) to Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Courthouse - Virginia - effectively ending the American Civil War.
1865-April 9 - 1865
1814
1830
1869
50. The Great Auk is rendered extinct.
1851
1820
1812
1844
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