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19th Century Timeline
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1. The Decembrist revolt
1877
1868
1825
1805
2. Greece becomes the first country to break away from the Ottoman Empire after the Greek War ofIndependence.
1821
1844
1829
1825
3. The Trumpet gets valves.
1810
1822
1874
1806
4. World population reaches 1 billion.
1851
1842
1804
1801
5. First Seminole War begins in Florida.
1830
1817
1820
1803
6. Beethoven performs his Fifth Symphony
1808
1807
March 18 - 1871
1857
7. Dmitri Mendeleev created the Periodic table
1834
1889
1837
1869
8. Russo-Turkish War - Treaty of Bucharest.
1806
1817
1865-April 14 - 1865
1806-1812
9. Bah
1876
1863
1801
1881
10. War of 1812 between the United States and the United Kingdom
1884
1812
1876
1839
11. First Transcontinental Railroad completed in United States on May 10.
1888
1848
1896
1869
12. Jane Austen publishes Pride and Prejudice
1854
1813
1815
1871
13. Thomas Edison invents the phonograph
1837
1884
1842
1877
14. The Principality of Serbia passes a Constitution which defines its independence from the Ottoman Empire.International recognition followed in 1878.
1867
1823
1874
1845
15. Peterloo massacre in England.
1819
1847
1814
1801
16. Serbian revolution erupts against the Ottoman rule. Suzerainty of Serbia recognized in 1817.
1848
1819
1846
1804
17. Mirza Ghulam Ahmad establishes the Ahmadi Muslim Community.
1889
1831
1801
1812
18. Mary Shelley writes Frankenstein
1848
1865-April 9 - 1865
1888
1818
19. Burma is presented to Queen Victoria as a birthday gift
1823
1886
1820
1895
20. The One Thousand Days war in Colombia breaks out between the 'Liberales' and 'Conservadores' - culminating with the loss of Panama in 1903.
1866
1888
1898
1803
21. Death of Vincent van Gogh.
1831
1824
1848
1890
22. Britain establishes a protectorate over Bechuanaland (modern Botswana)
1830
1851
1885
1808
23. The Decembrist revolt
1821
1871
1886
1825
24. Greco-Turkish War.
1877
1807
1897
1825
25. Anglo-Afghan Wars lead to stalemate and the establishment of the Durand line
1840
1848
1839
1833
26. Suez Canal is constructed.
1802
1859
1808
1899
27. Taiping Rebellion is the bloodiest conflict of the century - leading to the deaths of 20 million people.
1850
1824
1839
1888
28. King Leopold II of Belgium establishes the Congo Free State as a personal fiefdom
1873
1865
1885
1861
29. Spanish guerrillas fight in the Peninsular War.
1803
1834
1808
1810
30. Fingerprinting is officially adopted for the first time
1831
1889
1892
1875
31. First commercial telephone exchange in New Haven - Connecticut.
1896
1844
1878
1830
32. Telegraphy patented.
1894
1834
1837
1834
33. The Great Auk is rendered extinct.
1823
1861
1844
1816
34. Charles Darwin's journey on the HMS Beagle.
1858
1896
1862
1831
35. The Mahdist War in Sudan.
1845
1879
1805
1881
36. Battle of the Alamo ends with defeat for Texan separatists.
1898
1816
1836
1805
37. William Symington demonstrates his Charlotte Dundas - the 'first practical steamboat'.
1818
1803
1895
1801
38. Uruguayan Civil War
1839
1874
1877
1821
39. Rebellions of 1837 in Canada.
1837
1886
1823
1855
40. Anglo-Nepalese War between Nepal (Gurkha Empire) and British Empire.
1820
1876
1814
1874
41. Anglo-Zulu War in South Africa.
1803
1879
1839
1885
42. 'The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde' by Robert Louis Stevenson is published.
1893
1866
1872
1886
43. Queen Victoria becomes Empress ofIndia.
1801
1876
1869
1825
44. The United States gains control of Cuba - Puerto Rico - and the Philippines after the Spanish-American War.
1864
1841
1828
1898
45. The Convention of Kanagawa formally ends Japan's policy of isolation.
1839
1854
1863
1816
46. Basketball is invented.
1892
1871
1851
1804
47. Cuban War forIndependence results in Cuban independence from Spain
1873
1895
1845
1847
48. The samurai class is abolished in Japan.
March 18 - 1871
1830
1867
1873
49. Black War in Tasmania leads to the near extinction of the Tasmanian aborigines
1828
1893
1856
1884
50. Morphine first isolated.
1822
1801
1804
1801