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19th Century Timeline
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1. The Bront
1896
1831
1834
1847
2. The United States purchases Alaska from Russia.
1849
1883
1867
1889
3. The first recognised international soccer match - between England and Scotland - is played.
1849
1872
1893
1820
4. Siege of Sevastapol; city falls to British forces.
1833
1804
1854
1863
5. The safety pin and the gas mask are invented
1820
1842
1890
1849
6. Russo-Turkish War - Treaty of Bucharest.
1849
1806-1812
1861
1825
7. Siege of Khartoum
1831
1884
1874
1849
8. Mexico gains independence from Spain with the Treaty of C
1840
1821
1867
1898
9. Napoleon crowns himself Emperor of the French.
1851
1876
1829
1804
10. After the final Russo-Persian War - the Persian Empire took back territory lost to Russia from the previous war.
1893
1826
1806
1876
11. First electric motor built.
1822
1842
1848
1829
12. Reconstruction in the United States; Slavery is banned in the United States by the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.
1886
1826
1865
1884
13. Maxwell's A Treatise on Electricity and Magnetism published.
1817
1831
1808
1873
14. Mirza Ghulam Ahmad establishes the Ahmadi Muslim Community.
1889
1874
1831
1821
15. Battle of the Little Bighorn leads to the death of General Custer and victory for the alliance of Lakota - Cheyenne and Arapaho
1892
1801
1876
1885
16. Shaka rises to power over the Zulu Kingdom. Zulu expansion was a major factor of the Mfecane (
1816
1803
1808
1804
17. The Berlin Conference signals the start of the European 'scramble for Africa'.Attending nations also agree to ban trade in slaves.
1848
1851
1884
1896
18. World population reaches 1 billion.
1804
1825
1831
1876
19. Millerite movement awaits the Second Advent of Jesus Christ on October 22. Christ's non-appearance becomes known as the Great Disappointment.
1844
1808
1871
1851
20. The Texas Revolution in Mexico resulted in the short-lived Republic of Texas.
1835
1816
1868
1836
21. Napoleon strips the Teutonic Knights of their last holdings in Bad Mergentheim.
1873
1809
1810
1801
22. The British Empire annexed Burma (now also called Myanmar) after three Anglo-Burmese Wars.
1882
1868
1825
1823
23. Death of William Blake - Ludwig van Beethoven
1877
1827
1830
1853
24. Indian Rebellion of 1857. The British Empire assumes control ofIndia from the EastIndia Company.
1845
1894
1857
1834
25. First electrical power plant and grid in Godalming - Britain.
1806
1842
1881
1860
26. Queen Victoria becomes Empress ofIndia.
1881
1876
1897
1845
27. The French invasion of Russia is a turning point in the Napoleonic Wars.
1812
1848
1855
1889
28. Treaty of Amiens between France and the United Kingdom ends the War of the Second Coalition.
1846
1829
1802
1875
29. Britain establishes a protectorate over Bechuanaland (modern Botswana)
1847
1885
1836
1814
30. The first wagon train sets out from Missouri.
1843
March 18 - 1871
1847
1877
31. Bah
1836
1823
1863
1837
32. Sir Robert Peel founds the Metropolitan Police Service - the first modern police force.
1887
1876
1829
1822
33. War of 1812 between the United States and the United Kingdom
1805
1820
1812
1871
34. Ethiopia defeated Italy at the Battle of Adwa.
1885
1890
1896
1869
35. Charles Darwin's journey on the HMS Beagle.
1831
1804
1803
1896
36. The Convention of Kanagawa formally ends Japan's policy of isolation.
1897
1882
1839
1854
37. Empress Dowager Cixi of China engineers a coup d'
1871
1889
1867
1898
38. After the Meiji Restoration - Japan embarks on a program of rapid modernization.
1825
1868
1866
1874
39. The Chincha Islands War was an attempt by Spain to regain its South American colonies.
1804
1874
1862
1864
40. TheInternal Macedonian Revolutionary Organisation is formed
1896
1893
1804
1844
41. Dreyfuss Affair
1885
1899
1894
1874
42. Queen Victoria's reign is considered the apex of the British Empire and is referred to as the Victorian era.
1822
1837
1882
1830
43. November Uprising ends with crushing defeat for Poland in the Battle of Warsaw.
1888
1837
1894
1831
44. The Pony Express started.
1868
1825
1894
1860
45. At least 5000 Mexicans die in Apache raids - and 100 settlements are destroyed.
1863
1863
1872
1820
46. Imam Shamil's rebellion in Russian-occupied Caucasus.
1834
1879
1801
1829
47. Serbian revolution erupts against the Ottoman rule. Suzerainty of Serbia recognized in 1817.
1814
1804
1894
1842
48. TheFirst Boer War.
1877
1871
1893
1880
49. Imam Shamil's rebellion in Russian-occupied Caucasus.
1838
1834
1839
1837
50. Anglo-Afghan Wars lead to stalemate and the establishment of the Durand line
1888
1866
1839
1801