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19th Century Timeline
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1. Napoleon strips the Teutonic Knights of their last holdings in Bad Mergentheim.
1817
1896
1837
1809
2. Death of William Blake - Ludwig van Beethoven
1827
1820
1865
1808
3. Mirza Ghulam Ahmad establishes the Ahmadi Muslim Community.
1848
1844
1889
1830
4. The Mexican-American War leads to Mexico's cession of much of the modern-day Southwestern United States.
1881
1846
1869
1882
5. First Transcontinental Railroad completed in United States on May 10.
1836
1884
1869
1865
6. Dmitri Mendeleev created the Periodic table
1869
1865-April 9 - 1865
1890
1834
7. The massive expansion in population - territory - industry and wealth in the United States is referred to as the Gilded Age.
1867
1849
1876
1840
8. First Anglo-Sikh War
1845
1889
1808
1897
9. William Symington demonstrates his Charlotte Dundas - the 'first practical steamboat'.
1806-1812
1854
1803
1873
10. The Mexican-American War leads to Mexico's cession of much of the modern-day Southwestern United States.
1851
1844
1846
1874
11. Th
1825
1852
1819
1877
12. Muhammad Ali modernizes Egypt.
1805
1886
1893
1801
13. Cro-Magnon man first identified.
1868
1841
1884
1836
14. The Suez Canal opens linking the Mediterranean to the Red Sea.
1869
1836
1872
1860
15. Henry Morton Stanley meets Dr. David Livingstone near Lake Tanganyika.
1871
1850
1817
1837
16. The British invasion and subsequent occupation of Egypt
1816
1882
1872
1847
17. Giuseppe Garibaldi launches the Expedition of the Thousand
1867
1860
1810s
1849
18. 26 millionIndians perish inIndia due to famine.
1875
1897
1801
1877
19. Slavery Abolition Act bans slavery throughout the British Empire.
1834
1837
1898
1833
20. Second Anglo-Sikh War
1868
1871
1848
1829
21. The Berlin Conference signals the start of the European 'scramble for Africa'.Attending nations also agree to ban trade in slaves.
1870
1869
1884
1891
22. The safety pin and the gas mask are invented
1849
1861
1820
1853
23. The Home Rule Movement is established in Ireland.
1812
1816
1874
1865-April 14 - 1865
24. Gunfight at the O.K. Corral. Sitting Bull surrenders.
1821
1881
1865-April 9 - 1865
1829
25. Ethiopia defeats Italy in theFirst Italo
1895
1810s
1831
1804
26. Richard Wagner's Ring Cycle is first performed in its entirety.
1876
1834
1898
1894
27. Britain establishes a protectorate over Bechuanaland (modern Botswana)
1879
1823
1885
1884
28. Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker Suite premi
1803
1892
1871
1802
29. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle publishes his first Sherlock Holmes story - A Study in Scarlet.
1887
1866
1872
1876
30. Death of Alexander Pushkin
1837
1878
1831
1817
31. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's Faust premieres.
1862
1829
1848
1842
32. Liberia founded by the American Colonization Society for freed American slaves.
1825
1820
1895
1852
33. Serbian revolution erupts against the Ottoman rule. Suzerainty of Serbia recognized in 1817.
1887
1890
1804
1866
34. Shaka's Zulu Kingdom becomes the largest in Southern Africa.
1834
1866
1816
1824
35. 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.
1894
1867
1819
1865-April 9 - 1865
36. First commercial film release by Jean Aim
1894
1815
1876
1863
37. Mark Twain publishes The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.
1884
1825
1881
1853
38. Millerite movement awaits the Second Advent of Jesus Christ on October 22. Christ's non-appearance becomes known as the Great Disappointment.
1803
1879
1886
1844
39. November Uprising ends with crushing defeat for Poland in the Battle of Warsaw.
1831
1818
1885
1870s-1890s
40. Long Depression in Western Europe and North America
1808
1833
1870s-1890s
1890
41. The Wahhabis of theFirst Saudi State capture Mecca and Medina.
1803
1858
1819
1881
42. New Zealand becomes the first country to enact women's suffrage
1893
1821
1806
1857
43. Invention of the phonautograph - the first true device for recording sound.
1856
1829
1858
1818
44. After the final Russo-Persian War - the Persian Empire took back territory lost to Russia from the previous war.
1863
1805
1846
1826
45. First gramophone record
1801
1801
1894
1834
46. Jane Austen publishes Pride and Prejudice
1801
1813
1854
1840
47. Suez Canal is constructed.
1881
1889
1859
1818
48. Dreyfuss Affair
1839
1894
1880
1862
49. The United States purchases Alaska from Russia.
1898
1848
1834
1867
50. The British Empire annexed Burma (now also called Myanmar) after three Anglo-Burmese Wars.
1823
1829
1817
1883