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19th Century Timeline
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1. After the Meiji Restoration - Japan embarks on a program of rapid modernization.
1831
1804
1866
1892
2. Spanish guerrillas fight in the Peninsular War.
1823
1851
1866
1808
3. SecondIndustrial Revolution
1802
1862
1816
1871
4. British defeat French at the Second Battle of Abukir
1820
1804
1801
1839
5. The massive expansion in population - territory - industry and wealth in the United States is referred to as the Gilded Age.
1876
1866
1895
1878
6. First Mexican Empire - as Mexico's first post-independent government - ruled by Emperor Agust
1871
1863
1822
1871
7. First gramophone record
1839
1829
1876
1894
8. Giuseppe Garibaldi launches the Expedition of the Thousand
1887
1819
1860
1852
9. Revolutions of 1848 in Europe
1854
1875
1848
1847
10. The Sino-French War led to the formation of FrenchIndochina.
1884
1801
1869
1868
11. Siege of Sevastapol; city falls to British forces.
1863
1861
1854
1806
12. Civil war in the Federal Republic of Central America led to the foundings of Guatemala - El Salvador - Honduras - Nicaragua - and Costa Rica.
1838
1834
1834
1837
13. TheInternal Macedonian Revolutionary Organisation is formed
1803
1893
1898
1834
14. Wilhelm R
1821
1818
1892
1895
15. The Belgian Revolution in the United Kingdom of the Netherlands led to the creation of Belgium.
1877
1852
1828
1830
16. US forces overthrow the government of Hawaii
1893
1863
1868
1868
17. Trial of Oscar Wilde and premiere of his play The Importance of Being Earnest
1871
1851
1849
1895
18. Death of Vincent van Gogh.
1890
1869
1896
1883
19. The British Parliament passes the Great Reform Act.
March 18 - 1871
1832
1852
1897
20. France invades and occupies Algeria.
1857
1831
1865
1869
21. Chile battles with Peru and Bolivia over Andean territory in the War of the Pacific.
1839
1879
1816
1810
22. Assassination of Tsar Paul I of Russia.
1866
1826
1892
1801
23. The Great Auk is rendered extinct.
1822
1809
1844
1877
24. Giuseppe Garibaldi launches the Expedition of the Thousand
1894
1860
1896
1843
25. Imam Shamil's rebellion in Russian-occupied Caucasus.
1834
1837
1817
1877
26. French gain first foothold in Southeast Asia
1883
1889
1889
1862
27. The Belgian Revolution in the United Kingdom of the Netherlands led to the creation of Belgium.
1866
1830
1832
1804
28. Louis Napoleon assumes power in France in a coup.
1820
1831
1851
1897
29. Mark Twain publishes The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.
1820
1888
1804
1884
30. Burma is presented to Queen Victoria as a birthday gift
1819
1886
1801
1862
31. The British invasion and subsequent occupation of Egypt
1825
1837
1844
1882
32. TheInternal Macedonian Revolutionary Organisation is formed
1827
1834
1893
1825
33. First section of the London Underground opens.
1894
1868
1863
1862
34. Elisha Haydon Collier invents the Flintlock Revolver.
1838
1870s-1890s
1874
1814
35. Uruguayan Civil War
1839
1848
1879
1804
36. Russia commences its conquest of the Caucasus.
1817
1863
1860
1840
37. Death of Alexander Pushkin
1837
1826
1819
1896
38. French troops capture Antananarivo in Madagascar
1846
1895
1896
1823
39. Fulani Jihad in Nigeria.
1863
1804
1877
1876
40. The Kingdom of Great Britain and the Kingdom of Ireland merge to form the United Kingdom.
1851
1810
1801
1837
41. The Boxer Rebellion in China is suppressed by an Eight-Nation Alliance.
1873
1876
1887
1898
42. The United States gains control of Cuba - Puerto Rico - and the Philippines after the Spanish-American War.
1892
1837
1808
1898
43. First electrical power plant and grid in Godalming - Britain.
1884
1881
1867
1889
44. Neanderthal man first identified. Age still unknown.
1856
1825
1840
1892
45. Anaesthesia used for the first time.
1842
1861
1823
1852
46. Basketball is invented.
1892
1849
1887
1806
47. The Little Ice Age ends around this time.
1884
1889
1850
1863
48. French intervention in Mexico and the creation of the Second Mexican Empire - ruled by Maximilian I of Mexico and his consort Carlota of Mexico.
1861
1886
1881
1893
49. The Great Auk is rendered extinct.
1844
1812
1898
1841
50. Gojong - or Emperor Gwangmu - proclaims the short-lived Korean Empire - lasts until 1910.
1897
1856
1856
1895