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19th Century Timeline
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1. First publicly funded telegraph line in the world
1825
1884
1844
1898
2. French troops capture Antananarivo in Madagascar
1895
1831
1802
1837
3. Cairo falls to the British.
1875
1881
1822
1801
4. Sir Robert Peel founds the Metropolitan Police Service - the first modern police force.
1898
1816
1830
1829
5. Monroe Doctrine declared by US President James Monroe.
1898
1801
1823
1801
6. The United States gains control of Cuba - Puerto Rico - and the Philippines after the Spanish-American War.
1873
1898
1895
1896
7. The One Thousand Days war in Colombia breaks out between the 'Liberales' and 'Conservadores' - culminating with the loss of Panama in 1903.
1856
1839
1889
1898
8. The feudal system is dismantled in Japan.
1879
1801
1834
1871
9. Mexico gains independence from Spain with the Treaty of C
1821
March 18 - 1871
1878
1801
10. Prince Pedro of Portugal proclaimed the Brazilian independence on September 7. On December 1 - he was crowned as Emperor Dom Pedro I of Brazil.
1822
1823
1876
1863
11. The World's Columbian Exposition was held in Chicago celebrating the 400th anniversary of Christopher Columbus's arrival in the New World.
1894
1892
1889
1844
12. Wilhelm R
1876
1861
1869
1895
13. First Republic in Spain.
1874
1896
1848
1868
14. Cape Colony becomes part of the British Empire.
1825
1880
1828
1806
15. The Platine War ends and the Empire of Brazil has the hegemony over South America.
1851
1825
1820
1890
16. First isolation of aluminum.
1850
1864
1830
1825
17. Ludwig van Beethoven performs his Moonlight Sonata for the first time.
1877
1868
1802
1855
18. French troops capture Antananarivo in Madagascar
1827
1895
1889
1849
19. The Mahdist War in Sudan.
1881
1839
1816
1871
20. The first wagon train sets out from Missouri.
1810s
1843
1849
1898
21. Battle of the Alamo ends with defeat for Texan separatists.
1836
1825
1801
1895
22. Siege of Khartoum
1884
1898
1888
1816
23. The University of Berlin is founded. Among its students and faculty are Hegel - Marx - and Bismarck. The German university reform proves to be so successful that its model is copied around the world (see History of European research universities).
1883
1820
1810
1826
24. SpanishInquisition officially ends.
1834
1896
1878
1861
25. The samurai class is abolished in Japan.
1885
1898
1842
1873
26. Monroe Doctrine declared by US President James Monroe.
1895
1851
1823
1893
27. The Bront
1847
1837
1813
1845
28. Elisha Haydon Collier invents the Flintlock Revolver.
1864
1801
1814
1898
29. Upper and Lower Canada are merged into the Province of Canada
1813
1840
1816
1892
30. Jane Austen publishes Pride and Prejudice
1873
1848
1813
1831
31. The United States purchases Alaska from Russia.
1867
1866
1806
1831
32. After the final Russo-Persian War - the Persian Empire took back territory lost to Russia from the previous war.
1886
1874
1806
1826
33. Ten Years' War between Cuba and Spain
1883
1889
1868
1897
34. The Cisplatine War results in the independence of Uruguay.
1866
1825
1863
1898
35. First Anglo-Sikh War
1863
1845
1815
1893
36. Successful transatlantic telegraph cable follows an earlier attempt in 1858.
1866
1854
1898
1804-1813
37. Samuel Morey patents the internal combustion engine.
1876
1897
1844
1826
38. Dominican War ofIndependence from Haiti.
1834
1863
1855
1844
39. Gregor Mendel formulates his laws of inheritance
1879
1865
1842
1823
40. Little War against Spanish rule in Cuba leads to rebel defeat.
1803
1879
1876
1894
41. Olympic Games revived inAthens.
1896
1802
1889
1864
42. Year Without a Summer - Unusually cold conditions wreak havoc throughout the Northern Hemisphere - likely caused by the 1815 explosion of Mount Tambora.
1873
1884
1816
1881
43. Following the Russo-Turkish War - the Treaty of Berlin recognizes formal independence of the Principality of Serbia - Montenegro and Romania. Bulgaria becomes autonomous.
1872
1877
1817
1847
44. Maxwell's A Treatise on Electricity and Magnetism published.
1838
1873
1834
1844
45. Dreyfuss Affair
1846
1839
1894
1841
46. California Gold Rush
1837
1886
1831
1848
47. Death of William Blake - Ludwig van Beethoven
1872
1827
1890
1884
48. Aspirin patented.
1870s-1890s
1889
1881
1838
49. Britain declares the Slave Trade illegal.
1801
1807
1870
1849
50. 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.
1839
1848
1863
1804