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19th Century Timeline
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1. Crimean War between France - the United Kingdom - the Ottoman Empire and Russia
1853
1810s
1898
1804
2. The Bront
1857
1847
1836
1839
3. Indian Rebellion of 1857. The British Empire assumes control ofIndia from the EastIndia Company.
1807
1859
1857
1865-April 9 - 1865
4. The modern city of Singapore is established by the British EastIndia Company.
1866
1819
1814
1844
5. Death of Vincent van Gogh.
1803
1819
1868
1890
6. The first wagon train sets out from Missouri.
1848
1855
1843
1859
7. Bulgarians instigate the April Uprising against Ottoman rule.
1850
1881
1869
1876
8. SpanishInquisition officially ends.
1834
1854
1844
1801
9. Siege of Khartoum
1894
1895
1801
1884
10. Elisha Haydon Collier invents the Flintlock Revolver.
1810
1865-April 9 - 1865
1885
1814
11. Prince Pedro of Portugal proclaimed the Brazilian independence on September 7. On December 1 - he was crowned as Emperor Dom Pedro I of Brazil.
1816
1893
1822
1848
12. Russia commences its conquest of the Caucasus.
1817
1863
1815
1863
13. New Zealand is founded - as the Treaty of Waitangi is signed by the Maori and British.
1847
1825
1840
1887
14. Greco-Turkish War.
1897
1854
1818
1898
15. 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).
1801
1810
1871
1848
16. Sir Robert Peel founds the Metropolitan Police Service - the first modern police force.
1844
1895
1829
1823
17. Maxwell's A Treatise on Electricity and Magnetism published.
1834
1873
1801
1823
18. Reconstruction in the United States; Slavery is banned in the United States by the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.
1803
1808
1845
1865
19. Revolutions of 1848 in Europe
1877
1848
1862
1846
20. Henri Becquerel discovers radioactivity; JJ Thompson identifies the electron - though not by name.
1837
1869
1841
1896
21. Short stories A Christmas Carol and The Tell-Tale Heart published.
1896
1843
1824
1888
22. United States President Abraham Lincoln is assassinated while attending a performance atFord's Theater - Washington - D.C.. He dies approximately nine hours after being shot on April 15 - 1865.
1865-April 14 - 1865
1829
1801
1819
23. Famine in Finland.
1866
1890
1896
1887
24. First Transcontinental Railroad completed in United States on May 10.
1848
1843
1869
1805
25. Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker Suite premi
1871
1892
1821
1876
26. Napoleon crowns himself Emperor of the French.
1804
1837
1803
1883
27. 'The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde' by Robert Louis Stevenson is published.
1865-April 14 - 1865
1898
1830
1886
28. Charles Darwin publishes On the Origin of Species.
March 18 - 1871
1826
1859
1841
29. 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.
1849
1839
1808
1874
30. The Congress of Vienna redraws the European map. The Concert of Europe attempts to preserve this settlement - but it fails to stem the tide of liberalism and nationalism that sweeps over the continent.
1834
1815
1863
1867
31. Death of William Blake - Ludwig van Beethoven
1827
1844
1870
1882
32. The Expatriation Act of 1868 is approved by the U.S. Congress - one of the early blows which would eventually lead to the death of the common law doctrine of perpetual allegiance
1868
1803
1810s
1888
33. Independence of Argentina
1871
1821
1816
1822
34. Russia abolishes serfdom.
1825
1801
1861
1810
35. First gramophone record
1894
1892
1861
1816
36. Battle of the Alamo ends with defeat for Texan separatists.
1805
1859
1829
1836
37. The Franco-Prussian War results in the unifications of Germany and Italy - the collapse of the Second French Empire and the emergence of a New Imperialism.
1835
1879
1837
1870
38. Peru declares its independence from Spain.
1821
1866
1881
1862
39. American Civil War between the Union and seceding Confederacy
1889
1861
1877
1893
40. Assassination of Tsar Paul I of Russia.
1836
1843
1801
1864
41. Ethiopia defeated Italy at the Battle of Adwa.
March 18 - 1871
1851
1873
1896
42. Regency period ends in the United Kingdom
1820
1876
1801
1877
43. Tsar Alexander II is assassinated
1881
1873
1861
1890
44. The Stockton and Darlington Railway - the first public railway in the world - is opened.
1876
1825
1875
1844
45. Ludwig van Beethoven performs his Moonlight Sonata for the first time.
1814
1804
1802
1873
46. Most of the Latin American colonies free themselves from the Spanish and Portuguese Empires after the Latin American wars of independence.
1899
1858
1810s
1862
47. Th
1819
1801
1893
1817
48. The Pony Express started.
1857
1843
1860
1804
49. Queen Victoria becomes Empress ofIndia.
1828
1848
1876
1831
50. The Wahhabis of theFirst Saudi State capture Mecca and Medina.
1895
1859
1853
1803