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19th Century Timeline
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1. The first boatloads of gold prospectors arrive in California - giving them the nickname 49ers.
1820
1846
1849
1825
2. The Principality of Serbia passes a Constitution which defines its independence from the Ottoman Empire.International recognition followed in 1878.
1822
1828
1823
1867
3. After theFirst Sino-Japanese War - China cedes Taiwan to Japan and grants Japan a free hand in Korea.
1810
1834
1850
1894
4. Anglo-Zulu War in South Africa.
1816
1879
1864
1820
5. First publicly funded telegraph line in the world
1819
1844
1886
1812
6. Independence of Luxembourg.
1814
March 18 - 1871
1842
1890
7. First commercial telephone exchange in New Haven - Connecticut.
1878
1883
1803
1838
8. Spanish guerrillas fight in the Peninsular War.
1892
1808
1825
1863
9. Benin Expedition of 1897 loots and burns Benin
1897
1804
1833
1879
10. Haiti gains independence from France and becomes the first black republic.
1836
1804
1816
1886
11. Jack the Ripper murders occur in Whitechapel - London
1819
1821
1894
1888
12. The British Parliament passes the Great Reform Act.
1808
1879
1832
1801
13. First commercial film release by Jean Aim
1814
1894
1890
1836
14. Anglo-Zulu War in South Africa.
1862
1879
1830
1801
15. The British EastIndia Company is dissolved.
1874
1890
1818
1882
16. 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.
1867
1890
1870
1898
17. The Boxer Rebellion in China is suppressed by an Eight-Nation Alliance.
1824
1898
1837
1840
18. The Belgian Revolution in the United Kingdom of the Netherlands led to the creation of Belgium.
1872
1830
1847
1843
19. 13 million Chinese die of famine in northern China.
1849
1848
1820
1876
20. US forces overthrow the government of Hawaii
1838
1893
1873
1833
21. The first wagon train sets out from Missouri.
1886
1879
1877
1843
22. The word 'dinosaur' is coined by Richard Owen
1841
1805
1889
1877
23. The Decembrist revolt
1825
1883
1833
1853
24. Slavery banned in Brazil.
1803
1888
1889
1817
25. Shaka's Zulu Kingdom becomes the largest in Southern Africa.
1882
1837
1816
1896
26. Independence of Chile
1881
1859
1873
1818
27. Victorian gold rush in Australia
1895
1848
1851
1844
28. The Wahhabis of theFirst Saudi State capture Mecca and Medina.
1859
1803
1851
1897
29. Premiere of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony.
1875
1824
1818
1829
30. Giuseppe Garibaldi launches the Expedition of the Thousand
1851
1860
1887
1868
31. Napoleon escapes exile and begins the Hundred Days before finally being defeated at the Battle of Waterloo and exiled to St Helena. His defeat brings a conclusion to the Napoleonic Wars and marks the beginning of a Pax Britannica which lasts until 19
1849
1815
1812
1823
32. Anaesthesia used for the first time.
1831
1839
1842
March 18 - 1871
33. Fulani Jihad in Nigeria.
1867
1896
1804
1813
34. Bulgarians instigate the April Uprising against Ottoman rule.
1876
1808
1883
1886
35. Giuseppe Piazzi discovers the dwarf planet Ceres.
1801
1876
1895
1844
36. Napoleon signs the Concordat of 1801 with the Pope.
1897
1801
1818
1896
37. Following the Russo-Turkish War - the Treaty of Berlin recognizes formal independence of the Principality of Serbia - Montenegro and Romania. Bulgaria becomes autonomous.
1830
1893
1837
1877
38. The Convention of Kanagawa formally ends Japan's policy of isolation.
1804-1813
1893
1854
1896
39. The Soci
1874
1849
1832
1834
40. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle publishes his first Sherlock Holmes story - A Study in Scarlet.
1887
1815
1881
1896
41. Louis Le Prince records the Roundhay Garden Scene - the earliest surviving film.
1888
1885
1879
1830
42. Ethiopia defeats Italy in theFirst Italo
1895
1803
1896
1864
43. Philippine Revolution ends declaring Philippines free from Spanish rule.
1899
1829
1861
1896
44. Treaty of Amiens between France and the United Kingdom ends the War of the Second Coalition.
1863
1868
1801
1802
45. Famine in Finland.
1820
1873
1866
1889
46. The Irish Potato Famine leads to the Irish diaspora.
1896
1862
1817
1845
47. Dominican War ofIndependence from Haiti.
1894
1885
1844
1801
48. The United States purchases Alaska from Russia.
1896
1801
1867
1866
49. Siege of Khartoum
1898
1893
1895
1884
50. Uruguayan Civil War
1838
1834
1839
1895