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19th Century Timeline
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1. Seneca Falls Convention is the first women's rights convention in the United States and leads to the battle for suffrage and women's legal rights.
1892
1814
1848
1895
2. Death of William Blake - Ludwig van Beethoven
1874
1808
1848
1827
3. Indian Rebellion of 1857. The British Empire assumes control ofIndia from the EastIndia Company.
1889
1876
1857
1844
4. First publicly funded telegraph line in the world
1810
1857
1844
1877
5. Peru declares its independence from Spain.
1821
1830
1871
1862
6. War breaks out between Britain and France; this is considered by some to be the beginning of the Napoleonic Wars.
1856
1887
1889
1803
7. The Little Ice Age ends around this time.
1849
1823
1850
1842
8. Samuel Colt popularizes the revolver and sets up a firearms company to manufacture his invention of the Colt Paterson revolver a six bullets firearm shot one by one without reloading manually.
1810
1820
1839
1836
9. US forces overthrow the government of Hawaii
1883
1855
1895
1893
10. Shaka's Zulu Kingdom becomes the largest in Southern Africa.
1816
1879
1832
1874
11. TheInternal Macedonian Revolutionary Organisation is formed
1829
1874
1893
1850
12. The British Parliament passes the Great Reform Act.
1881
1846
1886
1832
13. California Gold Rush
1887
1872
1848
1898
14. The Great Exhibition in London was the world's first international Expo or World's Fair.
1836
1804
1802
1851
15. War of 1812 between the United States and the United Kingdom
1812
1804
1864
1876
16. Olympic Games revived inAthens.
1896
1863
1868
1879
17. Indian famine begins.
1845
1839
1849
1899
18. July Revolution in France.
1821
1887
1853
1830
19. Napoleon signs the Concordat of 1801 with the Pope.
1820
1804
1886
1801
20. The Chincha Islands War was an attempt by Spain to regain its South American colonies.
1864
1829
1825
1895
21. New Zealand becomes the first country to enact women's suffrage
1832
1806
1893
1889
22. Upper and Lower Canada are merged into the Province of Canada
1848
1840
1877
1868
23. King Leopold II of Belgium establishes the Congo Free State as a personal fiefdom
1808
1899
1876
1885
24. French troops capture Antananarivo in Madagascar
1895
1825
1816
1814
25. Blue jeans and barbed wire are invented.
1873
1870
1881
1898
26. The Soci
1857
1876
1873
1874
27. The Berlin Conference signals the start of the European 'scramble for Africa'.Attending nations also agree to ban trade in slaves.
1886
1884
1865
1815
28. Great Bosnian uprising against Ottoman rule occurs.
1848
1831
1804
1847
29. Russia conquers Finland from Sweden in the Finnish War.
1808
1883
1853
1863
30. The French invasion of Russia is a turning point in the Napoleonic Wars.
1898
1801
1812
1876
31. The word 'dinosaur' is coined by Richard Owen
1841
1871
1804
1894
32. Ethiopia defeated Italy at the Battle of Adwa.
1889
1820
1896
1804
33. Trial of Oscar Wilde and premiere of his play The Importance of Being Earnest
1894
1861
1895
1839
34. Charles Darwin's journey on the HMS Beagle.
1831
1873
1889
1814
35. Austrian Empire founded by Francis I.
1804
1876
1863
1849
36. Mary Shelley writes Frankenstein
1802
1874
1831
1818
37. The first recognised international soccer match - between England and Scotland - is played.
1892
1815
1830
1872
38. The New Zealand Land Wars
1844
1845
1806-1812
1898
39. 26 millionIndians perish inIndia due to famine.
1890
1875
1899
1844
40. 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).
1869
1850
1804
1810
41. The British invasion and subsequent occupation of Egypt
1881
1808
1882
1820
42. Slavery banned in Brazil.
1839
1857
1888
1815
43. Jack the Ripper murders occur in Whitechapel - London
1871
1848
1888
1881
44. French troops capture Antananarivo in Madagascar
1895
1879
1884
1851
45. Queen Victoria becomes Empress ofIndia.
1876
1892
1895
1896
46. The United States gains control of Cuba - Puerto Rico - and the Philippines after the Spanish-American War.
1879
1824
1867
1898
47. First steam locomotive begins operation.
1804
1819
1888
1895
48. The feudal system is dismantled in Japan.
1817
1840
1885
1871
49. Regency period ends in the United Kingdom
1851
1838
1803
1820
50. Karl Benz sells the first commercial automobile
1886
1844
1833
1860