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19th Century Timeline
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1. Shaka rises to power over the Zulu Kingdom. Zulu expansion was a major factor of the Mfecane (
1871
1819
1816
1814
2. Aspirin patented.
1831
1889
1857
1819
3. First steam locomotive begins operation.
1865-April 9 - 1865
1885
1804
1809
4. California Gold Rush
1832
1896
1810
1848
5. Ranjit Singh crowned as King of Punjab.
1814
1801
1844
1886
6. H. G. Wells publishes The War of the Worlds
1898
1881
1889
1880
7. The Chincha Islands War was an attempt by Spain to regain its South American colonies.
1874
1864
1801
1889
8. Dominican War ofIndependence from Haiti.
1830
1877
1803
1844
9. The British EastIndia Company is dissolved.
1842
1848
1843
1874
10. After the Meiji Restoration - Japan embarks on a program of rapid modernization.
1866
1819
1804
1896
11. Battle of the Alamo ends with defeat for Texan separatists.
1816
1836
1834
1826
12. Indian Rebellion of 1857. The British Empire assumes control ofIndia from the EastIndia Company.
1857
1866
1869
1825
13. After the final Russo-Persian War - the Persian Empire took back territory lost to Russia from the previous war.
1890
1826
1892
1830
14. Spanish guerrillas fight in the Peninsular War.
1895
1837
1808
1856
15. Independence of Luxembourg.
1890
1821
1851
1804
16. Thomas Edison invents the phonograph
1827
1888
1845
1877
17. The United States more than doubles in size when it buys out France's territorial claims in North America via the Louisiana Purchase. This begins the U.S.'s westward expansion to the Pacific referred to as its Manifest Destiny which involves annexing
1831
1814
1803
1883
18. First Transcontinental Railroad completed in United States on May 10.
1844
1869
1852
1891
19. Battle of Balaclava and the Charge of the Light Brigade.
1862
1822
1854
1801
20. The quagga is rendered extinct.
1803
1896
1812
1883
21. The Wahhabis of theFirst Saudi State capture Mecca and Medina.
1807
1856
1803
1895
22. Following the Russo-Turkish War - the Treaty of Berlin recognizes formal independence of the Principality of Serbia - Montenegro and Romania. Bulgaria becomes autonomous.
1873
1877
1876
1885
23. The Berlin Conference signals the start of the European 'scramble for Africa'.Attending nations also agree to ban trade in slaves.
1863
1890
1884
1883
24. The Irish Potato Famine leads to the Irish diaspora.
1877
1813
1845
1894
25. Dmitri Mendeleev created the Periodic table
1869
1873
1853
1890
26. Short stories A Christmas Carol and The Tell-Tale Heart published.
1804
1885
1884
1843
27. 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.
1851
1831
1867
1848
28. Successful transatlantic telegraph cable follows an earlier attempt in 1858.
1823
1863
1833
1866
29. The German Customs Union is formed.
1832
1885
1834
1860
30. The Boxer Rebellion in China is suppressed by an Eight-Nation Alliance.
1893
1857
1825
1898
31. Russia commences its conquest of the Caucasus.
1851
1872
1805
1817
32. Great Bosnian uprising against Ottoman rule occurs.
1829
1832
1825
1831
33. Blue jeans and barbed wire are invented.
1837
1873
1839
1894
34. Rebellions of 1837 in Canada.
1896
1803
1857
1837
35. Successful transatlantic telegraph cable follows an earlier attempt in 1858.
1825
1866
1873
1806
36. 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
1820
1850
1863
1868
37. Second Boer War begins (-1902); Philippine-American War begins (-1913).
1831
1882
1894
1899
38. SpanishInquisition officially ends.
1839
1834
1831
1839
39. Mirza Ghulam Ahmad establishes the Ahmadi Muslim Community.
1886
1821
1889
1890
40. The Pony Express started.
1898
1830
1860
1824
41. 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.
1803
1807
1836
1878
42. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's Faust premieres.
1889
1857
1844
1829
43. 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
1812
1877
1821
1868
44. Haiti gains independence from France and becomes the first black republic.
1861
1817
1804
1879
45. The British Parliament passes the Great Reform Act.
1884
1832
1896
1853
46. Charles Darwin publishes On the Origin of Species.
1855
1859
1826
1894
47. Year Without a Summer - Unusually cold conditions wreak havoc throughout the Northern Hemisphere - likely caused by the 1815 explosion of Mount Tambora.
1812
1877
1819
1816
48. Thomas Edison tests his first light bulb
1879
1874
1892
1819
49. Indian famine begins.
1863
1876
1895
1899
50. Chile battles with Peru and Bolivia over Andean territory in the War of the Pacific.
1843
1801
1895
1879
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