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19th Century Timeline
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1. After theFirst Sino-Japanese War - China cedes Taiwan to Japan and grants Japan a free hand in Korea.
1894
1858
1817
1881
2. Death of Alexander Pushkin
1886
1847
1879
1837
3. World's first oil refinery in Romania
1842
1828
1856
1817
4. Jane Austen publishes Pride and Prejudice
1896
1813
1843
1851
5. The Bront
1824
1847
1883
1861
6. The Great Auk is rendered extinct.
1844
1814
1893
1879
7. Britain declares the Slave Trade illegal.
1807
1895
1847
1877
8. Earliest recorded air raid - as Austria employs 200 balloons to deliver ordnance against Venice.
1849
1862
1871
1843
9. Following the Russo-Turkish War - the Treaty of Berlin recognizes formal independence of the Principality of Serbia - Montenegro and Romania. Bulgaria becomes autonomous.
1802
1877
1836
1802
10. Bulgarians instigate the April Uprising against Ottoman rule.
1876
1805
1889
1837
11. Cairo falls to the British.
1823
1877
1801
1831
12. Robert Lewis Stevenson's Treasure Island is published
1839
1879
1883
1870s-1890s
13. End of the Brazilian Empire and the beginning of the Brazilian Republic
1874
1869
1816
1889
14. Little War against Spanish rule in Cuba leads to rebel defeat.
1868
1884
1877
1879
15. Austrian Empire founded by Francis I.
1804
1816
1824
1878
16. The Great Exhibition in London was the world's first international Expo or World's Fair.
1881
1851
1874
1830
17. The Grito de Dolores begins the Mexican War ofIndependence.
1887
1890
1810
1841
18. British defeat French at the Second Battle of Abukir
1851
1801
1839
1873
19. At least 5000 Mexicans die in Apache raids - and 100 settlements are destroyed.
1804
1805
1820
1881
20. Dominican War ofIndependence from Haiti.
1844
1830
1896
1888
21. Frederick Douglass delivers his speech 'The Meaning of July Fourth for the Negro' in Rochester - New York.
1852
1827
1863
1840
22. Henri Becquerel discovers radioactivity; JJ Thompson identifies the electron - though not by name.
1804
1863
1896
1844
23. First electrical power plant and grid in Godalming - Britain.
1889
1881
1840
1871
24. Henri Becquerel discovers radioactivity; JJ Thompson identifies the electron - though not by name.
1896
1881
1830
1862
25. First electrical power plant and grid in Godalming - Britain.
1881
1898
1825
1895
26. The Decembrist revolt
1804
1825
1886
1822
27. First Anglo-Sikh War
1864
1899
1851
1845
28. Empress Dowager Cixi of China engineers a coup d'
1844
1829
1888
1898
29. Independence of Argentina
1831
1884
1885
1816
30. The British Empire annexed Burma (now also called Myanmar) after three Anglo-Burmese Wars.
1859
1876
1823
1896
31. SpanishInquisition officially ends.
1830
1856
1805
1834
32. French troops capture Antananarivo in Madagascar
1825
1801
1887
1895
33. Fulani Jihad in Nigeria.
1883
1886
1891
1804
34. Monroe Doctrine declared by US President James Monroe.
1870
1814
1823
1803
35. Giuseppe Piazzi discovers the dwarf planet Ceres.
1846
1839
1889
1801
36. Gregor Mendel formulates his laws of inheritance
1821
1831
1865
1871
37. The Platine War ends and the Empire of Brazil has the hegemony over South America.
1895
1866
1804
1851
38. Empress Dowager Cixi of China engineers a coup d'
1876
1848
1898
1871
39. New Zealand is founded - as the Treaty of Waitangi is signed by the Maori and British.
1876
1840
1821
1879
40. The Caste War of Yucat
1890
1847
1834
1801
41. Canadian Confederation formed.
1867
1855
1886
1825
42. Principality of Serbia becomes suzerain from the Ottoman Empire. Officially independent in 1867.
1817
1850
1883
1834
43. The British Empire takes over Balochistan
1845
1804
1887
1892
44. The Wounded Knee Massacre was the last battle in the AmericanIndian Wars. This event represents the end of the American Old West.
1806
1890
1871
1808
45. Italy annexes Eritrea.
1890
1848
1855
1889
46. Most of the Latin American colonies free themselves from the Spanish and Portuguese Empires after the Latin American wars of independence.
1845
1834
1803
1810s
47. First commercial film release by Jean Aim
1848
1845
1894
1819
48. Successful transatlantic telegraph cable follows an earlier attempt in 1858.
1866
1872
1843
1888
49. Polish uprising against the Russian Empire.
1854
1868
1863
1812
50. Napoleon signs the Concordat of 1801 with the Pope.
1804
1801
1850
1895