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19th Century Timeline
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1. Russian-Circassian War ended with the defeat and the exile of many Circassians. Imam Shamil defeated.
1886
1863
1849
1826
2. First electric motor built.
1820
1889
1829
1867
3. Holy Roman Empire dissolved as a consequence of the Treaty of Pressburg.
1806
1866
1823
1813
4. The One Thousand Days war in Colombia breaks out between the 'Liberales' and 'Conservadores' - culminating with the loss of Panama in 1903.
1898
1848
1824
1837
5. The Pony Express started.
1860
1848
1845
1804
6. Napoleon signs the Concordat of 1801 with the Pope.
1818
1804
1859
1801
7. First Transcontinental Railroad completed in United States on May 10.
1869
1881
1834
1892
8. Robert Lewis Stevenson's Treasure Island is published
1871
1806
1883
1896
9. The safety pin and the gas mask are invented
1849
1831
1876
1890
10. Giuseppe Piazzi discovers the dwarf planet Ceres.
1804
1837
1801
1850
11. Morphine first isolated.
1890
1879
1867
1804
12. Austro-Prussian War results in the dissolution of the German Confederation and the creation of the North German Confederation and the Austrian-Hungarian Dual Monarchy.
1816
1866
1825
1830
13. Battle of Balaclava and the Charge of the Light Brigade.
1896
1883
1886
1854
14. First Republic in Spain.
1874
1836
1837
1865-April 9 - 1865
15. Little War against Spanish rule in Cuba leads to rebel defeat.
1884
1879
1836
1821
16. 'The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde' by Robert Louis Stevenson is published.
1850
1886
1825
1869
17. Little War against Spanish rule in Cuba leads to rebel defeat.
1889
1879
1875
1804-1813
18. The feudal system is dismantled in Japan.
1838
1848
1899
1871
19. American Civil War between the Union and seceding Confederacy
1876
1876
1861
1863
20. The British invasion and subsequent occupation of Egypt
1882
1859
1871
1879
21. Beethoven performs his Fifth Symphony
1884
1806
1808
1894
22. The contest between the British Empire and Imperial Russia for control of Central Asia is referred to as the Great Game.
1813
1821
1895
March 18 - 1871
23. The Wahhabis of theFirst Saudi State capture Mecca and Medina.
1884
1821
1803
1876
24. Independence of Chile
1801
1885
1801
1818
25. Napoleon abdicates and is exiled to Elba.
1814
1889
1801
1896
26. Dominican War ofIndependence from Haiti.
1815
1885
1844
1899
27. November Uprising in Poland against Russia.
1865-April 9 - 1865
1831
1883
1830
28. Richard Wagner's Ring Cycle is first performed in its entirety.
1876
1861
1870
1889
29. Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker Suite premi
1840
1866
1848
1892
30. Klondike Gold Rush in Canada.
1857
1890
1896
1890
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
1874
1815
1885
1842
32. Henri Becquerel discovers radioactivity; JJ Thompson identifies the electron - though not by name.
1897
1896
1894
1888
33. 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.
1801
1856
1836
1882
34. Slavery banned in Brazil.
1851
1870s-1890s
1801
1888
35. Sir Robert Peel founds the Metropolitan Police Service - the first modern police force.
1842
1804
1829
1819
36. Napoleon crowns himself Emperor of the French.
1871
1804
1887
1876
37. Russia commences its conquest of the Caucasus.
1817
1881
1834
1844
38. First gramophone record
1894
1830
1825
1877
39. Unification of the Kingdom of Tonga under Taufa?ahau (King George Tupou I)
1874
1833
1845
1870s-1890s
40. The United States gains control of Cuba - Puerto Rico - and the Philippines after the Spanish-American War.
1806
1849
1898
1882
41. Monroe Doctrine declared by US President James Monroe.
1823
1870s-1890s
1861
1867
42. November Uprising ends with crushing defeat for Poland in the Battle of Warsaw.
1806
1836
1831
1844
43. Ethiopia defeated Italy at the Battle of Adwa.
1821
1808
1896
1826
44. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle publishes his first Sherlock Holmes story - A Study in Scarlet.
1887
1876
1895
1870
45. The safety pin and the gas mask are invented
1837
1876
1844
1849
46. 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.
1825
1848
1816
1839
47. Rebellions of 1837 in Canada.
1829
1848
1804
1837
48. Paris Commune - Around 30000 Parisians were killed - and thousands more were later executed.
1822
March 18 - 1871
1830
1815
49. Cairo falls to the British.
1801
1836
1879
1870
50. Crimean War between France - the United Kingdom - the Ottoman Empire and Russia
1884
1853
1831
1890