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19th Century Timeline
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1. Regency period ends in the United Kingdom
1874
1820
1861
1817
2. Charles Darwin publishes On the Origin of Species.
1831
1859
1819
1899
3. The quagga is rendered extinct.
1806
1886
1850
1883
4. The Wounded Knee Massacre was the last battle in the AmericanIndian Wars. This event represents the end of the American Old West.
1879
1870s-1890s
1801
1890
5. Frederick Douglass delivers his speech 'The Meaning of July Fourth for the Negro' in Rochester - New York.
1871
1898
1886
1852
6. Ethiopia defeated Italy at the Battle of Adwa.
1881
1848
1856
1896
7. Trial of Oscar Wilde and premiere of his play The Importance of Being Earnest
1824
1888
1879
1895
8. Russia abolishes serfdom.
1846
1861
1892
1804
9. The Communist Manifesto published.
1848
1871
1870
1818
10. Empress Dowager Cixi of China engineers a coup d'
1824
1802
1851
1898
11. Mary Shelley writes Frankenstein
1804
1852
1875
1818
12. Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker Suite premi
1825
1892
1883
1806-1812
13. Great Bosnian uprising against Ottoman rule occurs.
1870s-1890s
1886
1805
1831
14. Gunfight at the O.K. Corral. Sitting Bull surrenders.
1850
1804
1881
1864
15. First isolation of aluminum.
1825
1801
1845
1866
16. American Civil War between the Union and seceding Confederacy
1810s
1861
1860
1816
17. Louis Napoleon assumes power in France in a coup.
1851
1860
1863
1805
18. Anglo-Zulu War in South Africa.
1846
1802
1879
1892
19. Indian famine begins.
1899
1806-1812
1879
1884
20. Independence of Bolivia.
1863
1831
1825
1883
21. The Home Rule Movement is established in Ireland.
1812
1874
1867
1887
22. Russo-Turkish War - Treaty of Bucharest.
1887
1806-1812
1876
1831
23. British defeat French at the Second Battle of Abukir
1803
1835
1801
1897
24. SecondIndustrial Revolution
1871
1877
1895
1826
25. 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.
1872
1848
1837
1836
26. First Seminole War begins in Florida.
1801
1890
1817
1814
27. 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
1827
1803
1838
1883
28. The Mexican-American War leads to Mexico's cession of much of the modern-day Southwestern United States.
1846
1890
1804
1825
29. Discovery of Antarctica
1805
1881
1820
1825
30. The New Zealand Land Wars
1895
1845
1861
1831
31. Henry Morton Stanley meets Dr. David Livingstone near Lake Tanganyika.
1851
1842
1871
1822
32. Krakatoa volcano explosion - one of the largest in modern history.
1883
1866
1868
1836
33. The Great Exhibition in London was the world's first international Expo or World's Fair.
1867
1814
1837
1851
34. Chilean Civil War.
1891
1888
1817
1895
35. Millerite movement awaits the Second Advent of Jesus Christ on October 22. Christ's non-appearance becomes known as the Great Disappointment.
1880
1844
1889
1863
36. First publicly funded telegraph line in the world
1881
1844
1894
1806
37. 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.
1884
1889
1896
1839
38. Thomas Jefferson elected President of the United States by the United States House of Representatives - following a tie in the Electoral College (United States)
1802
1863
1897
1801
39. Britain establishes a protectorate over Bechuanaland (modern Botswana)
1885
1876
1819
1805
40. France invades and occupies Algeria.
1864
1827
1846
1831
41. Upper and Lower Canada are merged into the Province of Canada
1830
1809
1840
1848
42. Krakatoa volcano explosion - one of the largest in modern history.
1825
1856
1883
1874
43. Discovery of Antarctica
1820
1849
1868
1816
44. Russia conquers Finland from Sweden in the Finnish War.
1808
1888
1850
1831
45. The Principality of Serbia passes a Constitution which defines its independence from the Ottoman Empire.International recognition followed in 1878.
1845
1820
1867
1894
46. Volleyball is invented
1868
1895
1860
1837
47. Singer begins production of the 'Vibrating Shuttle' which would become the Model T of sewing machines.
1839
1894
1823
1885
48. The first recognised international soccer match - between England and Scotland - is played.
1851
1872
1894
1865-April 9 - 1865
49. France and the Russian Empire form a military alliance
1831
1897
1860
1894
50. The samurai class is abolished in Japan.
1815
1831
1873
1821