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19th Century Timeline
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1. 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.
1866
1830
1873
1853
2. The Kingdom of Great Britain and the Kingdom of Ireland merge to form the United Kingdom.
1810s
1876
1803
1801
3. Unification of the Kingdom of Tonga under Taufa?ahau (King George Tupou I)
1826
1836
1849
1845
4. The Boxer Rebellion in China is suppressed by an Eight-Nation Alliance.
1862
1898
1863
1881
5. United States President Abraham Lincoln is assassinated while attending a performance atFord's Theater - Washington - D.C.. He dies approximately nine hours after being shot on April 15 - 1865.
1848
1859
1867
1865-April 14 - 1865
6. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's Faust premieres.
1852
1829
1868
1870
7. Peterloo massacre in England.
1801
1878
1819
1829
8. First commercial telephone exchange in New Haven - Connecticut.
1896
1867
1825
1878
9. Russia conquers Finland from Sweden in the Finnish War.
1873
1817
1834
1808
10. War of 1812 between the United States and the United Kingdom
1892
1812
1842
1836
11. Burma is presented to Queen Victoria as a birthday gift
1888
1845
1886
1833
12. Charles Dickens publishes Oliver Twist
1837
1896
1803
1808
13. Slavery Abolition Act bans slavery throughout the British Empire.
1833
1871
1899
1892
14. First steam locomotive begins operation.
1861
1804
1877
1889
15. First commercial film release by Jean Aim
1805
1843
1894
1888
16. Successful transatlantic telegraph cable follows an earlier attempt in 1858.
1866
1874
1898
1849
17. First electric motor built.
1829
1805
1883
1801
18. Muhammad Ali modernizes Egypt.
1856
1805
1892
1889
19. The World's Columbian Exposition was held in Chicago celebrating the 400th anniversary of Christopher Columbus's arrival in the New World.
1892
1897
1868
1823
20. Independence of Bolivia.
1834
1896
1838
1825
21. The modern city of Singapore is established by the British EastIndia Company.
1877
1880
1819
1879
22. Polish uprising against the Russian Empire.
1898
1863
1820
1802
23. Louis Napoleon assumes power in France in a coup.
1889
1851
1801
1845
24. Wave of pogroms begins in the Russian Empire.
1881
1898
1836
1870s-1890s
25. Uruguayan Civil War
1894
1890
1898
1839
26. Slavery banned in Brazil.
1843
1878
1816
1888
27. Gregor Mendel formulates his laws of inheritance
March 18 - 1871
1865
1801
1895
28. Monroe Doctrine declared by US President James Monroe.
1843
1823
1884
1855
29. French troops capture Antananarivo in Madagascar
1848
1855
1895
1804
30. Telegraphy patented.
1848
1837
1893
1844
31. Reconstruction in the United States; Slavery is banned in the United States by the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.
1862
1865-April 9 - 1865
1865
1837
32. Crimean War between France - the United Kingdom - the Ottoman Empire and Russia
1885
1853
1895
1881
33. Liberia founded by the American Colonization Society for freed American slaves.
1820
1801
1840
1895
34. Russo-Turkish War - Treaty of Bucharest.
1820
1819
1806-1812
1891
35. Asaph Hall discovers the moons of Mars
1888
1874
1845
1877
36. November Uprising ends with crushing defeat for Poland in the Battle of Warsaw.
1831
1886
1821
1817
37. Dreyfuss Affair
March 18 - 1871
1894
1818
1810s
38. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle publishes his first Sherlock Holmes story - A Study in Scarlet.
1808
1810
1854
1887
39. The Convention of Kanagawa formally ends Japan's policy of isolation.
1856
1867
1863
1854
40. Beethoven performs his Fifth Symphony
1848
1861
1817
1808
41. The first wagon train sets out from Missouri.
1801
1848
1843
1860
42. The Belgian Revolution in the United Kingdom of the Netherlands led to the creation of Belgium.
1810
1830
1886
1897
43. Crazy Horse surrenders and is later killed
1834
1874
1877
1801
44. The word 'dinosaur' is coined by Richard Owen
1841
1820
1870
1801
45. 13 million Chinese die of famine in northern China.
1874
1863
1879
1876
46. Carlist Wars in Spain.
1881
1833
1869
1897
47. Beethoven performs his Fifth Symphony
1875
1875
1844
1808
48. First isolation of aluminum.
1817
1825
1867
1827
49. Cuban War forIndependence results in Cuban independence from Spain
1876
1895
1851
1814
50. French intervention in Mexico and the creation of the Second Mexican Empire - ruled by Maximilian I of Mexico and his consort Carlota of Mexico.
1836
1899
1861
1871