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19th Century Timeline
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1. Britain establishes a protectorate over Bechuanaland (modern Botswana)
1801
1823
1822
1885
2. Earliest recorded air raid - as Austria employs 200 balloons to deliver ordnance against Venice.
1849
1828
1864
1861
3. Most of the Latin American colonies free themselves from the Spanish and Portuguese Empires after the Latin American wars of independence.
1806-1812
1844
1810s
1894
4. The samurai class is abolished in Japan.
1895
1873
1823
1889
5. Siege of Sevastapol; city falls to British forces.
1854
1873
1886
1818
6. Cuban War forIndependence results in Cuban independence from Spain
1817
1834
1876
1895
7. Indian Rebellion of 1857. The British Empire assumes control ofIndia from the EastIndia Company.
1816
1857
1877
1839
8. Treaty of Nanking cedes Hong Kong to the British.
1869
1848
1861
1842
9. Indian Rebellion of 1857. The British Empire assumes control ofIndia from the EastIndia Company.
1857
1814
1830
1837
10. French troops capture Antananarivo in Madagascar
1812
1895
1870
1844
11. First publicly funded telegraph line in the world
1820
1862
1897
1844
12. Taiping Rebellion is the bloodiest conflict of the century - leading to the deaths of 20 million people.
1895
1854
1850
1898
13. Millerite movement awaits the Second Advent of Jesus Christ on October 22. Christ's non-appearance becomes known as the Great Disappointment.
1803
1844
1895
1889
14. The Pony Express started.
1814
1805
1860
1808
15. The Principality of Serbia passes a Constitution which defines its independence from the Ottoman Empire.International recognition followed in 1878.
1804-1813
1819
1867
1895
16. The United States purchases Alaska from Russia.
1820
1803
1867
1875
17. First electric motor built.
1867
1804-1813
1873
1829
18. The first boatloads of gold prospectors arrive in California - giving them the nickname 49ers.
1851
1849
1892
1873
19. Suez Canal is constructed.
1859
1849
1868
1884
20. Burma is presented to Queen Victoria as a birthday gift
1886
1884
1881
1804
21. Shaka's Zulu Kingdom becomes the largest in Southern Africa.
1816
1814
1808
1868
22. Year Without a Summer - Unusually cold conditions wreak havoc throughout the Northern Hemisphere - likely caused by the 1815 explosion of Mount Tambora.
1873
1893
1829
1816
23. Greater Colombia dissolved and the nations of Colombia (including modern-day Panama) - Ecuador - and Venezuela took its place.
1859
1808
1816
1830
24. British defeat French at the Second Battle of Abukir
1820
1801
1886
1887
25. Aspirin patented.
1889
1830
1869
1837
26. Austrian Empire founded by Francis I.
1833
1816
1804
1895
27. The British Parliament passes the Great Reform Act.
1839
1883
1832
1899
28. Karl Benz sells the first commercial automobile
1886
1806
1881
1865
29. The Suez Canal opens linking the Mediterranean to the Red Sea.
1804
1844
1869
1823
30. Greece becomes the first country to break away from the Ottoman Empire after the Greek War ofIndependence.
1898
1876
1821
1856
31. Napoleon strips the Teutonic Knights of their last holdings in Bad Mergentheim.
1834
1883
1809
1838
32. Ethiopia defeated Italy at the Battle of Adwa.
1813
1896
1863
1822
33. The Pony Express ended.
1894
1832
1871
1862
34. Ranjit Singh crowned as King of Punjab.
1801
1806
1817
1886
35. King Leopold II of Belgium establishes the Congo Free State as a personal fiefdom
1885
1849
1896
1839
36. First steam locomotive begins operation.
1858
1887
1844
1804
37. 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
1881
1888
1829
38. The Communist Manifesto published.
1848
1877
1817
1820
39. Polish uprising against the Russian Empire.
1818
1869
1832
1863
40. End of the Brazilian Empire and the beginning of the Brazilian Republic
1889
1855
1884
1845
41. Anglo-Zulu War in South Africa.
1879
1819
1898
1875
42. Yellowstone National Park - the first national park - is created.
1872
1845
1891
1845
43. Canadian Confederation formed.
1825
1867
1835
1876
44. New Zealand is founded - as the Treaty of Waitangi is signed by the Maori and British.
1860
1840
1804
1865
45. The Berlin Conference signals the start of the European 'scramble for Africa'.Attending nations also agree to ban trade in slaves.
1871
1884
1834
1825
46. Formation of theInternational Red Cross is followed by the adoption of theFirst Geneva Convention in 1864.
1887
1861
1874
1863
47. World's first oil refinery in Romania
1865-April 9 - 1865
1860
1861
1856
48. Henry Morton Stanley meets Dr. David Livingstone near Lake Tanganyika.
1871
1822
1826
1824
49. Discovery of Antarctica
1801
1858
1869
1820
50. November Uprising in Poland against Russia.
1830
1848
1838
1801