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19th Century Timeline
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1. Independence of Argentina
1805
1898
1883
1816
2. The New Zealand Land Wars
1840
1801
1801
1845
3. The Chincha Islands War was an attempt by Spain to regain its South American colonies.
1892
1864
1803
1851
4. 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.
1892
1848
1866
1845
5. Indian Rebellion of 1857. The British Empire assumes control ofIndia from the EastIndia Company.
1857
1837
1808
1841
6. The Wahhabis of theFirst Saudi State capture Mecca and Medina.
1876
1804-1813
1816
1803
7. Death of Vincent van Gogh.
1805
1830
1821
1890
8. Charles Darwin's journey on the HMS Beagle.
1893
1849
1894
1831
9. Greater Colombia dissolved and the nations of Colombia (including modern-day Panama) - Ecuador - and Venezuela took its place.
1830
1893
1886
1874
10. Blue jeans and barbed wire are invented.
1805
1848
1873
1885
11. The Franco-Prussian War results in the unifications of Germany and Italy - the collapse of the Second French Empire and the emergence of a New Imperialism.
1870
1874
1810s
1869
12. First steam locomotive begins operation.
1876
1889
1804
1872
13. Battle of the Little Bighorn leads to the death of General Custer and victory for the alliance of Lakota - Cheyenne and Arapaho
1814
1876
1861
1844
14. Construction of the Statue of Liberty; Coca-Cola is developed.
1824
1803
1862
1886
15. Austrian Empire founded by Francis I.
1822
1883
1804
1898
16. First Anglo-Sikh War
1851
1851
1871
1845
17. Greco-Turkish War.
1893
1887
1843
1897
18. The Expatriation Act of 1868 is approved by the U.S. Congress - one of the early blows which would eventually lead to the death of the common law doctrine of perpetual allegiance
1839
1868
1821
1851
19. Following the Russo-Turkish War - the Treaty of Berlin recognizes formal independence of the Principality of Serbia - Montenegro and Romania. Bulgaria becomes autonomous.
1877
1863
1810s
1834
20. The British Parliament passes the Great Reform Act.
1861
1832
1837
1824
21. Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker Suite premi
1861
1892
1898
1870
22. 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.
1839
1825
1887
1820
23. The Principality of Serbia passes a Constitution which defines its independence from the Ottoman Empire.International recognition followed in 1878.
1881
1867
1884
1895
24. Black War in Tasmania leads to the near extinction of the Tasmanian aborigines
1854
1828
1895
1889
25. Independence of Bolivia.
1879
1825
1810s
1849
26. The 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution is approved.
1868
1875
1877
1889
27. War breaks out between Britain and France; this is considered by some to be the beginning of the Napoleonic Wars.
1803
1867
1820
1883
28. Britain declares the Slave Trade illegal.
1805
1807
1868
1856
29. Canadian Confederation formed.
1847
1820
1867
1860
30. H. G. Wells publishes The War of the Worlds
1810
1868
1898
1808
31. First electrical power plant and grid in Godalming - Britain.
1881
1860
1814
1834
32. The One Thousand Days war in Colombia breaks out between the 'Liberales' and 'Conservadores' - culminating with the loss of Panama in 1903.
1834
1868
1898
1813
33. 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.
1844
1819
1877
1865-April 14 - 1865
34. The British EastIndia Company is dissolved.
1805
1870
1804
1874
35. Famine in Finland.
1851
1881
1827
1866
36. William Symington demonstrates his Charlotte Dundas - the 'first practical steamboat'.
1886
1835
1803
1888
37. Taiping Rebellion is the bloodiest conflict of the century - leading to the deaths of 20 million people.
1860
1803
1850
1812
38. Frederick Douglass delivers his speech 'The Meaning of July Fourth for the Negro' in Rochester - New York.
1840
1852
1898
1883
39. The United States purchases Alaska from Russia.
1820
1877
1877
1867
40. Treaty of Amiens between France and the United Kingdom ends the War of the Second Coalition.
1802
1831
1859
1827
41. Eiffel Tower is inaugurated in Paris.
1859
1805
1829
1889
42. Erie Canal opened connecting the Great Lakes to theAtlantic Ocean.
1877
1866
1825
1852
43. Russian-Circassian War ended with the defeat and the exile of many Circassians. Imam Shamil defeated.
1873
1882
1886
1814
44. Discovery of Antarctica
1842
1845
1894
1820
45. First publicly funded telegraph line in the world
1851
1896
1844
1869
46. Bessemer process enables steel to be mass produced.
1855
1865
1831
1863
47. Revolutions of 1848 in Europe
1896
1848
1828
1855
48. Battle of San Jacinto leads to the capture of General Santa Anna.
1838
1822
1894
1836
49. Treaty of Amiens between France and the United Kingdom ends the War of the Second Coalition.
1802
1889
1853
1825
50. Black War in Tasmania leads to the near extinction of the Tasmanian aborigines
1873
1829
1828
1844