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19th Century Timeline
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1. First Mexican Empire - as Mexico's first post-independent government - ruled by Emperor Agust
1892
1848
1815
1822
2. Imam Shamil's rebellion in Russian-occupied Caucasus.
1851
1810s
1814
1834
3. Prince Pedro of Portugal proclaimed the Brazilian independence on September 7. On December 1 - he was crowned as Emperor Dom Pedro I of Brazil.
1822
1814
1896
1815
4. Anglo-Afghan Wars lead to stalemate and the establishment of the Durand line
1845
1830
1809
1839
5. Taiping Rebellion is the bloodiest conflict of the century - leading to the deaths of 20 million people.
1850
1881
1801
1876
6. California Gold Rush
1848
1874
1863
1877
7. Chile battles with Peru and Bolivia over Andean territory in the War of the Pacific.
1825
1852
1874
1879
8. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints is established on April 6 - 1830.
1816
1866
1830
1837
9. July Revolution in France.
1834
1830
1895
1802
10. Long Depression in Western Europe and North America
1844
1864
1870s-1890s
1888
11. United States Commodore Matthew C. Perry threatens the Japanese capital Edo with gunships - demanding that they agree to open trade.
1876
1831
1823
1853
12. Charles Darwin's journey on the HMS Beagle.
1805
1868
1831
1840
13. 'The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde' by Robert Louis Stevenson is published.
1886
1845
1889
1870s-1890s
14. Independence of Chile
1818
1893
1857
1812
15. HMS Challenger surveys the deepest point in the Earth's oceans - the Challenger Deep
1875
1874
1810s
1898
16. British defeat French at the Second Battle of Abukir
1895
1894
1801
1812
17. French troops capture Antananarivo in Madagascar
1851
1868
1818
1895
18. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's Faust premieres.
1801
1814
1829
1838
19. Beethoven performs his Fifth Symphony
1889
1808
1874
1861
20. Louis Napoleon assumes power in France in a coup.
1851
1889
1814
1829
21. Dmitri Mendeleev created the Periodic table
1848
1869
1832
1809
22. The Cisplatine War results in the independence of Uruguay.
1868
1897
1848
1825
23. Volleyball is invented
1830
1815
1820
1895
24. The British invasion and subsequent occupation of Egypt
1834
1882
1823
1834
25. Liberia founded by the American Colonization Society for freed American slaves.
1898
1820
1896
1892
26. The first boatloads of gold prospectors arrive in California - giving them the nickname 49ers.
1849
1831
1897
1889
27. Crazy Horse surrenders and is later killed
1844
1859
1890
1877
28. Assassination of Tsar Paul I of Russia.
1861
1829
1801
1804
29. Unification of the Kingdom of Tonga under Taufa?ahau (King George Tupou I)
1820
1820
1845
1842
30. Asaph Hall discovers the moons of Mars
1895
1877
1889
1895
31. Bessemer process enables steel to be mass produced.
1855
1892
1846
1879
32. The Sino-French War led to the formation of FrenchIndochina.
1884
1801
1803
1879
33. Erie Canal opened connecting the Great Lakes to theAtlantic Ocean.
1825
1840
1849
1866
34. World's first oil refinery in Romania
1887
1856
1825
1850
35. HMS Challenger surveys the deepest point in the Earth's oceans - the Challenger Deep
1806
1804
1875
1876
36. First publicly funded telegraph line in the world
1873
1844
1836
1838
37. The Suez Canal opens linking the Mediterranean to the Red Sea.
1874
1858
1801
1869
38. The British EastIndia Company is dissolved.
1830
1874
1810
1804
39. Thomas Edison tests his first light bulb
1856
1892
1879
1871
40. 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
1892
1815
1836
1859
41. Famine in Finland.
1866
1804
1825
1879
42. Britain amends the Poor Law demanding that any paupers requesting assistance must go to a workhouse.
1805
1834
1879
1846
43. Austrian Empire founded by Francis I.
1803
1895
1803
1804
44. Short stories A Christmas Carol and The Tell-Tale Heart published.
1881
1843
1821
1879
45. The Sino-French War led to the formation of FrenchIndochina.
1894
1881
1884
1810
46. Bah
1863
1850
1899
1877
47. Year Without a Summer - Unusually cold conditions wreak havoc throughout the Northern Hemisphere - likely caused by the 1815 explosion of Mount Tambora.
1837
1863
1816
1818
48. The contest between the British Empire and Imperial Russia for control of Central Asia is referred to as the Great Game.
1851
1850
1876
1813
49. Death of Alexander Pushkin
1837
1876
1863
1851
50. The Cisplatine War results in the independence of Uruguay.
1825
1870s-1890s
1884
1843