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19th Century Timeline
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1. Frederick Douglass delivers his speech 'The Meaning of July Fourth for the Negro' in Rochester - New York.
1852
1880
1876
1831
2. Polish uprising against the Russian Empire.
1803
1801
1863
1810
3. The Paraguayan War ends Paraguayan ambitions for expansion and destroys much of the Paraguayan population.
1814
1849
1864
1825
4. Ethiopia defeats Italy in theFirst Italo
1821
1895
1867
1869
5. The Battle of Trafalgar eliminates the French and Spanish naval fleets and allows for British dominance of the seas - a major factor for the success of the British Empire later in the century.
1805
1876
1808
1895
6. Indian Rebellion of 1857. The British Empire assumes control ofIndia from the EastIndia Company.
1846
1857
1858
1801
7. Dmitri Mendeleev created the Periodic table
1869
1868
1818
1805
8. 'The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde' by Robert Louis Stevenson is published.
1807
1886
1898
1847
9. United States Commodore Matthew C. Perry threatens the Japanese capital Edo with gunships - demanding that they agree to open trade.
1851
1862
1853
1848
10. Gregor Mendel formulates his laws of inheritance
1814
1805
1865
1818
11. War breaks out between Britain and France; this is considered by some to be the beginning of the Napoleonic Wars.
1803
1870s-1890s
1889
1868
12. Bah
1818
1894
1863
1865-April 9 - 1865
13. Beethoven performs his Fifth Symphony
1814
1845
1844
1808
14. Cuban War forIndependence results in Cuban independence from Spain
1808
1895
1844
1804
15. The United States gains control of Cuba - Puerto Rico - and the Philippines after the Spanish-American War.
1896
1898
1831
1834
16. Russia conquers Finland from Sweden in the Finnish War.
1837
1803
1808
1817
17. Bessemer process enables steel to be mass produced.
1855
1804
1874
1804
18. World population reaches 1 billion.
1830
1804
1871
1884
19. Upper and Lower Canada are merged into the Province of Canada
1865-April 9 - 1865
1895
1884
1840
20. The Belgian Revolution in the United Kingdom of the Netherlands led to the creation of Belgium.
1834
1829
1830
1866
21. Basketball is invented.
1892
1898
1838
1884
22. Muhammad Ali modernizes Egypt.
1830
1820
1854
1805
23. Elisha Haydon Collier invents the Flintlock Revolver.
1804
1814
1871
1830
24. Crazy Horse surrenders and is later killed
1822
1877
1876
1860
25. Napoleon strips the Teutonic Knights of their last holdings in Bad Mergentheim.
1897
1809
1875
1803
26. Year Without a Summer - Unusually cold conditions wreak havoc throughout the Northern Hemisphere - likely caused by the 1815 explosion of Mount Tambora.
1857
1887
1816
1893
27. Greater Colombia dissolved and the nations of Colombia (including modern-day Panama) - Ecuador - and Venezuela took its place.
1881
1870s-1890s
1804-1813
1830
28. Telegraphy patented.
1863
1837
1820
1886
29. Premiere of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony.
1887
1857
1824
1801
30. Britain establishes a protectorate over Bechuanaland (modern Botswana)
1807
1866
1886
1885
31. Cro-Magnon man first identified.
1826
1868
1894
1886
32. The feudal system is dismantled in Japan.
1830
1895
1893
1871
33. Independence of Chile
1892
1818
1851
1851
34. The Paraguayan War ends Paraguayan ambitions for expansion and destroys much of the Paraguayan population.
1806
1864
1848
1860
35. The One Thousand Days war in Colombia breaks out between the 'Liberales' and 'Conservadores' - culminating with the loss of Panama in 1903.
1884
1884
1866
1898
36. Neanderthal man first identified. Age still unknown.
1893
1856
1892
1885
37. Formation of theInternational Red Cross is followed by the adoption of theFirst Geneva Convention in 1864.
1816
1863
1804
1870s-1890s
38. Battle of the Alamo ends with defeat for Texan separatists.
1836
1884
1844
1879
39. Most of the Latin American colonies free themselves from the Spanish and Portuguese Empires after the Latin American wars of independence.
1810s
1820
1813
1880
40. Robert E. Lee surrenders the Army of Northern Virginia (26 -765 troops) to Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Courthouse - Virginia - effectively ending the American Civil War.
1860
1871
1865-April 9 - 1865
1880
41. New Zealand is founded - as the Treaty of Waitangi is signed by the Maori and British.
1840
1887
1833
1808
42. Russia abolishes serfdom.
1806-1812
1823
1861
1812
43. Long Depression in Western Europe and North America
1890
1870s-1890s
1821
1884
44. The first boatloads of gold prospectors arrive in California - giving them the nickname 49ers.
1801
1849
1894
1861
45. Charles Darwin's journey on the HMS Beagle.
1861
1898
1831
1838
46. Death of William Blake - Ludwig van Beethoven
1867
1830
1897
1827
47. First gramophone record
1849
1820
1816
1894
48. TheInternal Macedonian Revolutionary Organisation is formed
1866
1893
1804
1897
49. Louis Napoleon assumes power in France in a coup.
1851
1873
1802
1804
50. Crimean War between France - the United Kingdom - the Ottoman Empire and Russia
1820
1827
1836
1853