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19th Century Timeline
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1. Persian Prophet the B
1844
1879
1817
1871
2. Louis Le Prince records the Roundhay Garden Scene - the earliest surviving film.
1801
1844
1888
1883
3. The United States purchases Alaska from Russia.
1847
1845
1860
1867
4. Thomas Jefferson elected President of the United States by the United States House of Representatives - following a tie in the Electoral College (United States)
1865-April 9 - 1865
1873
1801
1821
5. The United States more than doubles in size when it buys out France's territorial claims in North America via the Louisiana Purchase. This begins the U.S.'s westward expansion to the Pacific referred to as its Manifest Destiny which involves annexing
1877
1825
1813
1803
6. The German Customs Union is formed.
1854
1854
1834
1876
7. First Anglo-Sikh War
1845
1837
1821
1897
8. Dissolution of the Maratha Empire.
1895
1853
1888
1820
9. Chile battles with Peru and Bolivia over Andean territory in the War of the Pacific.
1879
1899
1838
1803
10. Charles Dickens publishes Oliver Twist
1837
1801
1840
1888
11. Millerite movement awaits the Second Advent of Jesus Christ on October 22. Christ's non-appearance becomes known as the Great Disappointment.
1871
1850
1844
1894
12. Revolutions of 1848 in Europe
1876
1848
1808
1854
13. New Zealand is founded - as the Treaty of Waitangi is signed by the Maori and British.
1840
1806
1804
1813
14. France invades and occupies Algeria.
1893
1895
1831
1807
15. First steam locomotive begins operation.
1862
1804
1861
1897
16. Successful transatlantic telegraph cable follows an earlier attempt in 1858.
1869
1845
1866
1813
17. Cuban War forIndependence results in Cuban independence from Spain
1818
1816
1895
1833
18. Discovery of Antarctica
1894
1825
1820
1881
19. First Transcontinental Railroad completed in United States on May 10.
1839
1806
1869
1872
20. Henri Becquerel discovers radioactivity; JJ Thompson identifies the electron - though not by name.
1841
1805
1843
1896
21. Russian-Circassian War ended with the defeat and the exile of many Circassians. Imam Shamil defeated.
1842
1886
1868
1895
22. Anglo-Zulu War in South Africa.
1854
1889
1879
1863
23. The Home Rule Movement is established in Ireland.
1823
1874
1861
1814
24. First publicly funded telegraph line in the world
1876
1844
1881
1854
25. The French invasion of Russia is a turning point in the Napoleonic Wars.
1845
1879
1815
1812
26. The Pony Express ended.
1820
1877
1837
1862
27. July Revolution in France.
1893
1830
1854
1834
28. Muslim Rebellion in northwest China.
1803
1862
1863
1848
29. Napoleon signs the Concordat of 1801 with the Pope.
1893
1831
1861
1801
30. Independence of Chile
1876
1828
1818
1859
31. Samuel Colt popularizes the revolver and sets up a firearms company to manufacture his invention of the Colt Paterson revolver a six bullets firearm shot one by one without reloading manually.
1851
1863
1838
1836
32. Peterloo massacre in England.
1830
1896
1819
1804
33. World's first oil refinery in Romania
1856
1869
1892
1839
34. Persian Prophet the B
1844
1863
1810
1809
35. The German Customs Union is formed.
1896
1812
1804
1834
36. The British Parliament passes the Great Reform Act.
1876
1892
1814
1832
37. At least 5000 Mexicans die in Apache raids - and 100 settlements are destroyed.
1898
1895
1820
1873
38. Fingerprinting is officially adopted for the first time
1889
1892
1890
1851
39. Unification of the Kingdom of Tonga under Taufa?ahau (King George Tupou I)
1856
1845
1884
1820
40. The British invasion and subsequent occupation of Egypt
1821
1818
1882
1884
41. The quagga is rendered extinct.
1893
1877
1872
1883
42. First electrical power plant and grid in Godalming - Britain.
1886
1822
1886
1881
43. The British EastIndia Company is dissolved.
1874
1816
1897
1890
44. King Leopold II of Belgium establishes the Congo Free State as a personal fiefdom
1885
1888
1874
1890
45. United States Commodore Matthew C. Perry threatens the Japanese capital Edo with gunships - demanding that they agree to open trade.
1819
1868
1853
1842
46. British defeat French at the Second Battle of Abukir
1844
1809
1801
1881
47. TheFirst Boer War.
1896
1880
1848
1870
48. The contest between the British Empire and Imperial Russia for control of Central Asia is referred to as the Great Game.
1864
1871
1804
1813
49. Blue jeans and barbed wire are invented.
1873
1801
1861
1825
50. HMS Challenger surveys the deepest point in the Earth's oceans - the Challenger Deep
1854
1895
1875
1889