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19th Century Timeline
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1. First commercial telephone exchange in New Haven - Connecticut.
1844
1825
1892
1878
2. Death of William Blake - Ludwig van Beethoven
1804
1821
1840
1827
3. The French invasion of Russia is a turning point in the Napoleonic Wars.
1871
1812
1839
1896
4. Napoleon strips the Teutonic Knights of their last holdings in Bad Mergentheim.
1825
1821
1847
1809
5. New Zealand becomes the first country to enact women's suffrage
1820
1802
1816
1893
6. Navarino Massacre
1821
1849
1834
1865-April 9 - 1865
7. Fingerprinting is officially adopted for the first time
1892
1830
1829
1884
8. Th
1819
1869
1889
1843
9. 26 millionIndians perish inIndia due to famine.
1875
1864
1802
1881
10. Independence of Luxembourg.
1849
1876
1836
1890
11. 'The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde' by Robert Louis Stevenson is published.
1886
1819
1889
1883
12. Volleyball is invented
1839
1825
1884
1895
13. The modern city of Singapore is established by the British EastIndia Company.
1867
1843
1819
1818
14. Cro-Magnon man first identified.
1820
1868
1863
1806-1812
15. Great Railroad Strike in the United States may have been the world's first nationwide labor strike.
1861
1862
1837
1877
16. William Symington demonstrates his Charlotte Dundas - the 'first practical steamboat'.
1890
1875
1825
1803
17. The Caste War of Yucat
1839
1833
1861
1847
18. Revolutions of 1848 in Europe
1868
1848
1861
1899
19. Treaty of Nanking cedes Hong Kong to the British.
1871
1842
1801
1871
20. Greece becomes the first country to break away from the Ottoman Empire after the Greek War ofIndependence.
1830
1821
1881
1826
21. Fingerprinting is officially adopted for the first time
1819
1817
1857
1892
22. Peterloo massacre in England.
1897
1896
1819
1802
23. Empress Dowager Cixi of China engineers a coup d'
1898
1806
1862
1893
24. Mexico gains independence from Spain with the Treaty of C
1863
1898
1821
1804
25. The British invasion and subsequent occupation of Egypt
1876
1887
1882
1867
26. The first wagon train sets out from Missouri.
1843
1820
1885
1871
27. The cardboard box is invented.
1854
1851
1818
1890
28. Cro-Magnon man first identified.
1876
1868
1890
1892
29. The samurai class is abolished in Japan.
1851
1873
1846
1831
30. Crazy Horse surrenders and is later killed
1883
1834
1877
1892
31. The Wounded Knee Massacre was the last battle in the AmericanIndian Wars. This event represents the end of the American Old West.
1809
1890
1853
1818
32. French gain first foothold in Southeast Asia
1816
1836
1866
1862
33. First publicly funded telegraph line in the world
1807
1844
1820
1812
34. Greco-Turkish War.
1892
1831
1840
1897
35. Construction of the Statue of Liberty; Coca-Cola is developed.
1848
1886
1844
1892
36. Neanderthal man first identified. Age still unknown.
1818
1858
1851
1856
37. Monroe Doctrine declared by US President James Monroe.
1823
1885
1896
1881
38. Muhammad Ali modernizes Egypt.
1867
1861
1805
1898
39. SpanishInquisition officially ends.
1876
1834
1826
1807
40. Year Without a Summer - Unusually cold conditions wreak havoc throughout the Northern Hemisphere - likely caused by the 1815 explosion of Mount Tambora.
1843
1816
1871
1873
41. After the final Russo-Persian War - the Persian Empire took back territory lost to Russia from the previous war.
1849
1834
1839
1826
42. Kingdom of Belgium declared.
1897
1839
1867
1844
43. Germany gains control of Camaroon
1802
1884
1844
1801
44. The Little Ice Age ends around this time.
1876
1849
1850
1857
45. Battle of Balaclava and the Charge of the Light Brigade.
1868
1804
1854
1868
46. War breaks out between Britain and France; this is considered by some to be the beginning of the Napoleonic Wars.
1840
1825
1877
1803
47. Indian famine begins.
1874
1801
1863
1899
48. Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker Suite premi
1848
1892
1837
1830
49. The United States purchases Alaska from Russia.
1802
1877
1867
1874
50. By this time - 46000 Native Americans have been forcibly relocated in the Trail of Tears.
1838
1866
1868
1890
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