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19th Century Timeline
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1. Aspirin patented.
1889
1849
1847
1852
2. Britain establishes a protectorate over Bechuanaland (modern Botswana)
1836
1877
1890
1885
3. The Home Rule Movement is established in Ireland.
1880
1874
1820
1856
4. First Anglo-Sikh War
1886
1845
1890
1804
5. The Texas Revolution in Mexico resulted in the short-lived Republic of Texas.
1835
1836
1869
1865-April 14 - 1865
6. First Transcontinental Railroad completed in United States on May 10.
1863
1869
1864
1830
7. The University of Berlin is founded. Among its students and faculty are Hegel - Marx - and Bismarck. The German university reform proves to be so successful that its model is copied around the world (see History of European research universities).
1810
1892
1894
1897
8. Louis Napoleon assumes power in France in a coup.
1834
1851
1853
1835
9. The Grito de Dolores begins the Mexican War ofIndependence.
1810
1864
1898
1896
10. First Transcontinental Railroad completed in United States on May 10.
1869
1854
1890
1871
11. Great Bosnian uprising against Ottoman rule occurs.
1830
1831
1862
1877
12. US forces overthrow the government of Hawaii
1848
1893
1834
1857
13. Mirza Ghulam Ahmad establishes the Ahmadi Muslim Community.
1883
1864
1889
1804
14. Barbary Wars between the United States and the Barbary States of North Africa
1836
1859
1801
1813
15. Samuel Morey patents the internal combustion engine.
1869
1884
1826
1863
16. The Trumpet gets valves.
1873
1848
1810
1890
17. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints is established on April 6 - 1830.
1839
1820
1830
1864
18. Italy annexes Eritrea.
1893
1831
1881
1890
19. American Civil War between the Union and seceding Confederacy
1803
1861
1880
1801
20. Empress Dowager Cixi of China engineers a coup d'
1837
1876
1898
1809
21. Napoleon abdicates and is exiled to Elba.
1877
1829
1805
1814
22. Giuseppe Garibaldi launches the Expedition of the Thousand
1801
1876
1860
1891
23. 'The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde' by Robert Louis Stevenson is published.
1877
1803
1886
1867
24. Anglo-Nepalese War between Nepal (Gurkha Empire) and British Empire.
1877
1825
1848
1814
25. Giuseppe Piazzi discovers the dwarf planet Ceres.
1869
1881
1895
1801
26. Chilean Civil War.
1861
1874
1891
1878
27. Revolutions of 1848 in Europe
1887
1841
1848
1819
28. New Zealand is founded - as the Treaty of Waitangi is signed by the Maori and British.
1814
1815
1840
1803
29. After theFirst Sino-Japanese War - China cedes Taiwan to Japan and grants Japan a free hand in Korea.
1825
1887
1894
1831
30. French intervention in Mexico and the creation of the Second Mexican Empire - ruled by Maximilian I of Mexico and his consort Carlota of Mexico.
1877
1830
1899
1861
31. Unification of the Kingdom of Tonga under Taufa?ahau (King George Tupou I)
1877
1896
1845
1825
32. The samurai class is abolished in Japan.
1874
1873
1881
1804
33. H. G. Wells publishes The War of the Worlds
1877
1805
1802
1898
34. Thomas Edison tests his first light bulb
1834
1846
1807
1879
35. Treaty of Nanking cedes Hong Kong to the British.
1832
1836
1842
1895
36. Imam Shamil's rebellion in Russian-occupied Caucasus.
1834
1806
1837
1866
37. The Caste War of Yucat
1847
1826
1801
1806
38. Italy annexes Eritrea.
1890
1801
1801
1829
39. France invades and occupies Algeria.
1830
1838
1871
1831
40. Paris Commune - Around 30000 Parisians were killed - and thousands more were later executed.
1808
1897
1874
March 18 - 1871
41. The Sino-French War led to the formation of FrenchIndochina.
1884
1840
1890
1870
42. Wilhelm R
1895
1869
1837
1871
43. TheFirst Boer War.
1880
1881
1840
1863
44. The Kingdom of Great Britain and the Kingdom of Ireland merge to form the United Kingdom.
1807
1801
1802
1821
45. Gregor Mendel formulates his laws of inheritance
1865
1876
1877
1845
46. Russo-Turkish War - Treaty of Bucharest.
1851
1806-1812
1816
1873
47. Most of the Latin American colonies free themselves from the Spanish and Portuguese Empires after the Latin American wars of independence.
1805
1895
1841
1810s
48. Independence of Chile
1884
1885
1803
1818
49. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's Faust premieres.
1832
1829
1877
1874
50. The Mexican-American War leads to Mexico's cession of much of the modern-day Southwestern United States.
1868
1805
1846
1875