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19th Century Timeline
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1. The Paraguayan War ends Paraguayan ambitions for expansion and destroys much of the Paraguayan population.
1894
1889
1804
1864
2. Bulgarians instigate the April Uprising against Ottoman rule.
1874
1833
1889
1876
3. Anaesthesia used for the first time.
1896
1842
1846
1820
4. Little War against Spanish rule in Cuba leads to rebel defeat.
1843
1879
1812
1895
5. Russo-Turkish War - Treaty of Bucharest.
1802
1870
1806-1812
1849
6. Discovery of Antarctica
1835
1896
1820
1829
7. Serbian revolution erupts against the Ottoman rule. Suzerainty of Serbia recognized in 1817.
1862
1801
1809
1804
8. US forces overthrow the government of Hawaii
1817
1846
1803
1893
9. Second Anglo-Sikh War
1819
1824
1810
1848
10. The Franco-Prussian War results in the unifications of Germany and Italy - the collapse of the Second French Empire and the emergence of a New Imperialism.
1854
1870
1872
1843
11. French gain first foothold in Southeast Asia
1869
1862
1846
1837
12. 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
1831
1803
1862
1841
13. The safety pin and the gas mask are invented
1876
1884
1830
1849
14. Suez Canal is constructed.
1823
1819
1817
1859
15. The first wagon train sets out from Missouri.
1848
1815
1843
1820
16. France and the Russian Empire form a military alliance
1892
1805
1825
1894
17. The Berlin Conference signals the start of the European 'scramble for Africa'.Attending nations also agree to ban trade in slaves.
1821
1884
1831
1889
18. 'The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde' by Robert Louis Stevenson is published.
1895
1801
1857
1886
19. The British Empire annexed Burma (now also called Myanmar) after three Anglo-Burmese Wars.
1896
1823
1804
1821
20. Volleyball is invented
1895
1876
1897
1898
21. The Cisplatine War results in the independence of Uruguay.
1876
1825
1827
1848
22. Jane Austen publishes Pride and Prejudice
1850
1861
1838
1813
23. Queen Victoria's reign is considered the apex of the British Empire and is referred to as the Victorian era.
1809
1838
1837
1855
24. 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
1853
1851
1816
25. Dmitri Mendeleev created the Periodic table
1869
1832
1889
1831
26. The Bront
1876
1847
1832
1834
27. Great Bosnian uprising against Ottoman rule occurs.
1860
1831
1814
1892
28. New Zealand is founded - as the Treaty of Waitangi is signed by the Maori and British.
1898
1840
1867
1821
29. Independence of Argentina
1898
1816
1884
1848
30. The British EastIndia Company is dissolved.
1816
1874
1898
1865-April 14 - 1865
31. Missouri Compromise
1820
1818
1896
1831
32. Death of Alexander Pushkin
1893
1837
1892
1862
33. The Great Exhibition in London was the world's first international Expo or World's Fair.
1869
1851
1858
1871
34. Thomas Edison tests his first light bulb
1879
1816
1837
1824
35. First commercial film release by Jean Aim
1863
1894
1821
1886
36. Napoleon decisively defeats an Austrian-Russian army at the Battle of Austerlitz.
1839
1822
1805
1886
37. Mary Shelley writes Frankenstein
1851
1818
1856
1802
38. Queen Victoria becomes Empress ofIndia.
1892
1867
1876
1866
39. Long Depression in Western Europe and North America
1877
1870s-1890s
1818
1820
40. The Wounded Knee Massacre was the last battle in the AmericanIndian Wars. This event represents the end of the American Old West.
1877
1890
1868
1849
41. First steam locomotive begins operation.
1858
1863
1865-April 14 - 1865
1804
42. California Gold Rush
1848
1833
1838
1801
43. Barbary Wars between the United States and the Barbary States of North Africa
1898
1838
1866
1801
44. New Zealand becomes the first country to enact women's suffrage
1804
1843
1893
1833
45. Ten Years' War between Cuba and Spain
1804
1801
1801
1868
46. William Symington demonstrates his Charlotte Dundas - the 'first practical steamboat'.
1830
1803
1809
1812
47. Battle of the Little Bighorn leads to the death of General Custer and victory for the alliance of Lakota - Cheyenne and Arapaho
1828
1810s
1876
1889
48. France invades and occupies Algeria.
1868
1874
1831
1861
49. Napoleon crowns himself Emperor of the French.
1819
1804
1844
1866
50. Battle of the Little Bighorn leads to the death of General Custer and victory for the alliance of Lakota - Cheyenne and Arapaho
1876
1864
1842
1890