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19th Century Timeline
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1. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle publishes his first Sherlock Holmes story - A Study in Scarlet.
1878
1873
1845
1887
2. Independence of Bolivia.
1804-1813
1884
1825
1864
3. After two Opium Wars - France - the United Kingdom - the United States and Russia gained many concessions from China resulting in the decline of the Qing Dynasty.
1809
1865
1821
1839
4. 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
1862
1890
1803
1825
5. Paris Commune - Around 30000 Parisians were killed - and thousands more were later executed.
1865-April 9 - 1865
1810
March 18 - 1871
1849
6. Austrian Empire founded by Francis I.
1863
1815
1804
1844
7. Independence of Argentina
1894
1816
1831
1862
8. Seneca Falls Convention is the first women's rights convention in the United States and leads to the battle for suffrage and women's legal rights.
1848
1816
1826
1807
9. Treaty of Nanking cedes Hong Kong to the British.
1842
1862
1867
1862
10. Muhammad Ali modernizes Egypt.
1820
1884
1805
1887
11. Following the Russo-Turkish War - the Treaty of Berlin recognizes formal independence of the Principality of Serbia - Montenegro and Romania. Bulgaria becomes autonomous.
1876
1830
1877
1825
12. Taiping Rebellion is the bloodiest conflict of the century - leading to the deaths of 20 million people.
1827
1850
1801
1886
13. Polish uprising against the Russian Empire.
1806
1863
1874
1805
14. Anglo-Afghan Wars lead to stalemate and the establishment of the Durand line
1891
1839
1810
1820
15. Neanderthal man first identified. Age still unknown.
1808
1885
1856
1896
16. First isolation of aluminum.
1870
1872
1874
1825
17. The samurai class is abolished in Japan.
1848
1871
1873
1869
18. Louis Napoleon assumes power in France in a coup.
1896
1828
1848
1851
19. Successful transatlantic telegraph cable follows an earlier attempt in 1858.
1877
1814
1833
1866
20. Slavery Abolition Act bans slavery throughout the British Empire.
1868
1833
1860
1848
21. Tsar Alexander II is assassinated
1801
1826
1858
1881
22. The British Empire takes over Balochistan
1887
1867
1868
1834
23. HMS Challenger surveys the deepest point in the Earth's oceans - the Challenger Deep
1885
1875
1868
1808
24. Greater Colombia dissolved and the nations of Colombia (including modern-day Panama) - Ecuador - and Venezuela took its place.
1859
1863
1830
1832
25. Dissolution of the Maratha Empire.
1871
1887
1820
1834
26. Ludwig van Beethoven performs his Moonlight Sonata for the first time.
1897
1868
1802
1899
27. Napoleon signs the Concordat of 1801 with the Pope.
1801
1804
1885
1818
28. Spanish guerrillas fight in the Peninsular War.
1808
1867
1861
1863
29. The Principality of Serbia passes a Constitution which defines its independence from the Ottoman Empire.International recognition followed in 1878.
1894
1875
1867
1875
30. Black War in Tasmania leads to the near extinction of the Tasmanian aborigines
1828
1819
1876
1884
31. Napoleon escapes exile and begins the Hundred Days before finally being defeated at the Battle of Waterloo and exiled to St Helena. His defeat brings a conclusion to the Napoleonic Wars and marks the beginning of a Pax Britannica which lasts until 19
1863
1815
1843
1839
32. Cuban War forIndependence results in Cuban independence from Spain
1895
1881
1837
1892
33. Britain amends the Poor Law demanding that any paupers requesting assistance must go to a workhouse.
1834
1802
1885
1848
34. William Symington demonstrates his Charlotte Dundas - the 'first practical steamboat'.
1803
1841
1810
1801
35. Dreyfuss Affair
1836
1894
1841
1804
36. Russian-Circassian War ended with the defeat and the exile of many Circassians. Imam Shamil defeated.
1801
1886
1848
1879
37. First electric motor built.
1816
1895
1829
1889
38. US forces overthrow the government of Hawaii
1871
1893
1889
1851
39. British defeat French at the Second Battle of Abukir
1820
1828
1801
1806-1812
40. British defeat French at the Second Battle of Abukir
1876
1801
1825
1804
41. Long Depression in Western Europe and North America
1823
1870s-1890s
1804
1898
42. Gregor Mendel formulates his laws of inheritance
1825
1865
1872
1871
43. The Great Exhibition in London was the world's first international Expo or World's Fair.
1801
1851
1838
1839
44. The 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution is approved.
1838
1868
1877
1824
45. Crimean War between France - the United Kingdom - the Ottoman Empire and Russia
1833
1884
1886
1853
46. Mormon migration to Utah.
1867
1850
1846
1884
47. France annexes Cambodia.
1877
1898
1863
1872
48. SpanishInquisition officially ends.
1884
1834
1854
1889
49. Prince Pedro of Portugal proclaimed the Brazilian independence on September 7. On December 1 - he was crowned as Emperor Dom Pedro I of Brazil.
1871
1822
1882
1863
50. The Berlin Conference signals the start of the European 'scramble for Africa'.Attending nations also agree to ban trade in slaves.
1825
1884
1851
1822
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