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19th Century Timeline
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1. First Anglo-Sikh War
1845
1816
1818
1889
2. Russia commences its conquest of the Caucasus.
1817
1812
1836
1859
3. Civil war in the Federal Republic of Central America led to the foundings of Guatemala - El Salvador - Honduras - Nicaragua - and Costa Rica.
1892
1804
1838
1869
4. Bessemer process enables steel to be mass produced.
1896
1804
1868
1855
5. First Republic in Spain.
1889
1874
1867
1804
6. The Congress of Vienna redraws the European map. The Concert of Europe attempts to preserve this settlement - but it fails to stem the tide of liberalism and nationalism that sweeps over the continent.
1815
1808
1845
1841
7. The feudal system is dismantled in Japan.
1870
1844
1871
1814
8. The British Parliament passes the Great Reform Act.
1829
1895
1832
1833
9. The United States purchases Alaska from Russia.
1837
1867
1849
1885
10. Peru declares its independence from Spain.
1871
1820
1821
1819
11. Mirza Ghulam Ahmad establishes the Ahmadi Muslim Community.
1822
1873
1889
1875
12. Napoleon signs the Concordat of 1801 with the Pope.
1845
1801
1853
1863
13. Basketball is invented.
1803
1887
1892
1849
14. Britain amends the Poor Law demanding that any paupers requesting assistance must go to a workhouse.
1851
1834
1896
1870
15. Upper and Lower Canada are merged into the Province of Canada
1889
1881
1803
1840
16. The Convention of Kanagawa formally ends Japan's policy of isolation.
1854
1884
1853
1821
17. Bulgarians instigate the April Uprising against Ottoman rule.
1863
1878
1873
1876
18. Krakatoa volcano explosion - one of the largest in modern history.
1878
1881
1883
1825
19. Fingerprinting is officially adopted for the first time
1815
1886
1848
1892
20. Karl Benz sells the first commercial automobile
1875
1844
1886
1831
21. By this time - 46000 Native Americans have been forcibly relocated in the Trail of Tears.
1892
1825
1838
1889
22. Regency period ends in the United Kingdom
1816
1889
1820
1863
23. Philippine Revolution ends declaring Philippines free from Spanish rule.
1801
1862
1832
1896
24. TheFirst Boer War.
1888
1828
1880
1892
25. By this time - 46000 Native Americans have been forcibly relocated in the Trail of Tears.
1838
1844
1839
1801
26. The Mahdist War in Sudan.
1831
1881
1804
1847
27. At least 5000 Mexicans die in Apache raids - and 100 settlements are destroyed.
1887
1820
1801
1873
28. Queen Victoria's reign is considered the apex of the British Empire and is referred to as the Victorian era.
1869
1846
1837
1877
29. Th
1819
1812
1892
1886
30. Slavery Abolition Act bans slavery throughout the British Empire.
1803
1889
1821
1833
31. Battle of the Little Bighorn leads to the death of General Custer and victory for the alliance of Lakota - Cheyenne and Arapaho
1806-1812
1865-April 14 - 1865
1871
1876
32. First steam locomotive begins operation.
1804
1897
1848
1856
33. Slavery banned in Brazil.
1856
1888
1804
1808
34. Beethoven performs his Fifth Symphony
1830
1837
1831
1808
35. Second Boer War begins (-1902); Philippine-American War begins (-1913).
1848
1899
1801
1895
36. Premiere of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony.
1883
1817
1824
1891
37. Rebellions of 1837 in Canada.
1837
1874
1874
1822
38. Dissolution of the Maratha Empire.
1897
1820
1822
1831
39. The Trumpet gets valves.
1834
1855
1810
1862
40. Greco-Turkish War.
1897
1813
1804-1813
1890
41. Basketball is invented.
1831
1869
1872
1892
42. Ludwig van Beethoven performs his Moonlight Sonata for the first time.
1814
1816
1803
1802
43. Ethiopia defeated Italy at the Battle of Adwa.
1884
1830
1818
1896
44. 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.
1870
1881
1892
1853
45. Civil war in the Federal Republic of Central America led to the foundings of Guatemala - El Salvador - Honduras - Nicaragua - and Costa Rica.
1825
1897
1838
1881
46. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's Faust premieres.
1817
1829
1889
1810
47. Death of Alexander Pushkin
1881
1860
1831
1837
48. Treaty of Nanking cedes Hong Kong to the British.
1879
1821
1842
1804
49. Uruguayan Civil War
1877
1806-1812
1848
1839
50. Charles Darwin's journey on the HMS Beagle.
1826
1821
1831
1874
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