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19th Century Timeline
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1. The French invasion of Russia is a turning point in the Napoleonic Wars.
1879
1812
1825
1801
2. Battle of Balaclava and the Charge of the Light Brigade.
1854
1839
1835
1875
3. Basketball is invented.
1801
1874
1877
1892
4. TheInternal Macedonian Revolutionary Organisation is formed
1844
1836
1807
1893
5. Karl Benz sells the first commercial automobile
1863
1886
1890
1846
6. Neanderthal man first identified. Age still unknown.
1856
1896
1813
1838
7. Robert E. Lee surrenders the Army of Northern Virginia (26 -765 troops) to Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Courthouse - Virginia - effectively ending the American Civil War.
1833
1865-April 9 - 1865
1854
1876
8. French gain first foothold in Southeast Asia
1857
1803
1862
1851
9. The Home Rule Movement is established in Ireland.
1874
1830
1820
1827
10. Crimean War between France - the United Kingdom - the Ottoman Empire and Russia
1883
1866
1853
1802
11. Treaty of Amiens between France and the United Kingdom ends the War of the Second Coalition.
1876
1853
March 18 - 1871
1802
12. First isolation of aluminum.
1825
1860
1884
1827
13. The Cisplatine War results in the independence of Uruguay.
1815
1896
1825
1837
14. The feudal system is dismantled in Japan.
1890
1839
1805
1871
15. France invades and occupies Algeria.
1810
1848
1831
1823
16. Tsar Alexander II is assassinated
1866
1881
1876
1890
17. First commercial film release by Jean Aim
1881
1816
1825
1894
18. Samuel Colt popularizes the revolver and sets up a firearms company to manufacture his invention of the Colt Paterson revolver a six bullets firearm shot one by one without reloading manually.
1830
1836
1843
1896
19. California Gold Rush
1825
1848
1837
1839
20. Prince Pedro of Portugal proclaimed the Brazilian independence on September 7. On December 1 - he was crowned as Emperor Dom Pedro I of Brazil.
1884
1839
1822
1820
21. Second Boer War begins (-1902); Philippine-American War begins (-1913).
1899
1842
1852
1818
22. Discovery of Antarctica
1853
1840
1820
1801
23. Anaesthesia used for the first time.
1871
1849
1842
1802
24. First gramophone record
1865-April 9 - 1865
1831
1859
1894
25. Aspirin patented.
1889
1899
1873
1870
26. Anglo-Nepalese War between Nepal (Gurkha Empire) and British Empire.
1814
1868
1820
1873
27. Holy Roman Empire dissolved as a consequence of the Treaty of Pressburg.
1854
1806
1831
1825
28. The Paraguayan War ends Paraguayan ambitions for expansion and destroys much of the Paraguayan population.
1810
1801
1866
1864
29. The Kingdom of Great Britain and the Kingdom of Ireland merge to form the United Kingdom.
1876
1801
1863
1879
30. Volleyball is invented
1892
1895
1872
1868
31. After theFirst Sino-Japanese War - China cedes Taiwan to Japan and grants Japan a free hand in Korea.
1893
1862
1821
1894
32. Wilhelm R
1895
1863
1829
1830
33. 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.
1868
1870
1866
1868
34. Prince Pedro of Portugal proclaimed the Brazilian independence on September 7. On December 1 - he was crowned as Emperor Dom Pedro I of Brazil.
1874
1862
1822
1889
35. War breaks out between Britain and France; this is considered by some to be the beginning of the Napoleonic Wars.
1875
1862
1803
1810
36. Robert Lewis Stevenson's Treasure Island is published
1876
1893
1883
1894
37. First Transcontinental Railroad completed in United States on May 10.
1821
1831
1890
1869
38. Russian-Circassian War ended with the defeat and the exile of many Circassians. Imam Shamil defeated.
1830
1889
1886
1898
39. The Decembrist revolt
1833
1840
1825
1837
40. King Leopold II of Belgium establishes the Congo Free State as a personal fiefdom
1894
1879
1885
1851
41. Year Without a Summer - Unusually cold conditions wreak havoc throughout the Northern Hemisphere - likely caused by the 1815 explosion of Mount Tambora.
1871
1897
1816
1862
42. Morphine first isolated.
1804
1891
1837
1829
43. Battle of the Little Bighorn leads to the death of General Custer and victory for the alliance of Lakota - Cheyenne and Arapaho
1879
1898
1896
1876
44. The word 'dinosaur' is coined by Richard Owen
1884
1805
1876
1841
45. Siege of Sevastapol; city falls to British forces.
1825
1854
1879
1814
46. Serbian revolution erupts against the Ottoman rule. Suzerainty of Serbia recognized in 1817.
1851
1804
1863
1867
47. The Soci
1875
1866
1848
1874
48. First Anglo-Sikh War
1852
1845
1889
1896
49. After the Meiji Restoration - Japan embarks on a program of rapid modernization.
1895
1866
1849
1803
50. Barbary Wars between the United States and the Barbary States of North Africa
1801
1871
1875
1899
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