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19th Century Timeline
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1. Richard Wagner's Ring Cycle is first performed in its entirety.
1830
1860
1876
1871
2. British defeat French at the Second Battle of Abukir
1801
1818
1893
1810
3. Thomas Jefferson elected President of the United States by the United States House of Representatives - following a tie in the Electoral College (United States)
1869
1816
1801
1874
4. Gregor Mendel formulates his laws of inheritance
1865
1845
1820
1814
5. Slavery Abolition Act bans slavery throughout the British Empire.
1833
1808
1881
1825
6. The Little Ice Age ends around this time.
1868
1889
1850
1833
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.
1865-April 9 - 1865
1814
1894
1879
8. Elisha Haydon Collier invents the Flintlock Revolver.
1801
1895
1889
1814
9. Telegraphy patented.
1837
1825
1885
1873
10. The safety pin and the gas mask are invented
1817
1848
1873
1849
11. Muslim Rebellion in northwest China.
1863
1862
1890
1865-April 14 - 1865
12. November Uprising in Poland against Russia.
1830
1892
1833
1837
13. First Seminole War begins in Florida.
1817
March 18 - 1871
March 18 - 1871
1877
14. The Stockton and Darlington Railway - the first public railway in the world - is opened.
1879
1825
1865
1837
15. Victorian gold rush in Australia
1832
1839
1851
1895
16. End of the Brazilian Empire and the beginning of the Brazilian Republic
1868
1889
1825
1804
17. Dissolution of the Maratha Empire.
1801
1820
1898
1854
18. First Transcontinental Railroad completed in United States on May 10.
1887
1869
1854
1834
19. King Leopold II of Belgium establishes the Congo Free State as a personal fiefdom
1877
1862
1853
1885
20. The first boatloads of gold prospectors arrive in California - giving them the nickname 49ers.
1875
1849
1884
1844
21. Crazy Horse surrenders and is later killed
1877
1845
1867
1889
22. First commercial film release by Jean Aim
1806
1865
1894
1821
23. Britain amends the Poor Law demanding that any paupers requesting assistance must go to a workhouse.
1834
1831
1896
1859
24. Slavery banned in Brazil.
1860
1825
1888
1802
25. The United States gains control of Cuba - Puerto Rico - and the Philippines after the Spanish-American War.
1898
1807
1879
1895
26. Battle of the Little Bighorn leads to the death of General Custer and victory for the alliance of Lakota - Cheyenne and Arapaho
1894
1898
1876
1810
27. The Caste War of Yucat
1839
1829
1801
1847
28. Ethiopia defeated Italy at the Battle of Adwa.
1850
1893
1896
1801
29. Bah
1865
1863
1825
1868
30. Klondike Gold Rush in Canada.
1871
1881
1890
1896
31. 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.
1817
1865-April 9 - 1865
1801
1821
32. Cuban War forIndependence results in Cuban independence from Spain
1895
1877
1863
1804
33. French troops capture Antananarivo in Madagascar
1863
1895
1867
1814
34. Polish uprising against the Russian Empire.
1810s
1857
1863
1888
35. French intervention in Mexico and the creation of the Second Mexican Empire - ruled by Maximilian I of Mexico and his consort Carlota of Mexico.
1861
1859
1863
1816
36. Napoleon abdicates and is exiled to Elba.
1844
1814
1863
1806
37. Charles Dickens publishes Oliver Twist
1837
1842
1877
1885
38. Bessemer process enables steel to be mass produced.
1895
1886
1862
1855
39. Napoleon signs the Concordat of 1801 with the Pope.
1801
1826
1840
1850
40. Karl Benz sells the first commercial automobile
1844
1891
1816
1886
41. Dreyfuss Affair
1830
1806-1812
1894
1803
42. Battle of the Alamo ends with defeat for Texan separatists.
1804
1801
1869
1836
43. The French invasion of Russia is a turning point in the Napoleonic Wars.
1897
1839
1812
1830
44. The Convention of Kanagawa formally ends Japan's policy of isolation.
1838
1886
1854
1809
45. The British Parliament passes the Great Reform Act.
1862
1832
1848
1886
46. Following the Russo-Turkish War - the Treaty of Berlin recognizes formal independence of the Principality of Serbia - Montenegro and Romania. Bulgaria becomes autonomous.
1877
1879
1855
1804
47. The Battle of Trafalgar eliminates the French and Spanish naval fleets and allows for British dominance of the seas - a major factor for the success of the British Empire later in the century.
1801
1803
1850
1805
48. Russia commences its conquest of the Caucasus.
1861
1894
1805
1817
49. Serbian revolution erupts against the Ottoman rule. Suzerainty of Serbia recognized in 1817.
1828
1873
1867
1804
50. Yellowstone National Park - the first national park - is created.
1817
1886
1886
1872