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19th Century Timeline
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1. Mary Shelley writes Frankenstein
1888
1818
1851
1870
2. First Seminole War begins in Florida.
1820
1802
1866
1817
3. Mirza Ghulam Ahmad establishes the Ahmadi Muslim Community.
1860
1889
1896
1870s-1890s
4. Independence of Luxembourg.
1816
1820
1890
1817
5. The United States purchases Alaska from Russia.
1804
1867
1869
1844
6. Paris Commune - Around 30000 Parisians were killed - and thousands more were later executed.
March 18 - 1871
1842
1844
1823
7. Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker Suite premi
1892
1850
1810
1804
8. By this time - 46000 Native Americans have been forcibly relocated in the Trail of Tears.
1838
1805
1893
1825
9. Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker Suite premi
1886
1892
1821
1831
10. Thomas Edison invents the phonograph
1830
1856
1852
1877
11. Cape Colony becomes part of the British Empire.
1835
1806
1810
1869
12. The massive expansion in population - territory - industry and wealth in the United States is referred to as the Gilded Age.
1848
1801
1876
1840
13. Siege of Sevastapol; city falls to British forces.
1889
1859
1898
1854
14. Charles Darwin publishes On the Origin of Species.
1882
1886
1836
1859
15. Suez Canal is constructed.
1822
1860
1859
1820
16. Bulgarians instigate the April Uprising against Ottoman rule.
1890
1821
1844
1876
17. The British Empire annexed Burma (now also called Myanmar) after three Anglo-Burmese Wars.
1816
1823
1871
1855
18. Chilean Civil War.
1895
1801
1891
1862
19. The Grito de Dolores begins the Mexican War ofIndependence.
1816
1886
1810
1830
20. Battle of the Alamo ends with defeat for Texan separatists.
1866
1801
1867
1836
21. The Pony Express ended.
1813
1881
1862
1820
22. World population reaches 1 billion.
1867
1804
1814
1865
23. First steam locomotive begins operation.
1814
1804
1848
1876
24. Rebellions of 1837 in Canada.
1896
1837
1857
1879
25. Trial of Oscar Wilde and premiere of his play The Importance of Being Earnest
1888
1821
1847
1895
26. Reconstruction in the United States; Slavery is banned in the United States by the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.
1804
1851
1834
1865
27. New Zealand is founded - as the Treaty of Waitangi is signed by the Maori and British.
1876
1847
1889
1840
28. The Decembrist revolt
1801
1817
1876
1825
29. 13 million Chinese die of famine in northern China.
1898
1814
1848
1876
30. Great Bosnian uprising against Ottoman rule occurs.
1831
1849
1804
1803
31. The World's Columbian Exposition was held in Chicago celebrating the 400th anniversary of Christopher Columbus's arrival in the New World.
1837
1810s
1815
1892
32. Earliest recorded air raid - as Austria employs 200 balloons to deliver ordnance against Venice.
1866
1848
1849
1853
33. Mexico gains independence from Spain with the Treaty of C
1898
1821
1862
1883
34. Louis Napoleon assumes power in France in a coup.
1851
1803
1809
1831
35. Successful transatlantic telegraph cable follows an earlier attempt in 1858.
1837
1877
1844
1866
36. The Grito de Dolores begins the Mexican War ofIndependence.
1810
1845
1829
1822
37. The United States gains control of Cuba - Puerto Rico - and the Philippines after the Spanish-American War.
1876
1819
1898
1833
38. Regency period ends in the United Kingdom
1844
1895
1820
1823
39. Neanderthal man first identified. Age still unknown.
1884
1856
1874
1821
40. 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.
1816
1897
1870
1893
41. The first recognised international soccer match - between England and Scotland - is played.
1872
1896
1830
1848
42. 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).
1836
1839
1848
1810
43. 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
1876
1885
1862
44. Jane Austen publishes Pride and Prejudice
1877
1878
1813
1876
45. Burma is presented to Queen Victoria as a birthday gift
1886
1895
1856
1816
46. Bessemer process enables steel to be mass produced.
1875
1855
1804
1867
47. Anglo-Afghan Wars lead to stalemate and the establishment of the Durand line
1876
1839
1820
1820
48. Anglo-Afghan Wars lead to stalemate and the establishment of the Durand line
1826
1839
1802
1899
49. Greece becomes the first country to break away from the Ottoman Empire after the Greek War ofIndependence.
1821
1846
1831
1807
50. Fulani Jihad in Nigeria.
1897
1804
1815
1843