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19th Century Timeline
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1. The word 'dinosaur' is coined by Richard Owen
1841
1833
1806-1812
1845
2. First gramophone record
1894
1877
1839
1804
3. Mexico gains independence from Spain with the Treaty of C
1889
1884
1893
1821
4. Ludwig van Beethoven performs his Moonlight Sonata for the first time.
1867
1894
1892
1802
5. Greater Colombia dissolved and the nations of Colombia (including modern-day Panama) - Ecuador - and Venezuela took its place.
1801
1841
1830
1899
6. SpanishInquisition officially ends.
1823
1895
1814
1834
7. Monroe Doctrine declared by US President James Monroe.
1862
1801
1823
1831
8. The Soci
1899
1874
1895
1885
9. Dmitri Mendeleev created the Periodic table
1881
1876
1810s
1869
10. The United States gains control of Cuba - Puerto Rico - and the Philippines after the Spanish-American War.
1876
1898
1861
1895
11. Jack the Ripper murders occur in Whitechapel - London
1888
1892
1871
1893
12. Wilhelm R
1838
1803
1807
1895
13. The Great Exhibition in London was the world's first international Expo or World's Fair.
1873
1807
1818
1851
14. Erie Canal opened connecting the Great Lakes to theAtlantic Ocean.
1801
1871
1866
1825
15. Indian famine begins.
1899
1849
1876
1801
16. Slavery banned in Brazil.
1888
1840
1808
1815
17. Greece becomes the first country to break away from the Ottoman Empire after the Greek War ofIndependence.
1843
1892
1817
1821
18. Invention of the phonautograph - the first true device for recording sound.
1820
1838
1858
1871
19. The feudal system is dismantled in Japan.
1829
1869
1871
1867
20. Reconstruction in the United States; Slavery is banned in the United States by the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.
1865
1845
1844
1868
21. Napoleon strips the Teutonic Knights of their last holdings in Bad Mergentheim.
1890
1809
1801
1862
22. First section of the London Underground opens.
1899
1881
1890
1863
23. Anaesthesia used for the first time.
1842
1806-1812
1820
1826
24. United States Commodore Matthew C. Perry threatens the Japanese capital Edo with gunships - demanding that they agree to open trade.
1848
1846
1853
1814
25. Mary Shelley writes Frankenstein
1896
1818
1882
1880
26. Italy annexes Eritrea.
1886
1860
1890
1819
27. First Transcontinental Railroad completed in United States on May 10.
1827
1894
1858
1869
28. Crimean War between France - the United Kingdom - the Ottoman Empire and Russia
1853
1840
1895
1804
29. Egyptian
1873
1822
1850
1831
30. Beethoven performs his Fifth Symphony
1830
1856
1808
1876
31. Second Boer War begins (-1902); Philippine-American War begins (-1913).
1862
1899
1844
1818
32. France and the Russian Empire form a military alliance
1835
1894
1818
1837
33. Eiffel Tower is inaugurated in Paris.
1831
1836
1889
1854
34. HMS Challenger surveys the deepest point in the Earth's oceans - the Challenger Deep
1848
1875
1868
1808
35. Civil war in the Federal Republic of Central America led to the foundings of Guatemala - El Salvador - Honduras - Nicaragua - and Costa Rica.
1838
1891
1815
1866
36. Queen Victoria becomes Empress ofIndia.
1876
1851
1864
1879
37. The Convention of Kanagawa formally ends Japan's policy of isolation.
1895
1854
1884
1874
38. Queen Victoria becomes Empress ofIndia.
1876
1818
1834
1844
39. Principality of Serbia becomes suzerain from the Ottoman Empire. Officially independent in 1867.
1821
1898
1892
1817
40. Following the Russo-Turkish War - the Treaty of Berlin recognizes formal independence of the Principality of Serbia - Montenegro and Romania. Bulgaria becomes autonomous.
1808
1868
1877
1854
41. The first recognised international soccer match - between England and Scotland - is played.
1853
1878
1819
1872
42. The British Empire takes over Balochistan
1844
1833
1887
1829
43. Giuseppe Garibaldi launches the Expedition of the Thousand
1877
1802
1863
1860
44. Russia conquers Finland from Sweden in the Finnish War.
1815
1808
1871
1876
45. Russo-Persian War.
1801
1804-1813
1849
1840
46. The Boxer Rebellion in China is suppressed by an Eight-Nation Alliance.
1808
1898
1817
1810
47. Napoleon abdicates and is exiled to Elba.
1868
1804
1814
1898
48. Empress Dowager Cixi of China engineers a coup d'
1861
1874
1898
1877
49. The United States purchases Alaska from Russia.
1867
1855
1833
1834
50. Jane Austen publishes Pride and Prejudice
1850
1813
1864
1803
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