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19th Century Timeline
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1. Shaka's Zulu Kingdom becomes the largest in Southern Africa.
1876
1803
1834
1816
2. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle publishes his first Sherlock Holmes story - A Study in Scarlet.
1801
1851
1887
1876
3. Charles Darwin publishes On the Origin of Species.
1821
1883
1859
1801
4. Great Railroad Strike in the United States may have been the world's first nationwide labor strike.
1873
1870s-1890s
1825
1877
5. The United States gains control of Cuba - Puerto Rico - and the Philippines after the Spanish-American War.
1803
1866
1876
1898
6. Unification of the Kingdom of Tonga under Taufa?ahau (King George Tupou I)
1844
1845
1896
1899
7. Louis Le Prince records the Roundhay Garden Scene - the earliest surviving film.
1893
1823
1888
1848
8. Cape Colony becomes part of the British Empire.
1819
1881
1806
1896
9. The word 'dinosaur' is coined by Richard Owen
1841
1876
1806
1817
10. Earliest recorded air raid - as Austria employs 200 balloons to deliver ordnance against Venice.
1849
1842
1863
1898
11. Charles Darwin's journey on the HMS Beagle.
1831
1884
1815
1875
12. King Leopold II of Belgium establishes the Congo Free State as a personal fiefdom
1885
1822
1820
1896
13. Greece becomes the first country to break away from the Ottoman Empire after the Greek War ofIndependence.
1867
1876
1898
1821
14. Maxwell's A Treatise on Electricity and Magnetism published.
1820
1831
1873
1813
15. 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).
1867
1845
1871
1810
16. Vincent van Gogh paints Starry Night
1855
1820
1804
1889
17. Fulani Jihad in Nigeria.
1816
1865-April 14 - 1865
1804
1845
18. Tsar Alexander II is assassinated
1815
1855
1881
1836
19. Greater Colombia dissolved and the nations of Colombia (including modern-day Panama) - Ecuador - and Venezuela took its place.
1874
1831
1830
1813
20. The Little Ice Age ends around this time.
1897
1850
1816
1821
21. Benin Expedition of 1897 loots and burns Benin
1897
1845
1859
1836
22. Britain declares the Slave Trade illegal.
1809
1888
1805
1807
23. Premiere of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony.
1874
1803
1824
1805
24. Battle of San Jacinto leads to the capture of General Santa Anna.
1879
1836
1832
1895
25. The Chincha Islands War was an attempt by Spain to regain its South American colonies.
1864
1819
1890
1804
26. The One Thousand Days war in Colombia breaks out between the 'Liberales' and 'Conservadores' - culminating with the loss of Panama in 1903.
1898
1822
1879
1893
27. Indian famine begins.
1874
1862
1844
1899
28. The massive expansion in population - territory - industry and wealth in the United States is referred to as the Gilded Age.
1876
1820
1863
1838
29. Neanderthal man first identified. Age still unknown.
1856
1803
1894
1861
30. Giuseppe Piazzi discovers the dwarf planet Ceres.
1801
1845
1851
1848
31. Little War against Spanish rule in Cuba leads to rebel defeat.
1820
1868
1879
1889
32. Battle of the Alamo ends with defeat for Texan separatists.
1892
1836
1865-April 9 - 1865
1852
33. Fingerprinting is officially adopted for the first time
1801
1816
1892
1865
34. The samurai class is abolished in Japan.
1804
1820
1873
1832
35. Cro-Magnon man first identified.
1890
1887
1868
1830
36. Great Bosnian uprising against Ottoman rule occurs.
1825
1898
1858
1831
37. Cuban War forIndependence results in Cuban independence from Spain
1895
1888
1865-April 9 - 1865
1894
38. Rebellions of 1837 in Canada.
1874
1834
1837
1825
39. The British Empire annexed Burma (now also called Myanmar) after three Anglo-Burmese Wars.
1823
1818
1804
1848
40. The first recognised international soccer match - between England and Scotland - is played.
1869
1887
1872
1844
41. Siege of Khartoum
1816
1801
1894
1884
42. Victorian gold rush in Australia
1839
1845
1851
1845
43. 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.
1877
1853
1843
1805
44. Shaka's Zulu Kingdom becomes the largest in Southern Africa.
1865-April 9 - 1865
1805
1831
1816
45. The United States purchases Alaska from Russia.
1819
1836
1806-1812
1867
46. First steam locomotive begins operation.
1804
1876
1815
1877
47. Queen Victoria's reign is considered the apex of the British Empire and is referred to as the Victorian era.
1819
1879
1826
1837
48. The Texas Revolution in Mexico resulted in the short-lived Republic of Texas.
1835
1863
1810
1845
49. The modern city of Singapore is established by the British EastIndia Company.
1851
1819
1805
1828
50. Holy Roman Empire dissolved as a consequence of the Treaty of Pressburg.
1870
1865
1806
1892