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19th Century Timeline
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1. Successful transatlantic telegraph cable follows an earlier attempt in 1858.
1839
1866
1887
1883
2. United States President Abraham Lincoln is assassinated while attending a performance atFord's Theater - Washington - D.C.. He dies approximately nine hours after being shot on April 15 - 1865.
1888
1877
1844
1865-April 14 - 1865
3. The Little Ice Age ends around this time.
1850
1888
1831
1863
4. World population reaches 1 billion.
1808
1879
1804
1889
5. Dominican War ofIndependence from Haiti.
1884
1869
1844
1834
6. Millerite movement awaits the Second Advent of Jesus Christ on October 22. Christ's non-appearance becomes known as the Great Disappointment.
1801
1884
1876
1844
7. Death of Vincent van Gogh.
1817
1890
1861
1820
8. 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.
1847
1865-April 9 - 1865
1886
1861
9. Battle of the Little Bighorn leads to the death of General Custer and victory for the alliance of Lakota - Cheyenne and Arapaho
1876
1830
1844
1831
10. The British Empire takes over Balochistan
1887
1897
1837
1871
11. Barbary Wars between the United States and the Barbary States of North Africa
1805
1810
1801
1825
12. The Decembrist revolt
1825
1865
1895
1848
13. Ludwig van Beethoven performs his Moonlight Sonata for the first time.
1886
1801
1802
1870s-1890s
14. The One Thousand Days war in Colombia breaks out between the 'Liberales' and 'Conservadores' - culminating with the loss of Panama in 1903.
1839
1898
1805
1808
15. The British Parliament passes the Great Reform Act.
1801
1866
1832
1878
16. First commercial telephone exchange in New Haven - Connecticut.
1822
1892
1878
1865-April 14 - 1865
17. Monroe Doctrine declared by US President James Monroe.
1820
1850
1823
1889
18. The New Zealand Land Wars
1877
1805
1845
1873
19. Tsar Alexander II is assassinated
1865-April 9 - 1865
1881
1844
1842
20. Napoleon abdicates and is exiled to Elba.
1814
1837
1820
1868
21. Victorian gold rush in Australia
1816
1839
1804
1851
22. Elisha Haydon Collier invents the Flintlock Revolver.
1897
1894
1801
1814
23. Philippine Revolution ends declaring Philippines free from Spanish rule.
1896
1890
1880
1845
24. Polish uprising against the Russian Empire.
1825
1864
1877
1863
25. End of the Brazilian Empire and the beginning of the Brazilian Republic
1868
1834
1889
1869
26. Ethiopia defeats Italy in theFirst Italo
1808
1888
1865
1895
27. Mexico gains independence from Spain with the Treaty of C
1857
1801
1863
1821
28. The Congress of Vienna redraws the European map. The Concert of Europe attempts to preserve this settlement - but it fails to stem the tide of liberalism and nationalism that sweeps over the continent.
1815
1868
1884
1839
29. The Decembrist revolt
1896
1897
1854
1825
30. Haiti gains independence from France and becomes the first black republic.
1848
1810
1804
1812
31. American Civil War between the Union and seceding Confederacy
1861
1868
1893
1837
32. British defeat French at the Second Battle of Abukir
1801
1813
1873
1875
33. The cardboard box is invented.
1867
1874
1832
1890
34. The quagga is rendered extinct.
1883
1895
1889
1890
35. Singer begins production of the 'Vibrating Shuttle' which would become the Model T of sewing machines.
1884
1830
1885
1801
36. War of 1812 between the United States and the United Kingdom
1845
1896
1841
1812
37. 'The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde' by Robert Louis Stevenson is published.
1857
1873
1886
1836
38. The Pony Express ended.
1862
1830
1806
1863
39. The first wagon train sets out from Missouri.
1820
1843
1893
1831
40. The Platine War ends and the Empire of Brazil has the hegemony over South America.
1822
1821
1886
1851
41. Thomas Edison tests his first light bulb
1879
1849
1896
1873
42. Charles Darwin publishes On the Origin of Species.
1822
1859
1804
1848
43. Earliest recorded air raid - as Austria employs 200 balloons to deliver ordnance against Venice.
1849
1866
1844
1892
44. The contest between the British Empire and Imperial Russia for control of Central Asia is referred to as the Great Game.
1888
1871
1881
1813
45. Chile battles with Peru and Bolivia over Andean territory in the War of the Pacific.
1896
1896
1879
1892
46. Anglo-Zulu War in South Africa.
1825
1885
1861
1879
47. Gojong - or Emperor Gwangmu - proclaims the short-lived Korean Empire - lasts until 1910.
1853
1830
1825
1897
48. Richard Wagner's Ring Cycle is first performed in its entirety.
1839
1808
1876
1889
49. Asaph Hall discovers the moons of Mars
1809
1877
1806
1871
50. Eiffel Tower is inaugurated in Paris.
1889
1895
1847
1896