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19th Century Timeline
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1. Serbian revolution erupts against the Ottoman rule. Suzerainty of Serbia recognized in 1817.
1831
1804
1834
1833
2. Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker Suite premi
1892
1801
1899
1819
3. Independence of Bolivia.
1890
1825
1864
1839
4. Rebellions of 1837 in Canada.
1854
1871
1804
1837
5. Asaph Hall discovers the moons of Mars
1877
1863
1875
1851
6. Morphine first isolated.
1820
1804
1836
1877
7. Battle of the Alamo ends with defeat for Texan separatists.
1836
1884
1859
1890
8. Henry Morton Stanley meets Dr. David Livingstone near Lake Tanganyika.
1871
1833
1884
1813
9. The Communist Manifesto published.
1848
1804
1897
1816
10. World population reaches 1 billion.
1804
1888
1877
1810
11. Louis Napoleon assumes power in France in a coup.
1894
1851
1888
1804
12. The Berlin Conference signals the start of the European 'scramble for Africa'.Attending nations also agree to ban trade in slaves.
1884
1895
1896
1860
13. Trial of Oscar Wilde and premiere of his play The Importance of Being Earnest
1834
1877
1895
1866
14. After theFirst Sino-Japanese War - China cedes Taiwan to Japan and grants Japan a free hand in Korea.
1894
1895
1849
1830
15. Robert Lewis Stevenson's Treasure Island is published
1863
1825
1883
1893
16. Navarino Massacre
1818
1813
1821
1805
17. Siege of Khartoum
1883
1884
1808
1825
18. TheFirst Boer War.
1880
1837
1896
1808
19. United States Commodore Matthew C. Perry threatens the Japanese capital Edo with gunships - demanding that they agree to open trade.
1885
1881
1853
1861
20. Premiere of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony.
1801
1831
1876
1824
21. Prince Pedro of Portugal proclaimed the Brazilian independence on September 7. On December 1 - he was crowned as Emperor Dom Pedro I of Brazil.
1822
1844
1879
1831
22. The German Customs Union is formed.
1834
1876
1819
1821
23. SpanishInquisition officially ends.
1894
1834
1869
1816
24. The first recognised international soccer match - between England and Scotland - is played.
1886
1815
1872
1803
25. Charles Darwin publishes On the Origin of Species.
1859
1834
1896
1879
26. Henri Becquerel discovers radioactivity; JJ Thompson identifies the electron - though not by name.
1825
1849
1896
1894
27. Millerite movement awaits the Second Advent of Jesus Christ on October 22. Christ's non-appearance becomes known as the Great Disappointment.
1844
1831
1821
1866
28. Persian Prophet the B
1895
1844
1801
1870
29. The One Thousand Days war in Colombia breaks out between the 'Liberales' and 'Conservadores' - culminating with the loss of Panama in 1903.
1898
1870s-1890s
1879
1803
30. Barbary Wars between the United States and the Barbary States of North Africa
1847
1814
1801
1895
31. Crazy Horse surrenders and is later killed
1877
1801
1867
1889
32. Crazy Horse surrenders and is later killed
1877
1876
1874
1820
33. The Irish Potato Famine leads to the Irish diaspora.
1815
1845
1887
1851
34. The World's Columbian Exposition was held in Chicago celebrating the 400th anniversary of Christopher Columbus's arrival in the New World.
1839
1892
1889
1851
35. Frederick Douglass delivers his speech 'The Meaning of July Fourth for the Negro' in Rochester - New York.
1890
1821
1852
1837
36. First Transcontinental Railroad completed in United States on May 10.
1875
1831
1869
1890
37. Muhammad Ali modernizes Egypt.
1884
1863
1890
1805
38. Krakatoa volcano explosion - one of the largest in modern history.
1874
1849
1894
1883
39. Wilhelm R
1879
1883
1895
1821
40. Death of William Blake - Ludwig van Beethoven
1890
1827
1894
1802
41. The British Empire takes over Balochistan
1884
1821
1819
1887
42. Vincent van Gogh paints Starry Night
1856
1889
1851
1804
43. Britain declares the Slave Trade illegal.
1804-1813
1807
1898
1889
44. First Anglo-Sikh War
1801
1834
1827
1845
45. Mormon migration to Utah.
1849
1846
1884
1893
46. Queen Victoria's reign is considered the apex of the British Empire and is referred to as the Victorian era.
1873
1837
1876
1840
47. End of the Brazilian Empire and the beginning of the Brazilian Republic
1876
1888
1889
1821
48. First gramophone record
1894
1834
March 18 - 1871
1804
49. The French invasion of Russia is a turning point in the Napoleonic Wars.
1812
1801
1823
1802
50. First Republic in Spain.
1851
1894
1874
1883