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19th Century Timeline
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1. The Communist Manifesto published.
1865
1879
1805
1848
2. Chilean Civil War.
1826
1891
1853
1825
3. Henri Becquerel discovers radioactivity; JJ Thompson identifies the electron - though not by name.
1850
1862
1896
1825
4. Canadian Confederation formed.
1839
1879
1815
1867
5. Uruguayan Civil War
1819
1839
1848
1804
6. Charles Darwin publishes On the Origin of Species.
1859
1881
1849
1875
7. Wilhelm R
1804
1895
1833
1836
8. Beethoven performs his Fifth Symphony
1871
1820
1808
1866
9. Russia conquers Finland from Sweden in the Finnish War.
1821
1816
1895
1808
10. Britain declares the Slave Trade illegal.
1876
1825
1804
1807
11. Taiping Rebellion is the bloodiest conflict of the century - leading to the deaths of 20 million people.
1873
1850
1878
1895
12. Charles Dickens publishes Oliver Twist
1837
1862
1831
1881
13. Battle of the Alamo ends with defeat for Texan separatists.
1891
1836
1838
1887
14. The Kingdom of Great Britain and the Kingdom of Ireland merge to form the United Kingdom.
1807
1801
1847
1804
15. Treaty of Amiens between France and the United Kingdom ends the War of the Second Coalition.
1801
1802
1874
1877
16. TheInternal Macedonian Revolutionary Organisation is formed
1822
1898
1893
1816
17. First steam locomotive begins operation.
1804
1866
1876
1820
18. Philippine Revolution ends declaring Philippines free from Spanish rule.
1893
1862
1884
1896
19. Spanish guerrillas fight in the Peninsular War.
1808
1894
1804
1874
20. Paris Commune - Around 30000 Parisians were killed - and thousands more were later executed.
March 18 - 1871
1885
1834
1877
21. Russo-Persian War.
1812
1890
1868
1804-1813
22. Empress Dowager Cixi of China engineers a coup d'
1830
1801
1898
1888
23. Barbary Wars between the United States and the Barbary States of North Africa
1894
1801
1802
1887
24. Russia commences its conquest of the Caucasus.
1851
1817
1822
1872
25. Trial of Oscar Wilde and premiere of his play The Importance of Being Earnest
1840
1849
1860
1895
26. France and the Russian Empire form a military alliance
1869
1894
1810
1803
27. The Great Exhibition in London was the world's first international Expo or World's Fair.
1839
1851
1865-April 9 - 1865
1845
28. Charles Darwin's journey on the HMS Beagle.
1874
1831
1895
1898
29. Year Without a Summer - Unusually cold conditions wreak havoc throughout the Northern Hemisphere - likely caused by the 1815 explosion of Mount Tambora.
1849
1816
1804
1803
30. Jane Austen publishes Pride and Prejudice
1813
1886
1872
1892
31. The Irish Potato Famine leads to the Irish diaspora.
1806
1845
1862
1880
32. Ludwig van Beethoven performs his Moonlight Sonata for the first time.
1877
1816
1802
1831
33. Egyptian
1886
1831
1873
1851
34. French troops capture Antananarivo in Madagascar
1887
1895
1804
1888
35. Gregor Mendel formulates his laws of inheritance
1801
1865
1884
1830
36. Shaka's Zulu Kingdom becomes the largest in Southern Africa.
1823
1848
1884
1816
37. Thomas Edison tests his first light bulb
1893
1865
1889
1879
38. Bessemer process enables steel to be mass produced.
1844
1850
1844
1855
39. Indian Rebellion of 1857. The British Empire assumes control ofIndia from the EastIndia Company.
1857
1873
1810s
1836
40. Erie Canal opened connecting the Great Lakes to theAtlantic Ocean.
1860
1838
1825
1876
41. Short stories A Christmas Carol and The Tell-Tale Heart published.
1869
1852
1843
1810
42. By this time - 46000 Native Americans have been forcibly relocated in the Trail of Tears.
1881
1833
1838
1825
43. Asaph Hall discovers the moons of Mars
1820
1837
1829
1877
44. Peru declares its independence from Spain.
1886
1845
1821
1831
45. New Zealand is founded - as the Treaty of Waitangi is signed by the Maori and British.
1840
1885
1842
1820
46. 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.
1854
1896
1865-April 9 - 1865
1868
47. Eiffel Tower is inaugurated in Paris.
1889
1860
1848
1825
48. Olympic Games revived inAthens.
1883
1875
1860
1896
49. Trial of Oscar Wilde and premiere of his play The Importance of Being Earnest
1844
1813
1861
1895
50. Aspirin patented.
1889
1813
1890
1867
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