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19th Century Timeline
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1. Siege of Sevastapol; city falls to British forces.
1813
1867
1849
1854
2. First Seminole War begins in Florida.
1806-1812
1817
1879
1855
3. Paris Commune - Around 30000 Parisians were killed - and thousands more were later executed.
March 18 - 1871
1897
1853
1872
4. Second Anglo-Sikh War
1815
1845
1819
1848
5. Muslim Rebellion in northwest China.
1872
1803
1877
1862
6. Muhammad Ali modernizes Egypt.
1804
1805
1873
1866
7. 26 millionIndians perish inIndia due to famine.
1804
1863
1843
1875
8. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle publishes his first Sherlock Holmes story - A Study in Scarlet.
1887
1821
1859
1849
9. Black War in Tasmania leads to the near extinction of the Tasmanian aborigines
1813
1828
1896
1808
10. 'The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde' by Robert Louis Stevenson is published.
1875
1837
1862
1886
11. Independence of Bolivia.
1894
1825
1881
1869
12. First electric motor built.
1834
1855
1829
1886
13. The first recognised international soccer match - between England and Scotland - is played.
1856
1801
1815
1872
14. Russo-Turkish War - Treaty of Bucharest.
1822
1806-1812
1879
1829
15. Louis Le Prince records the Roundhay Garden Scene - the earliest surviving film.
1819
1888
1889
1810
16. Ranjit Singh crowned as King of Punjab.
1866
1886
1837
1801
17. The word 'dinosaur' is coined by Richard Owen
1816
1841
1846
1834
18. Volleyball is invented
1869
1871
1895
1881
19. Battle of the Alamo ends with defeat for Texan separatists.
1822
1848
1846
1836
20. Paris Commune - Around 30000 Parisians were killed - and thousands more were later executed.
1867
1864
March 18 - 1871
1859
21. Napoleon strips the Teutonic Knights of their last holdings in Bad Mergentheim.
1803
1829
1809
1825
22. November Uprising ends with crushing defeat for Poland in the Battle of Warsaw.
1819
1841
1837
1831
23. The Decembrist revolt
1828
1848
1871
1825
24. Missouri Compromise
1897
1820
1897
1874
25. Cro-Magnon man first identified.
1814
1898
1868
1897
26. Basketball is invented.
1842
1820
1829
1892
27. Chile battles with Peru and Bolivia over Andean territory in the War of the Pacific.
1879
1831
1871
1896
28. Napoleon escapes exile and begins the Hundred Days before finally being defeated at the Battle of Waterloo and exiled to St Helena. His defeat brings a conclusion to the Napoleonic Wars and marks the beginning of a Pax Britannica which lasts until 19
1894
1877
1831
1815
29. Regency period ends in the United Kingdom
1877
1893
1820
1859
30. The Boxer Rebellion in China is suppressed by an Eight-Nation Alliance.
1830
1804
1898
1883
31. The Belgian Revolution in the United Kingdom of the Netherlands led to the creation of Belgium.
1877
1826
1830
1888
32. Shaka rises to power over the Zulu Kingdom. Zulu expansion was a major factor of the Mfecane (
1895
1816
1886
1874
33. Haiti gains independence from France and becomes the first black republic.
1890
1889
1845
1804
34. Russia abolishes serfdom.
1869
1804
1861
1801
35. Queen Victoria's reign is considered the apex of the British Empire and is referred to as the Victorian era.
1825
1878
1837
1895
36. The Principality of Serbia passes a Constitution which defines its independence from the Ottoman Empire.International recognition followed in 1878.
1881
1892
1896
1867
37. Thomas Jefferson elected President of the United States by the United States House of Representatives - following a tie in the Electoral College (United States)
1898
1837
1801
1877
38. Dissolution of the Maratha Empire.
1898
1869
1820
1834
39. Famine in Finland.
1876
1829
1866
1808
40. Death of William Blake - Ludwig van Beethoven
1831
1865
1879
1827
41. Mark Twain publishes The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.
1836
1833
1884
1893
42. Death of Alexander Pushkin
1837
1801
1817
1827
43. Yellowstone National Park - the first national park - is created.
1872
1848
1867
1890
44. US forces overthrow the government of Hawaii
1895
1830
1881
1893
45. Cairo falls to the British.
1894
1869
1863
1801
46. The Irish Potato Famine leads to the Irish diaspora.
1847
1845
1813
1842
47. Egyptian
1894
1831
1899
1875
48. Cape Colony becomes part of the British Empire.
1889
1879
1806
1875
49. The feudal system is dismantled in Japan.
1871
1839
1857
1895
50. Independence of Chile
1801
1818
1893
1820