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19th Century Timeline
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1. Morphine first isolated.
1804
1822
1840
1843
2. Frederick Douglass delivers his speech 'The Meaning of July Fourth for the Negro' in Rochester - New York.
1861
1852
1826
1888
3. By this time - 46000 Native Americans have been forcibly relocated in the Trail of Tears.
1881
1850
1833
1838
4. The German Customs Union is formed.
1881
1895
1834
1861
5. Britain establishes a protectorate over Bechuanaland (modern Botswana)
1867
1896
1819
1885
6. Eiffel Tower is inaugurated in Paris.
1889
1855
1829
1849
7. Wave of pogroms begins in the Russian Empire.
1825
1802
1881
1884
8. The Kingdom of Great Britain and the Kingdom of Ireland merge to form the United Kingdom.
1803
1801
1804
1863
9. Shaka rises to power over the Zulu Kingdom. Zulu expansion was a major factor of the Mfecane (
1816
1804
1834
1872
10. Rebellions of 1837 in Canada.
1864
1837
1813
1856
11. The Great Auk is rendered extinct.
1837
1830
1807
1844
12. The German Customs Union is formed.
1834
1804
1863
1876
13. Queen Victoria's reign is considered the apex of the British Empire and is referred to as the Victorian era.
1898
1840
1859
1837
14. Great Bosnian uprising against Ottoman rule occurs.
1820
1838
1884
1831
15. Jane Austen publishes Pride and Prejudice
1839
1869
1815
1813
16. First Seminole War begins in Florida.
1839
1846
1803
1817
17. Anglo-Zulu War in South Africa.
1879
1844
1866
1823
18. Burma is presented to Queen Victoria as a birthday gift
1872
1886
1862
1881
19. First isolation of aluminum.
1825
1856
1850
1820
20. The Suez Canal opens linking the Mediterranean to the Red Sea.
1898
1896
1888
1869
21. Erie Canal opened connecting the Great Lakes to theAtlantic Ocean.
1860
1876
1869
1825
22. Invention of the phonautograph - the first true device for recording sound.
1840
1858
1894
1823
23. Louis Napoleon assumes power in France in a coup.
1894
1814
1851
1898
24. United States Commodore Matthew C. Perry threatens the Japanese capital Edo with gunships - demanding that they agree to open trade.
1871
1853
1889
1877
25. Slavery banned in Brazil.
1876
1819
1838
1888
26. Richard Wagner's Ring Cycle is first performed in its entirety.
1898
1876
1849
1820
27. The 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution is approved.
1801
1845
1868
1820
28. First steam locomotive begins operation.
1895
1857
1804
1847
29. The New Zealand Land Wars
1804
1865-April 14 - 1865
1822
1845
30. Little War against Spanish rule in Cuba leads to rebel defeat.
1865
1890
1879
1838
31. Ten Years' War between Cuba and Spain
1853
1868
1883
1820
32. Independence of Bolivia.
1832
1817
1820
1825
33. The Paraguayan War ends Paraguayan ambitions for expansion and destroys much of the Paraguayan population.
1897
1864
1848
1889
34. Assassination of Tsar Paul I of Russia.
1816
1848
1801
1868
35. HMS Challenger surveys the deepest point in the Earth's oceans - the Challenger Deep
1821
1804
1875
1831
36. The Convention of Kanagawa formally ends Japan's policy of isolation.
1840
1801
1809
1854
37. Premiere of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony.
1899
1898
1824
1840
38. Giuseppe Garibaldi launches the Expedition of the Thousand
1814
1851
1895
1860
39. Successful transatlantic telegraph cable follows an earlier attempt in 1858.
1854
1866
1848
1877
40. The Berlin Conference signals the start of the European 'scramble for Africa'.Attending nations also agree to ban trade in slaves.
1859
1845
1810
1884
41. Crimean War between France - the United Kingdom - the Ottoman Empire and Russia
1853
1883
1899
1833
42. France annexes Cambodia.
1863
1821
1834
1807
43. The Home Rule Movement is established in Ireland.
1874
1858
1879
1866
44. Following the Russo-Turkish War - the Treaty of Berlin recognizes formal independence of the Principality of Serbia - Montenegro and Romania. Bulgaria becomes autonomous.
1876
1813
1877
1844
45. Morphine first isolated.
1804
1895
1873
1898
46. Seneca Falls Convention is the first women's rights convention in the United States and leads to the battle for suffrage and women's legal rights.
1877
1859
1848
1810
47. Germany gains control of Camaroon
1864
1836
1884
1853
48. France and the Russian Empire form a military alliance
1806-1812
1830
1894
1815
49. The Bront
1867
1899
1847
1827
50. Tsar Alexander II is assassinated
1801
1848
1881
1896