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19th Century Timeline
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1. Revolutions of 1848 in Europe
1868
1804
1888
1848
2. Peru declares its independence from Spain.
1836
1806
1828
1821
3. The Cisplatine War results in the independence of Uruguay.
1876
1825
1804
1878
4. British defeat French at the Second Battle of Abukir
1873
1801
1816
1843
5. First electric motor built.
1823
1893
1829
1845
6. Suez Canal is constructed.
1833
1896
1865-April 14 - 1865
1859
7. Indian Rebellion of 1857. The British Empire assumes control ofIndia from the EastIndia Company.
1823
1857
1831
1862
8. Napoleon strips the Teutonic Knights of their last holdings in Bad Mergentheim.
1812
1881
1809
1864
9. After the final Russo-Persian War - the Persian Empire took back territory lost to Russia from the previous war.
1897
1826
1851
1816
10. Liberia founded by the American Colonization Society for freed American slaves.
1820
1870
1861
1850
11. Volleyball is invented
1845
1895
1897
1888
12. King Leopold II of Belgium establishes the Congo Free State as a personal fiefdom
1881
1810
1885
1846
13. Maxwell's A Treatise on Electricity and Magnetism published.
1877
1892
1873
1876
14. Mormon migration to Utah.
1809
1834
1834
1846
15. Anglo-Nepalese War between Nepal (Gurkha Empire) and British Empire.
1814
1825
1890
1873
16. Germany gains control of Camaroon
1889
1883
1836
1884
17. Greater Colombia dissolved and the nations of Colombia (including modern-day Panama) - Ecuador - and Venezuela took its place.
1865
1830
1844
1861
18. The Pony Express ended.
1801
1856
1817
1862
19. First Transcontinental Railroad completed in United States on May 10.
1893
1869
1881
1865-April 14 - 1865
20. The Mahdist War in Sudan.
1881
1892
1825
1868
21. After the Meiji Restoration - Japan embarks on a program of rapid modernization.
1817
1866
1816
1829
22. Elisha Haydon Collier invents the Flintlock Revolver.
1877
1896
1884
1814
23. Burma is presented to Queen Victoria as a birthday gift
1871
1801
1886
1829
24. Anglo-Afghan Wars lead to stalemate and the establishment of the Durand line
1891
1837
1890
1839
25. Discovery of Antarctica
1825
1892
1831
1820
26. 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.
1863
1886
1896
1865-April 14 - 1865
27. France and the Russian Empire form a military alliance
1890
1830
1894
1883
28. Paris Commune - Around 30000 Parisians were killed - and thousands more were later executed.
1845
1888
March 18 - 1871
1844
29. The first recognised international soccer match - between England and Scotland - is played.
1829
1814
1872
1862
30. Napoleon signs the Concordat of 1801 with the Pope.
1893
1814
1804
1801
31. Asaph Hall discovers the moons of Mars
1851
1801
1877
1801
32. 13 million Chinese die of famine in northern China.
1816
1876
1897
1886
33. Greater Colombia dissolved and the nations of Colombia (including modern-day Panama) - Ecuador - and Venezuela took its place.
1849
1837
1830
1846
34. Invention of the phonautograph - the first true device for recording sound.
1858
1840
1886
1886
35. Death of Vincent van Gogh.
1890
1803
1884
1888
36. The Sino-French War led to the formation of FrenchIndochina.
1825
1884
1803
1837
37. Great Bosnian uprising against Ottoman rule occurs.
1865
1861
1831
1877
38. Gregor Mendel formulates his laws of inheritance
1896
1863
1877
1865
39. Independence of Argentina
1826
1816
1866
1863
40. Yellowstone National Park - the first national park - is created.
1872
1889
1825
1865-April 9 - 1865
41. Samuel Morey patents the internal combustion engine.
1859
1826
1830
1884
42. The Pony Express started.
1834
1860
1896
1855
43. The modern city of Singapore is established by the British EastIndia Company.
1819
1872
1831
1892
44. Karl Benz sells the first commercial automobile
1830
1886
1865-April 9 - 1865
1895
45. Following the Russo-Turkish War - the Treaty of Berlin recognizes formal independence of the Principality of Serbia - Montenegro and Romania. Bulgaria becomes autonomous.
1886
1877
1886
1825
46. The University of Berlin is founded. Among its students and faculty are Hegel - Marx - and Bismarck. The German university reform proves to be so successful that its model is copied around the world (see History of European research universities).
1894
1816
1810
1865-April 9 - 1865
47. Blue jeans and barbed wire are invented.
1873
1812
1886
1819
48. Second Anglo-Sikh War
1851
1876
1839
1848
49. Dissolution of the Maratha Empire.
1868
1820
1876
1810
50. The quagga is rendered extinct.
1855
1883
1881
1816