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19th Century Timeline
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1. The British EastIndia Company is dissolved.
1867
1874
1817
1832
2. By this time - 46000 Native Americans have been forcibly relocated in the Trail of Tears.
1838
1876
1836
1898
3. Russia commences its conquest of the Caucasus.
1817
1863
1801
1859
4. Burma is presented to Queen Victoria as a birthday gift
1805
1886
1897
1820
5. Millerite movement awaits the Second Advent of Jesus Christ on October 22. Christ's non-appearance becomes known as the Great Disappointment.
1863
1894
1844
1886
6. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's Faust premieres.
1816
1844
1829
1890
7. At least 5000 Mexicans die in Apache raids - and 100 settlements are destroyed.
1899
1821
1865-April 14 - 1865
1820
8. The Caste War of Yucat
1872
1847
1820
1839
9. The samurai class is abolished in Japan.
1840
1846
1891
1873
10. The Home Rule Movement is established in Ireland.
1828
1874
1810
1810
11. The One Thousand Days war in Colombia breaks out between the 'Liberales' and 'Conservadores' - culminating with the loss of Panama in 1903.
1822
1898
1813
1862
12. SpanishInquisition officially ends.
1808
1834
1884
1820
13. Little War against Spanish rule in Cuba leads to rebel defeat.
1801
1801
1879
1848
14. Peterloo massacre in England.
1891
1819
1821
1836
15. 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.
1816
1865-April 14 - 1865
1896
1821
16. July Revolution in France.
1889
1884
1860
1830
17. Anglo-Nepalese War between Nepal (Gurkha Empire) and British Empire.
1878
1849
1896
1814
18. Frederick Douglass delivers his speech 'The Meaning of July Fourth for the Negro' in Rochester - New York.
1898
1895
1888
1852
19. Crimean War between France - the United Kingdom - the Ottoman Empire and Russia
1853
1862
1866
1867
20. Eiffel Tower is inaugurated in Paris.
1889
1847
1842
1869
21. Short stories A Christmas Carol and The Tell-Tale Heart published.
1843
1879
1804
1854
22. After theFirst Sino-Japanese War - China cedes Taiwan to Japan and grants Japan a free hand in Korea.
1894
1870
1817
1861
23. The 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution is approved.
1819
1837
1868
1897
24. Jack the Ripper murders occur in Whitechapel - London
1888
1829
1818
1815
25. Gregor Mendel formulates his laws of inheritance
1867
1881
1826
1865
26. Henri Becquerel discovers radioactivity; JJ Thompson identifies the electron - though not by name.
1805
1880
1896
1866
27. US forces overthrow the government of Hawaii
1894
1864
1882
1893
28. The Chincha Islands War was an attempt by Spain to regain its South American colonies.
1808
1846
1876
1864
29. Queen Victoria becomes Empress ofIndia.
1821
1853
1876
1863
30. Mary Shelley writes Frankenstein
1890
1898
1806
1818
31. Slavery Abolition Act bans slavery throughout the British Empire.
1840
1833
1884
1856
32. Wave of pogroms begins in the Russian Empire.
1810
1838
1862
1881
33. The United States more than doubles in size when it buys out France's territorial claims in North America via the Louisiana Purchase. This begins the U.S.'s westward expansion to the Pacific referred to as its Manifest Destiny which involves annexing
1889
1845
1803
1815
34. Napoleon crowns himself Emperor of the French.
1876
1895
1836
1804
35. The Soci
1874
1883
1849
1821
36. Rebellions of 1837 in Canada.
1899
1837
1844
1895
37. TheFirst Boer War.
1853
1896
1827
1880
38. Ethiopia defeated Italy at the Battle of Adwa.
1814
1896
1882
1888
39. Greco-Turkish War.
1897
1896
1856
1874
40. Fingerprinting is officially adopted for the first time
March 18 - 1871
1829
1873
1892
41. The safety pin and the gas mask are invented
1849
1895
1801
1873
42. The Decembrist revolt
1825
1892
1866
1849
43. France annexes Cambodia.
1803
1886
1821
1863
44. Bessemer process enables steel to be mass produced.
1855
1844
1845
1866
45. The Suez Canal opens linking the Mediterranean to the Red Sea.
1869
1810
1892
1804
46. Serbian revolution erupts against the Ottoman rule. Suzerainty of Serbia recognized in 1817.
1830
1801
1801
1804
47. Queen Victoria's reign is considered the apex of the British Empire and is referred to as the Victorian era.
1845
1856
1825
1837
48. Dominican War ofIndependence from Haiti.
1866
1844
1829
1831
49. Austrian Empire founded by Francis I.
1816
1881
1804
1844
50. Siege of Sevastapol; city falls to British forces.
1818
1843
1854
1885