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19th Century Timeline
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1. The Platine War ends and the Empire of Brazil has the hegemony over South America.
1851
1873
1875
1894
2. Battle of San Jacinto leads to the capture of General Santa Anna.
1884
1814
1839
1836
3. 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.
1865-April 9 - 1865
1831
1848
1807
4. Liberia founded by the American Colonization Society for freed American slaves.
1820
1881
1874
1865-April 14 - 1865
5. Little War against Spanish rule in Cuba leads to rebel defeat.
1801
1801
1842
1879
6. Second Boer War begins (-1902); Philippine-American War begins (-1913).
1899
1874
1801
1861
7. The Mahdist War in Sudan.
1858
1881
1805
1889
8. Prince Pedro of Portugal proclaimed the Brazilian independence on September 7. On December 1 - he was crowned as Emperor Dom Pedro I of Brazil.
1846
1822
1881
1869
9. Charles Dickens publishes Oliver Twist
1837
1854
1803
1805
10. Basketball is invented.
1875
1816
1836
1892
11. Year Without a Summer - Unusually cold conditions wreak havoc throughout the Northern Hemisphere - likely caused by the 1815 explosion of Mount Tambora.
1884
1875
1816
1845
12. Persian Prophet the B
1844
1874
1883
1895
13. American Civil War between the Union and seceding Confederacy
1876
1898
1861
1836
14. New Zealand is founded - as the Treaty of Waitangi is signed by the Maori and British.
1804
1840
1895
1819
15. William Symington demonstrates his Charlotte Dundas - the 'first practical steamboat'.
1884
1896
1825
1803
16. Maxwell's A Treatise on Electricity and Magnetism published.
1805
1873
1857
1805
17. Second Boer War begins (-1902); Philippine-American War begins (-1913).
1899
1861
1806
1831
18. 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.
1865-April 9 - 1865
1839
1871
1843
19. Russia commences its conquest of the Caucasus.
1888
1817
1866
1855
20. At least 5000 Mexicans die in Apache raids - and 100 settlements are destroyed.
1805
1894
1804
1820
21. Dreyfuss Affair
1844
1868
1894
1804
22. Britain amends the Poor Law demanding that any paupers requesting assistance must go to a workhouse.
1877
1834
1873
1829
23. End of the Brazilian Empire and the beginning of the Brazilian Republic
1896
1889
1877
1891
24. Tsar Alexander II is assassinated
1878
1895
1852
1881
25. Missouri Compromise
1889
1896
1820
1889
26. First Transcontinental Railroad completed in United States on May 10.
1883
1849
1867
1869
27. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints is established on April 6 - 1830.
1861
1804
1815
1830
28. Anaesthesia used for the first time.
1882
1851
1842
1868
29. First isolation of aluminum.
1813
1825
1898
1804
30. By this time - 46000 Native Americans have been forcibly relocated in the Trail of Tears.
1852
1896
1806-1812
1838
31. Year Without a Summer - Unusually cold conditions wreak havoc throughout the Northern Hemisphere - likely caused by the 1815 explosion of Mount Tambora.
1854
1816
1876
1873
32. Treaty of Amiens between France and the United Kingdom ends the War of the Second Coalition.
1899
1815
1802
1844
33. Ethiopia defeats Italy in theFirst Italo
1897
1863
1812
1895
34. Slavery banned in Brazil.
1839
1888
1845
1877
35. Battle of the Alamo ends with defeat for Texan separatists.
1881
1884
1825
1836
36. World's first oil refinery in Romania
1820
1856
1847
1887
37. The Platine War ends and the Empire of Brazil has the hegemony over South America.
1872
1851
1855
1848
38. New Zealand becomes the first country to enact women's suffrage
1879
1861
1815
1893
39. Death of Vincent van Gogh.
1870s-1890s
1825
1876
1890
40. The Decembrist revolt
1848
1836
1872
1825
41. Charles Darwin publishes On the Origin of Species.
1849
1859
1885
1891
42. Muslim Rebellion in northwest China.
1862
1805
1850
1814
43. Anglo-Zulu War in South Africa.
1828
1879
1822
1826
44. Neanderthal man first identified. Age still unknown.
1879
1824
1856
1889
45. The Boxer Rebellion in China is suppressed by an Eight-Nation Alliance.
1815
1898
1855
1805
46. Regency period ends in the United Kingdom
1837
1820
1886
1894
47. Cairo falls to the British.
1860
1834
1801
1844
48. The safety pin and the gas mask are invented
1837
1825
1898
1849
49. Ludwig van Beethoven performs his Moonlight Sonata for the first time.
1863
1881
1802
1859
50. Gunfight at the O.K. Corral. Sitting Bull surrenders.
1877
1830
1881
1829
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