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19th Century Timeline
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1. 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.
1888
1865-April 9 - 1865
1897
1822
2. Maxwell's A Treatise on Electricity and Magnetism published.
1877
1888
1804
1873
3. Louis Le Prince records the Roundhay Garden Scene - the earliest surviving film.
1820
1888
1816
1867
4. Jack the Ripper murders occur in Whitechapel - London
1842
1839
1888
1808
5. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle publishes his first Sherlock Holmes story - A Study in Scarlet.
1887
1831
1816
1805
6. Gojong - or Emperor Gwangmu - proclaims the short-lived Korean Empire - lasts until 1910.
1879
1803
1897
1834
7. Klondike Gold Rush in Canada.
1896
1814
1805
1843
8. Britain establishes a protectorate over Bechuanaland (modern Botswana)
1885
1850
1851
1830
9. Slavery banned in Brazil.
1849
1855
1888
1812
10. Peru declares its independence from Spain.
1889
1801
1821
1806-1812
11. The Pony Express ended.
1844
1863
1862
1804
12. Basketball is invented.
1874
1892
1890
1839
13. World's first oil refinery in Romania
1825
1828
1804
1856
14. Battle of Balaclava and the Charge of the Light Brigade.
1801
1854
1867
1843
15. Assassination of Tsar Paul I of Russia.
1857
1801
1874
1877
16. Russo-Turkish War - Treaty of Bucharest.
1889
1895
1806-1812
1825
17. Morphine first isolated.
1818
1804
1894
1809
18. The British invasion and subsequent occupation of Egypt
1882
1888
1873
1862
19. Bulgarians instigate the April Uprising against Ottoman rule.
1881
1876
1858
1861
20. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's Faust premieres.
1829
1836
1864
1853
21. First electrical power plant and grid in Godalming - Britain.
1812
1881
1897
1874
22. Dmitri Mendeleev created the Periodic table
1834
1820
1825
1869
23. Eiffel Tower is inaugurated in Paris.
1889
1869
1801
1879
24. Trial of Oscar Wilde and premiere of his play The Importance of Being Earnest
1864
1895
1817
1867
25. Little War against Spanish rule in Cuba leads to rebel defeat.
1847
1896
1879
1836
26. Battle of the Alamo ends with defeat for Texan separatists.
1874
1825
1836
1888
27. Germany gains control of Camaroon
1884
1816
1821
1804
28. Black War in Tasmania leads to the near extinction of the Tasmanian aborigines
1832
1823
1828
1812
29. 'The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde' by Robert Louis Stevenson is published.
1819
1884
1886
1854
30. Independence of Chile
1812
1810
1884
1818
31. United States Commodore Matthew C. Perry threatens the Japanese capital Edo with gunships - demanding that they agree to open trade.
1821
1892
1853
1821
32. Dominican War ofIndependence from Haiti.
1844
1862
1836
1886
33. First steam locomotive begins operation.
1878
1831
1804
1892
34. War breaks out between Britain and France; this is considered by some to be the beginning of the Napoleonic Wars.
1801
1803
1815
1812
35. Muhammad Ali modernizes Egypt.
1805
1868
1869
1830
36. Henri Becquerel discovers radioactivity; JJ Thompson identifies the electron - though not by name.
1836
1845
1896
1871
37. Anglo-Nepalese War between Nepal (Gurkha Empire) and British Empire.
1887
1895
1893
1814
38. 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.
1865-April 14 - 1865
1874
1804-1813
1818
39. July Revolution in France.
1830
1894
1883
1881
40. Indian Rebellion of 1857. The British Empire assumes control ofIndia from the EastIndia Company.
1893
1839
1894
1857
41. The Congress of Vienna redraws the European map. The Concert of Europe attempts to preserve this settlement - but it fails to stem the tide of liberalism and nationalism that sweeps over the continent.
1815
1858
1896
1801
42. Haiti gains independence from France and becomes the first black republic.
1898
1895
1804
1839
43. Dissolution of the Maratha Empire.
1874
1831
1806
1820
44. Blue jeans and barbed wire are invented.
1831
1884
1873
1851
45. Ten Years' War between Cuba and Spain
1868
1892
1808
1891
46. Mormon migration to Utah.
1895
1846
1863
1877
47. Most of the Latin American colonies free themselves from the Spanish and Portuguese Empires after the Latin American wars of independence.
1876
1817
1810s
1818
48. Battle of the Little Bighorn leads to the death of General Custer and victory for the alliance of Lakota - Cheyenne and Arapaho
1875
1876
1845
1839
49. Krakatoa volcano explosion - one of the largest in modern history.
1877
1875
1883
1876
50. Battle of San Jacinto leads to the capture of General Santa Anna.
1873
1836
1887
1890