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19th Century Timeline
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1. Bulgarians instigate the April Uprising against Ottoman rule.
1895
1876
1886
1805
2. King Leopold II of Belgium establishes the Congo Free State as a personal fiefdom
1821
1865-April 9 - 1865
1885
1814
3. Anglo-Nepalese War between Nepal (Gurkha Empire) and British Empire.
1877
1814
1886
1871
4. Uruguayan Civil War
1838
1821
1839
1820
5. Blue jeans and barbed wire are invented.
1876
1873
1848
1833
6. Russian-Circassian War ended with the defeat and the exile of many Circassians. Imam Shamil defeated.
1831
1842
1871
1886
7. Great Railroad Strike in the United States may have been the world's first nationwide labor strike.
1807
1819
1877
1814
8. Greco-Turkish War.
1851
1802
1897
1862
9. Napoleon strips the Teutonic Knights of their last holdings in Bad Mergentheim.
1864
1847
1808
1809
10. New Zealand is founded - as the Treaty of Waitangi is signed by the Maori and British.
1878
1848
1805
1840
11. The United States purchases Alaska from Russia.
1867
1876
1843
1836
12. France invades and occupies Algeria.
1830
1804
1831
1859
13. Giuseppe Piazzi discovers the dwarf planet Ceres.
1801
1874
1832
1815
14. Muhammad Ali modernizes Egypt.
1863
1890
1805
1821
15. Battle of the Little Bighorn leads to the death of General Custer and victory for the alliance of Lakota - Cheyenne and Arapaho
1872
1881
1866
1876
16. Eiffel Tower is inaugurated in Paris.
1895
1889
1804
1834
17. Bah
1863
1812
1871
1873
18. 26 millionIndians perish inIndia due to famine.
1825
1804
1801
1875
19. Shaka rises to power over the Zulu Kingdom. Zulu expansion was a major factor of the Mfecane (
1868
1816
1815
1835
20. The cardboard box is invented.
1890
1834
1820
1848
21. The Texas Revolution in Mexico resulted in the short-lived Republic of Texas.
1884
1863
1895
1835
22. Liberia founded by the American Colonization Society for freed American slaves.
1820
1872
1804
1850
23. Monroe Doctrine declared by US President James Monroe.
1882
1895
1823
1866
24. The samurai class is abolished in Japan.
1804
1873
1806-1812
1871
25. The Boxer Rebellion in China is suppressed by an Eight-Nation Alliance.
1898
1886
1849
1825
26. Cro-Magnon man first identified.
1868
1821
1818
1845
27. First electric motor built.
1892
1874
1845
1829
28. Charles Darwin's journey on the HMS Beagle.
1831
1858
1837
1851
29. Napoleon escapes exile and begins the Hundred Days before finally being defeated at the Battle of Waterloo and exiled to St Helena. His defeat brings a conclusion to the Napoleonic Wars and marks the beginning of a Pax Britannica which lasts until 19
1844
1889
1877
1815
30. The Mexican-American War leads to Mexico's cession of much of the modern-day Southwestern United States.
1831
1846
1844
1863
31. Slavery Abolition Act bans slavery throughout the British Empire.
1820
1895
1801
1833
32. Shaka's Zulu Kingdom becomes the largest in Southern Africa.
1816
1803
1852
1881
33. William Symington demonstrates his Charlotte Dundas - the 'first practical steamboat'.
1896
1803
1878
1859
34. Chile battles with Peru and Bolivia over Andean territory in the War of the Pacific.
1850
1844
1866
1879
35. Frederick Douglass delivers his speech 'The Meaning of July Fourth for the Negro' in Rochester - New York.
1852
1854
1847
1830
36. The Wahhabis of theFirst Saudi State capture Mecca and Medina.
1816
1888
1829
1803
37. Premiere of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony.
1824
1801
1877
1869
38. Thomas Edison invents the phonograph
1884
1878
1871
1877
39. Russia commences its conquest of the Caucasus.
1891
1817
1831
1803
40. Monroe Doctrine declared by US President James Monroe.
1823
1804
1897
1883
41. Fulani Jihad in Nigeria.
1869
1804
1895
1848
42. First publicly funded telegraph line in the world
1886
1844
1829
1817
43. The Principality of Serbia passes a Constitution which defines its independence from the Ottoman Empire.International recognition followed in 1878.
1848
1834
1876
1867
44. New Zealand becomes the first country to enact women's suffrage
1893
1892
1823
1890
45. France annexes Cambodia.
1863
1851
1886
1846
46. Polish uprising against the Russian Empire.
1883
1863
1849
1870s-1890s
47. Ten Years' War between Cuba and Spain
March 18 - 1871
1894
1869
1868
48. New Zealand is founded - as the Treaty of Waitangi is signed by the Maori and British.
1840
1825
1803
1831
49. 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).
1805
1864
1867
1810
50. Olympic Games revived inAthens.
1848
1833
1896
1850