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19th Century Timeline
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1. Aspirin patented.
1889
1871
1819
1875
2. Upper and Lower Canada are merged into the Province of Canada
1816
1868
1840
1863
3. King Leopold II of Belgium establishes the Congo Free State as a personal fiefdom
1893
1885
1834
1876
4. Frederick Douglass delivers his speech 'The Meaning of July Fourth for the Negro' in Rochester - New York.
1841
1852
1815
1808
5. Benin Expedition of 1897 loots and burns Benin
1871
1897
1834
1869
6. Bessemer process enables steel to be mass produced.
1855
1804
1841
1821
7. Independence of Chile
1873
1876
1818
1856
8. Independence of Luxembourg.
1818
1865
1877
1890
9. World's first oil refinery in Romania
1867
1872
1892
1856
10. Wilhelm R
1837
1895
1806-1812
1875
11. Cairo falls to the British.
1815
1801
1821
1863
12. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's Faust premieres.
1817
1863
1888
1829
13. The Battle of Trafalgar eliminates the French and Spanish naval fleets and allows for British dominance of the seas - a major factor for the success of the British Empire later in the century.
1804
1804
1858
1805
14. Queen Victoria's reign is considered the apex of the British Empire and is referred to as the Victorian era.
1849
1837
1852
1831
15. SecondIndustrial Revolution
1840
1846
1897
1871
16. The first recognised international soccer match - between England and Scotland - is played.
1872
1830
1875
1893
17. The United States gains control of Cuba - Puerto Rico - and the Philippines after the Spanish-American War.
1816
1873
1844
1898
18. World population reaches 1 billion.
1804
1844
1897
1854
19. The contest between the British Empire and Imperial Russia for control of Central Asia is referred to as the Great Game.
1821
1813
1889
1884
20. War of 1812 between the United States and the United Kingdom
1898
1863
1844
1812
21. Mormon migration to Utah.
1893
1839
1866
1846
22. Elisha Haydon Collier invents the Flintlock Revolver.
1806
1898
1814
1818
23. Siege of Sevastapol; city falls to British forces.
1854
1848
1816
1869
24. Anglo-Nepalese War between Nepal (Gurkha Empire) and British Empire.
1803
1864
1814
1808
25. World population reaches 1 billion.
1896
1874
1804
1861
26. Independence of Chile
1899
1898
1839
1818
27. The Paraguayan War ends Paraguayan ambitions for expansion and destroys much of the Paraguayan population.
1823
1886
1864
1865-April 9 - 1865
28. Britain amends the Poor Law demanding that any paupers requesting assistance must go to a workhouse.
1834
1867
1886
1876
29. Anglo-Nepalese War between Nepal (Gurkha Empire) and British Empire.
1843
1814
1884
1820
30. First isolation of aluminum.
1806
1801
1894
1825
31. Wave of pogroms begins in the Russian Empire.
1806
1854
1881
1803
32. Indian Rebellion of 1857. The British Empire assumes control ofIndia from the EastIndia Company.
1814
1857
1830
1899
33. The Cisplatine War results in the independence of Uruguay.
1869
1894
1825
1805
34. Robert Lewis Stevenson's Treasure Island is published
1883
1824
1822
1835
35. Liberia founded by the American Colonization Society for freed American slaves.
1827
1889
1820
1834
36. 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.
1881
1862
1856
1815
37. Russia conquers Finland from Sweden in the Finnish War.
1890
1818
1896
1808
38. France and the Russian Empire form a military alliance
1833
1825
1803
1894
39. Treaty of Nanking cedes Hong Kong to the British.
1842
1835
1861
1809
40. Construction of the Statue of Liberty; Coca-Cola is developed.
1812
1824
1896
1886
41. Benin Expedition of 1897 loots and burns Benin
1867
1897
1805
1867
42. Frederick Douglass delivers his speech 'The Meaning of July Fourth for the Negro' in Rochester - New York.
1852
1890
1898
1836
43. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's Faust premieres.
1804
1829
1866
1846
44. Monroe Doctrine declared by US President James Monroe.
1865-April 14 - 1865
1881
1823
1808
45. The Little Ice Age ends around this time.
1804
1850
1819
1809
46. Blue jeans and barbed wire are invented.
1859
1873
1879
1821
47. The United States purchases Alaska from Russia.
1867
1801
1842
1884
48. Asaph Hall discovers the moons of Mars
1851
1827
1873
1877
49. Suez Canal is constructed.
1859
1849
1819
1865-April 9 - 1865
50. By this time - 46000 Native Americans have been forcibly relocated in the Trail of Tears.
1871
1810
1868
1838