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19th Century Timeline
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1. Liberia founded by the American Colonization Society for freed American slaves.
1872
1825
1820
1803
2. Neanderthal man first identified. Age still unknown.
1815
1898
1815
1856
3. The Sino-French War led to the formation of FrenchIndochina.
1866
1884
1803
1861
4. Mirza Ghulam Ahmad establishes the Ahmadi Muslim Community.
1833
1899
1839
1889
5. The Grito de Dolores begins the Mexican War ofIndependence.
1814
1810
1856
1896
6. Gunfight at the O.K. Corral. Sitting Bull surrenders.
1805
1801
1883
1881
7. The World's Columbian Exposition was held in Chicago celebrating the 400th anniversary of Christopher Columbus's arrival in the New World.
1846
1821
1892
1804
8. Great Railroad Strike in the United States may have been the world's first nationwide labor strike.
1870s-1890s
1829
1835
1877
9. Basketball is invented.
1876
1892
1870
1820
10. The Soci
1899
1804
1847
1874
11. Fingerprinting is officially adopted for the first time
1869
1892
1823
1820
12. Indian famine begins.
1899
1851
1823
1816
13. The Principality of Serbia passes a Constitution which defines its independence from the Ottoman Empire.International recognition followed in 1878.
1812
1867
1870s-1890s
1808
14. Civil war in the Federal Republic of Central America led to the foundings of Guatemala - El Salvador - Honduras - Nicaragua - and Costa Rica.
1806
1838
1842
1834
15. World's first oil refinery in Romania
1873
1860
1821
1856
16. The United States purchases Alaska from Russia.
1877
1867
1862
1810
17. Regency period ends in the United Kingdom
1881
1816
1896
1820
18. First commercial film release by Jean Aim
1840
1894
1895
March 18 - 1871
19. 13 million Chinese die of famine in northern China.
1831
1876
1890
1886
20. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle publishes his first Sherlock Holmes story - A Study in Scarlet.
1825
1830
1887
1850
21. Germany gains control of Camaroon
1810
1845
1884
1832
22. Independence of Chile
1818
1803
1842
1895
23. Rebellions of 1837 in Canada.
1857
1837
1848
1877
24. Second Anglo-Sikh War
1830
1893
1848
1879
25. The Wounded Knee Massacre was the last battle in the AmericanIndian Wars. This event represents the end of the American Old West.
1839
1866
1890
1884
26. Mexico gains independence from Spain with the Treaty of C
1829
1821
1815
1895
27. Battle of San Jacinto leads to the capture of General Santa Anna.
1897
1860
1836
1801
28. After the Meiji Restoration - Japan embarks on a program of rapid modernization.
1844
1874
1855
1866
29. The Cisplatine War results in the independence of Uruguay.
1896
1825
1833
1803
30. First publicly funded telegraph line in the world
1844
1884
1876
1840
31. Siege of Khartoum
1892
1839
1884
1848
32. Long Depression in Western Europe and North America
1866
1884
1842
1870s-1890s
33. Chile battles with Peru and Bolivia over Andean territory in the War of the Pacific.
1820
1879
1898
1857
34. Aspirin patented.
1862
1821
1889
1891
35. Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker Suite premi
1825
1848
1896
1892
36. Wilhelm R
1803
1895
1854
1813
37. Italy annexes Eritrea.
1882
1890
1884
1889
38. The Berlin Conference signals the start of the European 'scramble for Africa'.Attending nations also agree to ban trade in slaves.
1810
1837
1851
1884
39. First steam locomotive begins operation.
1819
1868
1804
1898
40. The Chincha Islands War was an attempt by Spain to regain its South American colonies.
1844
1819
1815
1864
41. Austro-Prussian War results in the dissolution of the German Confederation and the creation of the North German Confederation and the Austrian-Hungarian Dual Monarchy.
1855
1847
1889
1866
42. California Gold Rush
1837
1820
1844
1848
43. Following the Russo-Turkish War - the Treaty of Berlin recognizes formal independence of the Principality of Serbia - Montenegro and Romania. Bulgaria becomes autonomous.
1877
1888
1830
1822
44. The first wagon train sets out from Missouri.
1848
1898
1879
1843
45. Peru declares its independence from Spain.
1856
1821
1831
1884
46. Vincent van Gogh paints Starry Night
1822
1821
1889
1801
47. King Leopold II of Belgium establishes the Congo Free State as a personal fiefdom
1884
1885
1887
1825
48. Greater Colombia dissolved and the nations of Colombia (including modern-day Panama) - Ecuador - and Venezuela took its place.
1839
1830
1825
1848
49. The Franco-Prussian War results in the unifications of Germany and Italy - the collapse of the Second French Empire and the emergence of a New Imperialism.
1818
1884
1870
1848
50. 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
1820
1874
1815
1889