Test your basic knowledge |

19th Century Timeline

Subjects : trivia, history
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
  • If you are not ready to take this test, you can study here.
  • Match each statement with the correct term.
  • Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.

This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Wave of pogroms begins in the Russian Empire.






2. Principality of Serbia becomes suzerain from the Ottoman Empire. Officially independent in 1867.






3. First steam locomotive begins operation.






4. Britain amends the Poor Law demanding that any paupers requesting assistance must go to a workhouse.






5. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle publishes his first Sherlock Holmes story - A Study in Scarlet.






6. Anglo-Afghan Wars lead to stalemate and the establishment of the Durand line






7. Asaph Hall discovers the moons of Mars






8. The Sino-French War led to the formation of FrenchIndochina.






9. Henri Becquerel discovers radioactivity; JJ Thompson identifies the electron - though not by name.






10. At least 5000 Mexicans die in Apache raids - and 100 settlements are destroyed.






11. French intervention in Mexico and the creation of the Second Mexican Empire - ruled by Maximilian I of Mexico and his consort Carlota of Mexico.






12. Louis Napoleon assumes power in France in a coup.






13. The first wagon train sets out from Missouri.






14. The British Empire annexed Burma (now also called Myanmar) after three Anglo-Burmese Wars.






15. Siege of Khartoum






16. The Chincha Islands War was an attempt by Spain to regain its South American colonies.






17. Giuseppe Garibaldi launches the Expedition of the Thousand






18. Crazy Horse surrenders and is later killed






19. First commercial telephone exchange in New Haven - Connecticut.






20. War of 1812 between the United States and the United Kingdom






21. Rebellions of 1837 in Canada.






22. Crimean War between France - the United Kingdom - the Ottoman Empire and Russia






23. The Chincha Islands War was an attempt by Spain to regain its South American colonies.






24. Telegraphy patented.






25. World's first oil refinery in Romania






26. Klondike Gold Rush in Canada.






27. The World's Columbian Exposition was held in Chicago celebrating the 400th anniversary of Christopher Columbus's arrival in the New World.






28. Dissolution of the Maratha Empire.






29. Britain amends the Poor Law demanding that any paupers requesting assistance must go to a workhouse.






30. Richard Wagner's Ring Cycle is first performed in its entirety.






31. France annexes Cambodia.






32. Dmitri Mendeleev created the Periodic table






33. The Principality of Serbia passes a Constitution which defines its independence from the Ottoman Empire.International recognition followed in 1878.






34. Charles Darwin's journey on the HMS Beagle.






35. Unification of the Kingdom of Tonga under Taufa?ahau (King George Tupou I)






36. Yellowstone National Park - the first national park - is created.






37. Karl Benz sells the first commercial automobile






38. The Wounded Knee Massacre was the last battle in the AmericanIndian Wars. This event represents the end of the American Old West.






39. TheInternal Macedonian Revolutionary Organisation is formed






40. The feudal system is dismantled in Japan.






41. Indian Rebellion of 1857. The British Empire assumes control ofIndia from the EastIndia Company.






42. Revolutions of 1848 in Europe






43. Jane Austen publishes Pride and Prejudice






44. 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.






45. Samuel Morey patents the internal combustion engine.






46. The United States more than doubles in size when it buys out France's territorial claims in North America via the Louisiana Purchase. This begins the U.S.'s westward expansion to the Pacific referred to as its Manifest Destiny which involves annexing






47. Elisha Haydon Collier invents the Flintlock Revolver.






48. Gunfight at the O.K. Corral. Sitting Bull surrenders.






49. Reconstruction in the United States; Slavery is banned in the United States by the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.






50. Erie Canal opened connecting the Great Lakes to theAtlantic Ocean.