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19th Century Timeline
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1. Trial of Oscar Wilde and premiere of his play The Importance of Being Earnest
1895
1804-1813
1812
1846
2. Famine in Finland.
1836
1801
1866
1859
3. First Anglo-Sikh War
1826
1885
1801
1845
4. The Bront
1813
1847
1874
1885
5. End of the Brazilian Empire and the beginning of the Brazilian Republic
1881
1831
1889
1887
6. Vincent van Gogh paints Starry Night
1834
1876
1889
1881
7. The Texas Revolution in Mexico resulted in the short-lived Republic of Texas.
1893
1835
1819
1879
8. Benin Expedition of 1897 loots and burns Benin
1801
1862
1815
1897
9. H. G. Wells publishes The War of the Worlds
1874
1881
1826
1898
10. The Sino-French War led to the formation of FrenchIndochina.
1884
1834
1896
1841
11. Seneca Falls Convention is the first women's rights convention in the United States and leads to the battle for suffrage and women's legal rights.
1867
1852
1874
1848
12. The safety pin and the gas mask are invented
1881
1843
1866
1849
13. SpanishInquisition officially ends.
1805
1844
1834
1892
14. Louis Le Prince records the Roundhay Garden Scene - the earliest surviving film.
1898
1843
1871
1888
15. Samuel Morey patents the internal combustion engine.
1818
1826
1861
1860
16. Cuban War forIndependence results in Cuban independence from Spain
1851
1895
1801
1885
17. The Communist Manifesto published.
1816
1883
1895
1848
18. At least 5000 Mexicans die in Apache raids - and 100 settlements are destroyed.
1804
1890
1820
March 18 - 1871
19. Erie Canal opened connecting the Great Lakes to theAtlantic Ocean.
1871
1821
1825
1826
20. Slavery banned in Brazil.
1889
1888
1876
1843
21. Mexico gains independence from Spain with the Treaty of C
1848
1821
1897
1885
22. Mary Shelley writes Frankenstein
1840
1884
1860
1818
23. 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
1815
1894
1812
1872
24. The British Empire annexed Burma (now also called Myanmar) after three Anglo-Burmese Wars.
1821
1808
1837
1823
25. TheInternal Macedonian Revolutionary Organisation is formed
1894
1893
1868
1878
26. French gain first foothold in Southeast Asia
1862
1821
1896
1844
27. Revolutions of 1848 in Europe
1899
1848
1893
1821
28. The Mahdist War in Sudan.
1871
1853
1890
1881
29. Indian famine begins.
1808
1874
1825
1899
30. The Suez Canal opens linking the Mediterranean to the Red Sea.
1844
1869
1891
1890
31. Bessemer process enables steel to be mass produced.
1804
1803
1855
1877
32. Regency period ends in the United Kingdom
1808
1890
1825
1820
33. Most of the Latin American colonies free themselves from the Spanish and Portuguese Empires after the Latin American wars of independence.
1851
1801
1861
1810s
34. Little War against Spanish rule in Cuba leads to rebel defeat.
1879
1808
1848
1801
35. First Republic in Spain.
1805
1874
1890
1867
36. Battle of Balaclava and the Charge of the Light Brigade.
1888
1848
1854
1853
37. Chilean Civil War.
1801
1872
1891
1838
38. The contest between the British Empire and Imperial Russia for control of Central Asia is referred to as the Great Game.
1879
1813
1833
1824
39. Egyptian
1874
1899
1892
1831
40. The Communist Manifesto published.
1804
1848
1898
1895
41. Queen Victoria's reign is considered the apex of the British Empire and is referred to as the Victorian era.
1837
1829
1851
1898
42. Ethiopia defeated Italy at the Battle of Adwa.
1896
1859
1886
1895
43. Gregor Mendel formulates his laws of inheritance
1888
1865
1867
1877
44. Olympic Games revived inAthens.
1862
1831
1851
1896
45. Aspirin patented.
1843
1889
1816
1820
46. The French invasion of Russia is a turning point in the Napoleonic Wars.
1814
1867
1812
1816
47. Dissolution of the Maratha Empire.
1820
1853
1839
1881
48. The first wagon train sets out from Missouri.
1849
1879
1881
1843
49. Premiere of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony.
1886
1889
1806
1824
50. The Chincha Islands War was an attempt by Spain to regain its South American colonies.
1845
1864
1874
1805