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19th Century Timeline
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1. Long Depression in Western Europe and North America
1810
1837
1870s-1890s
1848
2. The Mexican-American War leads to Mexico's cession of much of the modern-day Southwestern United States.
1830
1846
1863
1818
3. The Little Ice Age ends around this time.
1859
1862
1876
1850
4. Premiere of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony.
1824
1863
1804
1869
5. Indian famine begins.
1848
1852
1867
1899
6. By this time - 46000 Native Americans have been forcibly relocated in the Trail of Tears.
1830
1838
1842
1819
7. Barbary Wars between the United States and the Barbary States of North Africa
1831
1866
1801
1875
8. Blue jeans and barbed wire are invented.
1881
1862
1873
1898
9. Invention of the phonautograph - the first true device for recording sound.
1858
1896
1806
1844
10. The Belgian Revolution in the United Kingdom of the Netherlands led to the creation of Belgium.
1830
1851
1810s
1828
11. Navarino Massacre
1821
1810
1886
1889
12. Independence of Argentina
1816
1895
1826
1819
13. First gramophone record
1894
1887
1821
1877
14. Russia conquers Finland from Sweden in the Finnish War.
1890
1808
1860
1818
15. SecondIndustrial Revolution
1892
1871
1876
1804
16. Wave of pogroms begins in the Russian Empire.
1814
1854
1881
1867
17. Gregor Mendel formulates his laws of inheritance
1886
1886
1865
1877
18. The Pony Express ended.
1804
1810
1846
1862
19. Ethiopia defeats Italy in theFirst Italo
1830
1810s
1895
1803
20. Monroe Doctrine declared by US President James Monroe.
1812
1823
1848
1892
21. France annexes Cambodia.
1842
1881
1863
1890
22. Year Without a Summer - Unusually cold conditions wreak havoc throughout the Northern Hemisphere - likely caused by the 1815 explosion of Mount Tambora.
1894
1897
1837
1816
23. Eiffel Tower is inaugurated in Paris.
1836
1854
1889
1825
24. The Caste War of Yucat
1851
1849
1897
1847
25. Napoleon signs the Concordat of 1801 with the Pope.
1801
1885
1889
1849
26. July Revolution in France.
1850
1848
1863
1830
27. Queen Victoria's reign is considered the apex of the British Empire and is referred to as the Victorian era.
1861
1837
1893
1863
28. Greater Colombia dissolved and the nations of Colombia (including modern-day Panama) - Ecuador - and Venezuela took its place.
1830
1892
1854
1820
29. Treaty of Amiens between France and the United Kingdom ends the War of the Second Coalition.
1892
1889
1898
1802
30. The first recognised international soccer match - between England and Scotland - is played.
1872
1889
1832
1873
31. The British Empire annexed Burma (now also called Myanmar) after three Anglo-Burmese Wars.
1823
1862
1865
1833
32. Kingdom of Belgium declared.
1885
1864
1889
1839
33. TheFirst Boer War.
1819
1805
1886
1880
34. 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
1890
1845
1815
1849
35. Dissolution of the Maratha Empire.
1825
1845
1848
1820
36. Suez Canal is constructed.
1872
1889
1873
1859
37. Crimean War between France - the United Kingdom - the Ottoman Empire and Russia
1848
1842
1853
1884
38. The Sino-French War led to the formation of FrenchIndochina.
1837
1825
1801
1884
39. The French invasion of Russia is a turning point in the Napoleonic Wars.
1804
1864
1862
1812
40. The Wahhabis of theFirst Saudi State capture Mecca and Medina.
1803
1898
1884
1891
41. Anglo-Afghan Wars lead to stalemate and the establishment of the Durand line
1839
1888
1834
1894
42. Reconstruction in the United States; Slavery is banned in the United States by the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.
1820
1820
1848
1865
43. Paris Commune - Around 30000 Parisians were killed - and thousands more were later executed.
1839
1859
March 18 - 1871
1873
44. Anglo-Zulu War in South Africa.
1871
1865
1813
1879
45. Bessemer process enables steel to be mass produced.
1849
1846
1861
1855
46. Fingerprinting is officially adopted for the first time
1892
1881
1877
1836
47. Successful transatlantic telegraph cable follows an earlier attempt in 1858.
1895
1893
1866
1804
48. Premiere of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony.
1870s-1890s
1824
1852
1821
49. The German Customs Union is formed.
1834
1889
1877
1826
50. Gunfight at the O.K. Corral. Sitting Bull surrenders.
1881
1869
1821
1816
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