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19th Century Timeline
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1. Black War in Tasmania leads to the near extinction of the Tasmanian aborigines
1828
1805
1805
1803
2. Famine in Persia is believed to have caused the death of 2 million.
1886
1884
1874
1871
3. The German Customs Union is formed.
1834
1816
1804
1845
4. Samuel Colt popularizes the revolver and sets up a firearms company to manufacture his invention of the Colt Paterson revolver a six bullets firearm shot one by one without reloading manually.
1862
1861
1830
1836
5. Kingdom of Belgium declared.
1840
1837
1839
1887
6. The Irish Potato Famine leads to the Irish diaspora.
1865-April 14 - 1865
1868
1845
1894
7. Monroe Doctrine declared by US President James Monroe.
1844
1876
1823
1855
8. Death of William Blake - Ludwig van Beethoven
1827
1855
1876
1834
9. Shaka's Zulu Kingdom becomes the largest in Southern Africa.
1848
1868
1816
1862
10. US forces overthrow the government of Hawaii
1896
1873
1893
1841
11. HMS Challenger surveys the deepest point in the Earth's oceans - the Challenger Deep
1830
1864
1875
1852
12. Discovery of Antarctica
1802
1829
1820
1817
13. First commercial film release by Jean Aim
1894
1882
1896
1864
14. Volleyball is invented
1895
1868
1886
1817
15. Yellowstone National Park - the first national park - is created.
1804
1838
1872
1814
16. First electrical power plant and grid in Godalming - Britain.
1844
1863
1801
1881
17. 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.
1868
1814
1848
1808
18. The Cisplatine War results in the independence of Uruguay.
1813
1801
1825
1897
19. By this time - 46000 Native Americans have been forcibly relocated in the Trail of Tears.
1839
1838
1821
1885
20. California Gold Rush
1865-April 9 - 1865
1804
1848
1856
21. The Principality of Serbia passes a Constitution which defines its independence from the Ottoman Empire.International recognition followed in 1878.
1815
1883
1867
1830
22. First section of the London Underground opens.
1819
1863
1843
1896
23. Henry Morton Stanley meets Dr. David Livingstone near Lake Tanganyika.
1871
1875
1873
1889
24. New Zealand becomes the first country to enact women's suffrage
1898
1892
1893
1890
25. Anaesthesia used for the first time.
1842
1864
1896
1884
26. French gain first foothold in Southeast Asia
1804
1814
1862
1810
27. Russia conquers Finland from Sweden in the Finnish War.
1877
1818
1868
1808
28. The first recognised international soccer match - between England and Scotland - is played.
1872
1833
1808
1806
29. The first boatloads of gold prospectors arrive in California - giving them the nickname 49ers.
1883
1817
1849
1858
30. 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
1834
1860
1815
1875
31. War breaks out between Britain and France; this is considered by some to be the beginning of the Napoleonic Wars.
1888
1891
1892
1803
32. Invention of the phonautograph - the first true device for recording sound.
1810
1831
1896
1858
33. 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.
1895
1866
1844
1820
34. Britain declares the Slave Trade illegal.
1850
1825
1807
1821
35. The British Parliament passes the Great Reform Act.
1801
1848
1824
1832
36. The British invasion and subsequent occupation of Egypt
1831
1877
1848
1882
37. Dreyfuss Affair
1894
1876
1851
1825
38. The Caste War of Yucat
1886
1837
1845
1847
39. Suez Canal is constructed.
1801
1896
1845
1859
40. November Uprising in Poland against Russia.
1830
1822
1890
1803
41. Dmitri Mendeleev created the Periodic table
1887
1869
1845
1844
42. Anaesthesia used for the first time.
1820
1850
1842
1894
43. The University of Berlin is founded. Among its students and faculty are Hegel - Marx - and Bismarck. The German university reform proves to be so successful that its model is copied around the world (see History of European research universities).
1830
1897
1801
1810
44. Charles Dickens publishes Oliver Twist
1879
1837
1813
1804
45. Louis Napoleon assumes power in France in a coup.
1817
1851
1810
1867
46. The first recognised international soccer match - between England and Scotland - is played.
1892
1872
1818
1871
47. Jack the Ripper murders occur in Whitechapel - London
1819
1847
1804-1813
1888
48. Austrian Empire founded by Francis I.
1836
1834
1886
1804
49. Bulgarians instigate the April Uprising against Ottoman rule.
1890
1888
1876
1825
50. Robert Lewis Stevenson's Treasure Island is published
1804
1816
1883
1860