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. Revolutions of 1848 in Europe






2. Peru declares its independence from Spain.






3. The Cisplatine War results in the independence of Uruguay.






4. British defeat French at the Second Battle of Abukir






5. First electric motor built.






6. Suez Canal is constructed.






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






8. Napoleon strips the Teutonic Knights of their last holdings in Bad Mergentheim.






9. After the final Russo-Persian War - the Persian Empire took back territory lost to Russia from the previous war.






10. Liberia founded by the American Colonization Society for freed American slaves.






11. Volleyball is invented






12. King Leopold II of Belgium establishes the Congo Free State as a personal fiefdom






13. Maxwell's A Treatise on Electricity and Magnetism published.






14. Mormon migration to Utah.






15. Anglo-Nepalese War between Nepal (Gurkha Empire) and British Empire.






16. Germany gains control of Camaroon






17. Greater Colombia dissolved and the nations of Colombia (including modern-day Panama) - Ecuador - and Venezuela took its place.






18. The Pony Express ended.






19. First Transcontinental Railroad completed in United States on May 10.






20. The Mahdist War in Sudan.






21. After the Meiji Restoration - Japan embarks on a program of rapid modernization.






22. Elisha Haydon Collier invents the Flintlock Revolver.






23. Burma is presented to Queen Victoria as a birthday gift






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






25. Discovery of Antarctica






26. United States President Abraham Lincoln is assassinated while attending a performance atFord's Theater - Washington - D.C.. He dies approximately nine hours after being shot on April 15 - 1865.






27. France and the Russian Empire form a military alliance






28. Paris Commune - Around 30000 Parisians were killed - and thousands more were later executed.






29. The first recognised international soccer match - between England and Scotland - is played.






30. Napoleon signs the Concordat of 1801 with the Pope.






31. Asaph Hall discovers the moons of Mars






32. 13 million Chinese die of famine in northern China.






33. Greater Colombia dissolved and the nations of Colombia (including modern-day Panama) - Ecuador - and Venezuela took its place.






34. Invention of the phonautograph - the first true device for recording sound.






35. Death of Vincent van Gogh.






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






37. Great Bosnian uprising against Ottoman rule occurs.






38. Gregor Mendel formulates his laws of inheritance






39. Independence of Argentina






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






41. Samuel Morey patents the internal combustion engine.






42. The Pony Express started.






43. The modern city of Singapore is established by the British EastIndia Company.






44. Karl Benz sells the first commercial automobile






45. Following the Russo-Turkish War - the Treaty of Berlin recognizes formal independence of the Principality of Serbia - Montenegro and Romania. Bulgaria becomes autonomous.






46. 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).






47. Blue jeans and barbed wire are invented.






48. Second Anglo-Sikh War






49. Dissolution of the Maratha Empire.






50. The quagga is rendered extinct.