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19th Century Timeline
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1. Revolutions of 1848 in Europe
1848
1839
1849
1869
2. The British Parliament passes the Great Reform Act.
1832
1810
1889
1823
3. Napoleon abdicates and is exiled to Elba.
1854
1865
1896
1814
4. The Franco-Prussian War results in the unifications of Germany and Italy - the collapse of the Second French Empire and the emergence of a New Imperialism.
1804
1801
1892
1870
5. Neanderthal man first identified. Age still unknown.
1856
1849
1845
1832
6. New Zealand becomes the first country to enact women's suffrage
1876
1893
1829
1849
7. The Great Auk is rendered extinct.
1810
1875
1844
1871
8. The Communist Manifesto published.
1804
1894
1883
1848
9. The Platine War ends and the Empire of Brazil has the hegemony over South America.
1863
1816
1851
1803
10. Ludwig van Beethoven performs his Moonlight Sonata for the first time.
1802
1867
1808
March 18 - 1871
11. Shaka's Zulu Kingdom becomes the largest in Southern Africa.
1847
1876
1861
1816
12. The Convention of Kanagawa formally ends Japan's policy of isolation.
1877
1898
1854
1861
13. Germany gains control of Camaroon
1892
1821
1898
1884
14. The Texas Revolution in Mexico resulted in the short-lived Republic of Texas.
1820
1825
1835
1895
15. First Anglo-Sikh War
1845
1869
1801
1804
16. Chile battles with Peru and Bolivia over Andean territory in the War of the Pacific.
1879
1846
1897
1845
17. 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.
1831
1815
1836
1895
18. The feudal system is dismantled in Japan.
1895
1871
1839
1840
19. Aspirin patented.
1830
1802
1831
1889
20. The British EastIndia Company is dissolved.
1874
1885
1887
1896
21. The Pony Express started.
1890
1804
1860
1883
22. Uruguayan Civil War
1839
1828
1881
1870
23. The Platine War ends and the Empire of Brazil has the hegemony over South America.
1893
1830
1867
1851
24. Mark Twain publishes The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.
1822
1839
1884
1895
25. Polish uprising against the Russian Empire.
1857
1854
1821
1863
26. Short stories A Christmas Carol and The Tell-Tale Heart published.
1886
1879
1843
1836
27. Mark Twain publishes The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.
1862
1821
1884
1852
28. Treaty of Nanking cedes Hong Kong to the British.
1817
1842
1814
1827
29. Dmitri Mendeleev created the Periodic table
1855
1869
1819
1892
30. Britain establishes a protectorate over Bechuanaland (modern Botswana)
1861
1885
1851
1881
31. Construction of the Statue of Liberty; Coca-Cola is developed.
1822
1805
1886
1863
32. Gojong - or Emperor Gwangmu - proclaims the short-lived Korean Empire - lasts until 1910.
1897
1880
1815
1839
33. At least 5000 Mexicans die in Apache raids - and 100 settlements are destroyed.
1817
1849
1820
1819
34. Independence of Argentina
1888
1816
1850
1890
35. First commercial film release by Jean Aim
1817
1894
1861
1898
36. Aspirin patented.
1856
1889
1862
1825
37. 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).
1810
1891
1831
1857
38. British defeat French at the Second Battle of Abukir
1838
1831
1893
1801
39. Anglo-Nepalese War between Nepal (Gurkha Empire) and British Empire.
1808
1814
1891
1822
40. French troops capture Antananarivo in Madagascar
1881
1834
1895
1864
41. Regency period ends in the United Kingdom
1802
1820
1801
1804
42. The first wagon train sets out from Missouri.
1856
1816
1898
1843
43. First gramophone record
1894
1804
1810
1845
44. Victorian gold rush in Australia
1804
1812
1851
1817
45. Slavery Abolition Act bans slavery throughout the British Empire.
1848
1810
1889
1833
46. Mirza Ghulam Ahmad establishes the Ahmadi Muslim Community.
1862
1884
1889
1895
47. Russian-Circassian War ended with the defeat and the exile of many Circassians. Imam Shamil defeated.
1821
1886
1804
1879
48. Polish uprising against the Russian Empire.
1863
1830
1830
1845
49. Most of the Latin American colonies free themselves from the Spanish and Portuguese Empires after the Latin American wars of independence.
1850
1825
1810s
1837
50. Russia commences its conquest of the Caucasus.
1896
1892
1847
1817