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19th Century Timeline
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1. Napoleon decisively defeats an Austrian-Russian army at the Battle of Austerlitz.
1805
1844
1848
1866
2. The Mahdist War in Sudan.
1881
1837
1886
1864
3. Egyptian
1837
1831
1856
1805
4. The Platine War ends and the Empire of Brazil has the hegemony over South America.
1866
1868
1826
1851
5. Serbian revolution erupts against the Ottoman rule. Suzerainty of Serbia recognized in 1817.
1804
1869
1895
1810s
6. Jane Austen publishes Pride and Prejudice
1849
1842
1813
1810
7. First electric motor built.
1829
1804
1886
1879
8. Little War against Spanish rule in Cuba leads to rebel defeat.
1879
1868
1876
1865-April 9 - 1865
9. Year Without a Summer - Unusually cold conditions wreak havoc throughout the Northern Hemisphere - likely caused by the 1815 explosion of Mount Tambora.
1814
1894
1846
1816
10. The Stockton and Darlington Railway - the first public railway in the world - is opened.
1837
1855
1825
1806
11. The Paraguayan War ends Paraguayan ambitions for expansion and destroys much of the Paraguayan population.
1816
1864
1888
1880
12. Greece becomes the first country to break away from the Ottoman Empire after the Greek War ofIndependence.
1886
1869
1821
1829
13. Russo-Persian War.
1848
1837
1804-1813
1848
14. November Uprising in Poland against Russia.
1896
1867
1808
1830
15. Charles Darwin's journey on the HMS Beagle.
1829
1833
1871
1831
16. Reconstruction in the United States; Slavery is banned in the United States by the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.
1890
1820
1836
1865
17. Little War against Spanish rule in Cuba leads to rebel defeat.
1847
1879
1854
1886
18. The Trumpet gets valves.
1810
1842
1864
1822
19. Volleyball is invented
1888
1810
1895
1893
20. The Congress of Vienna redraws the European map. The Concert of Europe attempts to preserve this settlement - but it fails to stem the tide of liberalism and nationalism that sweeps over the continent.
1885
1815
1831
1805
21. Monroe Doctrine declared by US President James Monroe.
1804
1834
1816
1823
22. First Seminole War begins in Florida.
1899
1817
1819
1875
23. Jane Austen publishes Pride and Prejudice
1848
1854
1813
1810
24. First steam locomotive begins operation.
1804
1801
1816
1828
25. The Grito de Dolores begins the Mexican War ofIndependence.
1810
1875
1890
1862
26. Polish uprising against the Russian Empire.
1863
1805
1862
1895
27. The Little Ice Age ends around this time.
1808
1801
1888
1850
28. The Great Auk is rendered extinct.
1891
1844
1854
1896
29. Benin Expedition of 1897 loots and burns Benin
1897
1842
1831
1887
30. The quagga is rendered extinct.
1810
1896
1883
1843
31. The World's Columbian Exposition was held in Chicago celebrating the 400th anniversary of Christopher Columbus's arrival in the New World.
1869
1867
1892
1836
32. French troops capture Antananarivo in Madagascar
1866
1863
1844
1895
33. Bessemer process enables steel to be mass produced.
1855
1824
1884
1862
34. End of the Brazilian Empire and the beginning of the Brazilian Republic
1803
1899
1889
1863
35. The United States gains control of Cuba - Puerto Rico - and the Philippines after the Spanish-American War.
1893
1898
1817
1820
36. Millerite movement awaits the Second Advent of Jesus Christ on October 22. Christ's non-appearance becomes known as the Great Disappointment.
1844
1878
1899
1866
37. Siege of Sevastapol; city falls to British forces.
1801
1854
1884
1863
38. Canadian Confederation formed.
1867
1888
1860
1893
39. Liberia founded by the American Colonization Society for freed American slaves.
1879
1893
1820
1894
40. The British EastIndia Company is dissolved.
1817
1874
1820
1896
41. The Grito de Dolores begins the Mexican War ofIndependence.
1871
1810
1867
1801
42. Fingerprinting is officially adopted for the first time
1843
1862
1892
1871
43. Dominican War ofIndependence from Haiti.
1884
1844
1801
1892
44. World's first oil refinery in Romania
1833
1856
1883
1895
45. End of the Brazilian Empire and the beginning of the Brazilian Republic
1889
1876
1804
1890
46. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's Faust premieres.
1895
1825
1829
1885
47. The Convention of Kanagawa formally ends Japan's policy of isolation.
1854
1848
1895
1846
48. Rebellions of 1837 in Canada.
1897
1889
1889
1837
49. Louis Le Prince records the Roundhay Garden Scene - the earliest surviving film.
1888
1892
1851
1885
50. Reconstruction in the United States; Slavery is banned in the United States by the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.
1869
1882
1855
1865