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19th Century Timeline
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1. Battle of San Jacinto leads to the capture of General Santa Anna.
1802
1876
1836
1884
2. By this time - 46000 Native Americans have been forcibly relocated in the Trail of Tears.
1883
1868
1838
1831
3. Dominican War ofIndependence from Haiti.
1804
1819
1844
1808
4. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints is established on April 6 - 1830.
1832
1807
1850
1830
5. Battle of San Jacinto leads to the capture of General Santa Anna.
1836
1850
1809
1830
6. Premiere of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony.
1818
1844
1824
1804
7. Egyptian
1886
1879
1847
1831
8. Canadian Confederation formed.
1812
1897
1867
1861
9. The Cisplatine War results in the independence of Uruguay.
1825
1861
1889
1816
10. Empress Dowager Cixi of China engineers a coup d'
1881
1830
1875
1898
11. Napoleon abdicates and is exiled to Elba.
1805
1825
1868
1814
12. The Wahhabis of theFirst Saudi State capture Mecca and Medina.
1873
1855
1891
1803
13. First isolation of aluminum.
1874
1825
1834
1868
14. Missouri Compromise
1830
1896
1820
1853
15. 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).
1851
1896
1810
1854
16. Following the Russo-Turkish War - the Treaty of Berlin recognizes formal independence of the Principality of Serbia - Montenegro and Romania. Bulgaria becomes autonomous.
1888
1877
1821
1854
17. World population reaches 1 billion.
1822
1818
1804
1801
18. The Mexican-American War leads to Mexico's cession of much of the modern-day Southwestern United States.
1887
1846
1866
1874
19. Paris Commune - Around 30000 Parisians were killed - and thousands more were later executed.
1883
1883
March 18 - 1871
1861
20. The first recognised international soccer match - between England and Scotland - is played.
1896
1804
1872
1848
21. Upper and Lower Canada are merged into the Province of Canada
1851
1840
1883
1852
22. New Zealand is founded - as the Treaty of Waitangi is signed by the Maori and British.
1840
1829
1874
1876
23. Queen Victoria becomes Empress ofIndia.
1876
1864
1834
1804
24. Millerite movement awaits the Second Advent of Jesus Christ on October 22. Christ's non-appearance becomes known as the Great Disappointment.
1888
1854
1844
1895
25. First Seminole War begins in Florida.
1871
1868
1810
1817
26. Anglo-Nepalese War between Nepal (Gurkha Empire) and British Empire.
1814
1801
1837
1817
27. Death of Alexander Pushkin
1865
1837
1860
1867
28. First Republic in Spain.
1810
1855
1823
1874
29. Fingerprinting is officially adopted for the first time
1837
1886
1865-April 9 - 1865
1892
30. 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.
1877
1870
1873
1848
31. After theFirst Sino-Japanese War - China cedes Taiwan to Japan and grants Japan a free hand in Korea.
1818
1833
1894
1822
32. Second Anglo-Sikh War
1812
1848
1871
1829
33. Anaesthesia used for the first time.
1821
1803
1842
1863
34. Elisha Haydon Collier invents the Flintlock Revolver.
1839
1881
1870
1814
35. The British Parliament passes the Great Reform Act.
1832
1867
1871
1886
36. Russia conquers Finland from Sweden in the Finnish War.
1844
1808
1875
1868
37. Great Railroad Strike in the United States may have been the world's first nationwide labor strike.
1820
1894
1877
1815
38. Crazy Horse surrenders and is later killed
1801
1877
1831
1897
39. Siege of Khartoum
1820
1896
1884
1810
40. The Wahhabis of theFirst Saudi State capture Mecca and Medina.
1812
1825
1803
1871
41. The word 'dinosaur' is coined by Richard Owen
1898
1889
1841
1851
42. Great Railroad Strike in the United States may have been the world's first nationwide labor strike.
1898
1894
1817
1877
43. The Decembrist revolt
1892
1884
1832
1825
44. The United States gains control of Cuba - Puerto Rico - and the Philippines after the Spanish-American War.
1803
1863
1868
1898
45. Crazy Horse surrenders and is later killed
1823
1844
1877
1815
46. The first wagon train sets out from Missouri.
1857
1876
1843
1875
47. The Platine War ends and the Empire of Brazil has the hegemony over South America.
1844
1831
1851
1897
48. Russia commences its conquest of the Caucasus.
1888
1889
1876
1817
49. The World's Columbian Exposition was held in Chicago celebrating the 400th anniversary of Christopher Columbus's arrival in the New World.
1892
1830
1807
1834
50. Tsar Alexander II is assassinated
1853
1839
1881
1877