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19th Century Timeline
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1. Queen Victoria's reign is considered the apex of the British Empire and is referred to as the Victorian era.
1803
1837
1820
1871
2. Imam Shamil's rebellion in Russian-occupied Caucasus.
1861
1806
1834
1833
3. Yellowstone National Park - the first national park - is created.
1876
1897
1836
1872
4. Upper and Lower Canada are merged into the Province of Canada
1806
1861
1889
1840
5. Empress Dowager Cixi of China engineers a coup d'
1898
1840
1847
1831
6. Giuseppe Piazzi discovers the dwarf planet Ceres.
1855
1801
1837
1814
7. TheFirst Boer War.
1854
1819
1802
1880
8. Britain declares the Slave Trade illegal.
1876
1816
1807
1883
9. The Principality of Serbia passes a Constitution which defines its independence from the Ottoman Empire.International recognition followed in 1878.
1842
1867
1890
1871
10. Gunfight at the O.K. Corral. Sitting Bull surrenders.
1812
1891
1810
1881
11. First Seminole War begins in Florida.
1889
1896
1817
1821
12. Indian Rebellion of 1857. The British Empire assumes control ofIndia from the EastIndia Company.
1803
1876
1814
1857
13. British defeat French at the Second Battle of Abukir
1826
1801
1899
1833
14. First isolation of aluminum.
1816
1887
1810s
1825
15. Carlist Wars in Spain.
1868
1831
1849
1833
16. Gregor Mendel formulates his laws of inheritance
1830
1882
1865
1827
17. Fingerprinting is officially adopted for the first time
1892
1801
1865-April 9 - 1865
1897
18. Greco-Turkish War.
1817
1821
1897
1826
19. 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
1844
1815
1843
1851
20. Sir Robert Peel founds the Metropolitan Police Service - the first modern police force.
1886
1849
1896
1829
21. Bessemer process enables steel to be mass produced.
1812
1884
1825
1855
22. Barbary Wars between the United States and the Barbary States of North Africa
March 18 - 1871
1802
1816
1801
23. At least 5000 Mexicans die in Apache raids - and 100 settlements are destroyed.
1879
1820
1814
1895
24. Holy Roman Empire dissolved as a consequence of the Treaty of Pressburg.
1879
1806
1845
1898
25. Mary Shelley writes Frankenstein
1897
1843
1836
1818
26. Italy annexes Eritrea.
1804
1890
1866
1802
27. Ranjit Singh crowned as King of Punjab.
1830
1870s-1890s
1801
1823
28. Elisha Haydon Collier invents the Flintlock Revolver.
1803
1861
1814
1889
29. SecondIndustrial Revolution
1804
1840
1871
1806-1812
30. Crazy Horse surrenders and is later killed
1877
1830
1876
1820
31. Tsar Alexander II is assassinated
1884
1801
1881
1830
32. November Uprising in Poland against Russia.
1805
1881
1830
1886
33. Chilean Civil War.
1829
1806
1891
1867
34. 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.
1848
1827
1870
1836
35. The Sino-French War led to the formation of FrenchIndochina.
1804-1813
1874
1831
1884
36. First commercial film release by Jean Aim
1894
1877
1874
1898
37. Benin Expedition of 1897 loots and burns Benin
1897
1839
1806
1844
38. War breaks out between Britain and France; this is considered by some to be the beginning of the Napoleonic Wars.
1851
1877
1894
1803
39. End of the Brazilian Empire and the beginning of the Brazilian Republic
1889
1837
1801
1830
40. Serbian revolution erupts against the Ottoman rule. Suzerainty of Serbia recognized in 1817.
1823
1883
1804
1872
41. Krakatoa volcano explosion - one of the largest in modern history.
1883
1893
1863
1838
42. 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).
1893
1890
1810
1876
43. Eiffel Tower is inaugurated in Paris.
1801
1801
1889
1872
44. Cro-Magnon man first identified.
1804
1868
1831
1862
45. H. G. Wells publishes The War of the Worlds
1877
1856
1898
1886
46. World's first oil refinery in Romania
1856
1844
1821
1883
47. Jane Austen publishes Pride and Prejudice
1842
1880
1813
1884
48. The Bront
1898
1847
1869
1851
49. Cape Colony becomes part of the British Empire.
1806
1894
1839
1888
50. Millerite movement awaits the Second Advent of Jesus Christ on October 22. Christ's non-appearance becomes known as the Great Disappointment.
1801
1844
1808
1853