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19th Century Timeline
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1. 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.
1851
1875
1870
1844
2. Napoleon strips the Teutonic Knights of their last holdings in Bad Mergentheim.
1809
1876
1898
1861
3. Charles Darwin's journey on the HMS Beagle.
1825
1888
1831
1801
4. The French invasion of Russia is a turning point in the Napoleonic Wars.
1851
1881
1877
1812
5. 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.
1887
1895
1836
1851
6. Famine in Persia is believed to have caused the death of 2 million.
1882
1871
1873
1851
7. Muslim Rebellion in northwest China.
1891
1812
1881
1862
8. TheInternal Macedonian Revolutionary Organisation is formed
1888
1805
1893
1872
9. Death of William Blake - Ludwig van Beethoven
1844
1896
1827
1853
10. Mirza Ghulam Ahmad establishes the Ahmadi Muslim Community.
1814
1889
1875
1876
11. Giuseppe Garibaldi launches the Expedition of the Thousand
1809
1897
1860
1817
12. Russo-Persian War.
1836
1863
1884
1804-1813
13. Cairo falls to the British.
1821
1886
1801
1819
14. SecondIndustrial Revolution
1831
1853
1803
1871
15. The Mexican-American War leads to Mexico's cession of much of the modern-day Southwestern United States.
1851
1880
1816
1846
16. After the Meiji Restoration - Japan embarks on a program of rapid modernization.
1874
1866
1803
1816
17. Samuel Morey patents the internal combustion engine.
1826
1874
1899
1836
18. Year Without a Summer - Unusually cold conditions wreak havoc throughout the Northern Hemisphere - likely caused by the 1815 explosion of Mount Tambora.
1816
1803
1886
1840
19. The Caste War of Yucat
1839
1847
1833
1851
20. The Battle of Trafalgar eliminates the French and Spanish naval fleets and allows for British dominance of the seas - a major factor for the success of the British Empire later in the century.
1881
1805
1829
1825
21. First Republic in Spain.
1806
1874
1865-April 9 - 1865
1842
22. Mark Twain publishes The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.
1894
1886
1814
1884
23. American Civil War between the Union and seceding Confederacy
1803
1830
1890
1861
24. Anaesthesia used for the first time.
1864
1873
1883
1842
25. The Pony Express ended.
1830
1848
1872
1862
26. Trial of Oscar Wilde and premiere of his play The Importance of Being Earnest
1866
1848
1895
1821
27. First Transcontinental Railroad completed in United States on May 10.
1863
1803
1869
1818
28. California Gold Rush
1895
1879
1830
1848
29. First Anglo-Sikh War
1881
1869
1845
1899
30. The first recognised international soccer match - between England and Scotland - is played.
1872
1848
1876
1845
31. Gregor Mendel formulates his laws of inheritance
1865
1850
1886
1889
32. SpanishInquisition officially ends.
1813
1852
1893
1834
33. Cape Colony becomes part of the British Empire.
1803
1806
1894
1865-April 14 - 1865
34. Greece becomes the first country to break away from the Ottoman Empire after the Greek War ofIndependence.
1821
1830
1817
1885
35. Eiffel Tower is inaugurated in Paris.
1869
1889
1805
1834
36. The Belgian Revolution in the United Kingdom of the Netherlands led to the creation of Belgium.
1888
1830
1829
1820
37. By this time - 46000 Native Americans have been forcibly relocated in the Trail of Tears.
1831
1838
1825
1825
38. 13 million Chinese die of famine in northern China.
1876
1801
1823
1896
39. Ranjit Singh crowned as King of Punjab.
1801
1895
1874
1816
40. Most of the Latin American colonies free themselves from the Spanish and Portuguese Empires after the Latin American wars of independence.
1810s
1803
1819
1804
41. Britain declares the Slave Trade illegal.
1807
1862
1876
1804
42. Battle of Balaclava and the Charge of the Light Brigade.
1850
1895
1854
1845
43. Fingerprinting is officially adopted for the first time
1898
1889
1892
1871
44. The Decembrist revolt
1825
1857
1872
1843
45. Queen Victoria becomes Empress ofIndia.
1899
1867
1876
1802
46. The word 'dinosaur' is coined by Richard Owen
1859
1880
1831
1841
47. HMS Challenger surveys the deepest point in the Earth's oceans - the Challenger Deep
1848
1888
1870
1875
48. California Gold Rush
1894
1890
1804
1848
49. Queen Victoria becomes Empress ofIndia.
1876
1849
1890
1869
50. Reconstruction in the United States; Slavery is banned in the United States by the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.
1858
1802
1810
1865