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19th Century Timeline
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1. Peru declares its independence from Spain.
1889
1815
1821
1849
2. William Symington demonstrates his Charlotte Dundas - the 'first practical steamboat'.
1836
1868
1889
1803
3. Battle of Balaclava and the Charge of the Light Brigade.
1848
1825
1854
1870s-1890s
4. France invades and occupies Algeria.
1848
1863
1829
1831
5. First Anglo-Sikh War
1847
1845
1802
1825
6. Sir Robert Peel founds the Metropolitan Police Service - the first modern police force.
1823
1829
1894
1871
7. Britain declares the Slave Trade illegal.
1885
1804
1830
1807
8. Thomas Edison invents the phonograph
1846
1877
1809
1850
9. World population reaches 1 billion.
1878
1804
1862
1860
10. Battle of Balaclava and the Charge of the Light Brigade.
1862
1849
1854
1878
11. 26 millionIndians perish inIndia due to famine.
1885
1844
1804
1875
12. Ten Years' War between Cuba and Spain
1868
1874
1871
1861
13. H. G. Wells publishes The War of the Worlds
1801
1814
1832
1898
14. Second Anglo-Sikh War
1823
1848
1886
1881
15. United States Commodore Matthew C. Perry threatens the Japanese capital Edo with gunships - demanding that they agree to open trade.
1897
1869
1831
1853
16. Russia conquers Finland from Sweden in the Finnish War.
1862
1808
1814
1849
17. Queen Victoria's reign is considered the apex of the British Empire and is referred to as the Victorian era.
1886
1837
1886
1889
18. The Kingdom of Great Britain and the Kingdom of Ireland merge to form the United Kingdom.
1820
1801
1837
1808
19. Ethiopia defeated Italy at the Battle of Adwa.
1850
1896
1877
1819
20. Russia commences its conquest of the Caucasus.
1820
1862
1817
1887
21. Aspirin patented.
1869
1801
1889
1873
22. The Bront
1892
1847
1872
1863
23. Chilean Civil War.
1805
1891
1813
1821
24. The World's Columbian Exposition was held in Chicago celebrating the 400th anniversary of Christopher Columbus's arrival in the New World.
1892
1861
1804
1824
25. Gregor Mendel formulates his laws of inheritance
1865
1823
1801
1831
26. By this time - 46000 Native Americans have been forcibly relocated in the Trail of Tears.
1893
1802
1838
1845
27. Chile battles with Peru and Bolivia over Andean territory in the War of the Pacific.
1831
1868
1879
1863
28. Queen Victoria becomes Empress ofIndia.
1896
1876
1801
1869
29. Elisha Haydon Collier invents the Flintlock Revolver.
1814
1810
1877
1848
30. First electric motor built.
1829
1813
1868
1812
31. The Sino-French War led to the formation of FrenchIndochina.
1825
1895
1880
1884
32. Germany gains control of Camaroon
1884
March 18 - 1871
1854
1876
33. 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.
1894
1845
1843
1815
34. Dreyfuss Affair
1881
1867
1804
1894
35. Bah
1884
1808
1863
1890
36. Treaty of Nanking cedes Hong Kong to the British.
1853
1842
1888
1857
37. Earliest recorded air raid - as Austria employs 200 balloons to deliver ordnance against Venice.
1839
1894
1849
1826
38. Mexico gains independence from Spain with the Treaty of C
1854
1804
1821
1893
39. Ludwig van Beethoven performs his Moonlight Sonata for the first time.
1802
1851
1896
1837
40. Independence of Argentina
1853
1816
1865-April 9 - 1865
1881
41. Frederick Douglass delivers his speech 'The Meaning of July Fourth for the Negro' in Rochester - New York.
1884
1852
1873
1862
42. SpanishInquisition officially ends.
1834
1871
1829
1865
43. Gojong - or Emperor Gwangmu - proclaims the short-lived Korean Empire - lasts until 1910.
1871
1895
1897
1802
44. The Great Auk is rendered extinct.
1830
1870s-1890s
1844
1847
45. The Kingdom of Great Britain and the Kingdom of Ireland merge to form the United Kingdom.
1891
1836
1842
1801
46. Jane Austen publishes Pride and Prejudice
1885
1813
1889
1873
47. Liberia founded by the American Colonization Society for freed American slaves.
1849
1808
1820
1884
48. The Caste War of Yucat
1847
1848
1853
1853
49. Thomas Jefferson elected President of the United States by the United States House of Representatives - following a tie in the Electoral College (United States)
1801
1879
1886
1826
50. Unification of the Kingdom of Tonga under Taufa?ahau (King George Tupou I)
1840
1884
1845
1893
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