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19th Century Timeline
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1. Ludwig van Beethoven performs his Moonlight Sonata for the first time.
1847
1833
1802
1898
2. Discovery of Antarctica
1886
1820
1852
1804
3. Death of Alexander Pushkin
1837
1801
1806
1836
4. Anaesthesia used for the first time.
1837
1830
1842
1831
5. Thomas Edison invents the phonograph
1877
1831
1824
1857
6. TheFirst Boer War.
1880
1865-April 9 - 1865
1840
1826
7. Morphine first isolated.
1877
1825
1834
1804
8. The Mexican-American War leads to Mexico's cession of much of the modern-day Southwestern United States.
1803
1858
1881
1846
9. The Sino-French War led to the formation of FrenchIndochina.
1864
1805
1829
1884
10. Greco-Turkish War.
1801
1873
1897
1889
11. Napoleon crowns himself Emperor of the French.
1865
1885
1853
1804
12. First commercial telephone exchange in New Haven - Connecticut.
1804
1831
1815
1878
13. The Mahdist War in Sudan.
1846
1806
1881
1839
14. Construction of the Statue of Liberty; Coca-Cola is developed.
1886
1868
1893
1801
15. The United States more than doubles in size when it buys out France's territorial claims in North America via the Louisiana Purchase. This begins the U.S.'s westward expansion to the Pacific referred to as its Manifest Destiny which involves annexing
1803
1825
1864
1837
16. 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.
1815
1822
1879
1888
17. The Boxer Rebellion in China is suppressed by an Eight-Nation Alliance.
1888
1841
1881
1898
18. Eiffel Tower is inaugurated in Paris.
1801
1834
1893
1889
19. November Uprising ends with crushing defeat for Poland in the Battle of Warsaw.
1831
1873
1846
1868
20. 'The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde' by Robert Louis Stevenson is published.
1875
1816
1886
1896
21. The Texas Revolution in Mexico resulted in the short-lived Republic of Texas.
1835
1866
1877
1805
22. Cairo falls to the British.
1801
1836
1850
1839
23. The feudal system is dismantled in Japan.
1867
1898
1871
1895
24. British defeat French at the Second Battle of Abukir
1883
1849
1823
1801
25. The Cisplatine War results in the independence of Uruguay.
1885
1852
1877
1825
26. Peterloo massacre in England.
1898
1890
1819
1803
27. US forces overthrow the government of Hawaii
1856
1893
1848
1812
28. Erie Canal opened connecting the Great Lakes to theAtlantic Ocean.
1820
1830
1881
1825
29. The safety pin and the gas mask are invented
1896
1837
1874
1849
30. Trial of Oscar Wilde and premiere of his play The Importance of Being Earnest
1876
1895
1830
1897
31. Assassination of Tsar Paul I of Russia.
1848
1896
1801
1881
32. The Great Auk is rendered extinct.
1868
1848
1844
1801
33. The Suez Canal opens linking the Mediterranean to the Red Sea.
1830
1869
1863
1864
34. Construction of the Statue of Liberty; Coca-Cola is developed.
1842
1886
1802
1885
35. The British Empire annexed Burma (now also called Myanmar) after three Anglo-Burmese Wars.
1873
1823
1832
1874
36. Napoleon signs the Concordat of 1801 with the Pope.
1836
1847
1821
1801
37. The first wagon train sets out from Missouri.
1801
1821
1843
1842
38. Polish uprising against the Russian Empire.
1801
1894
1819
1863
39. Principality of Serbia becomes suzerain from the Ottoman Empire. Officially independent in 1867.
1853
1851
1860
1817
40. Karl Benz sells the first commercial automobile
1869
1896
1886
1876
41. At least 5000 Mexicans die in Apache raids - and 100 settlements are destroyed.
1895
1883
1862
1820
42. Independence of Luxembourg.
1890
1893
1865
1820
43. World's first oil refinery in Romania
1896
1825
1856
1865-April 14 - 1865
44. The first recognised international soccer match - between England and Scotland - is played.
1819
1831
1872
1877
45. Frederick Douglass delivers his speech 'The Meaning of July Fourth for the Negro' in Rochester - New York.
1883
1852
1884
1875
46. Russo-Persian War.
1804-1813
1838
1859
1819
47. Greece becomes the first country to break away from the Ottoman Empire after the Greek War ofIndependence.
1862
1821
1884
1845
48. Mormon migration to Utah.
1874
1846
1868
1871
49. Cro-Magnon man first identified.
1868
1848
1875
1893
50. First Mexican Empire - as Mexico's first post-independent government - ruled by Emperor Agust
1877
1816
1822
1863