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19th Century Timeline
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1. First steam locomotive begins operation.
1895
1804
1822
1841
2. Trial of Oscar Wilde and premiere of his play The Importance of Being Earnest
1895
1880
1804
1898
3. Polish uprising against the Russian Empire.
1854
1825
1877
1863
4. King Leopold II of Belgium establishes the Congo Free State as a personal fiefdom
1887
1885
1879
1810
5. Eiffel Tower is inaugurated in Paris.
1858
1889
1801
1895
6. Philippine Revolution ends declaring Philippines free from Spanish rule.
1896
1836
1894
1844
7. 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.
1819
1848
1836
1801
8. Cape Colony becomes part of the British Empire.
1873
1846
1831
1806
9. First Mexican Empire - as Mexico's first post-independent government - ruled by Emperor Agust
1865-April 14 - 1865
1822
1886
1846
10. Tsar Alexander II is assassinated
1881
1852
1825
1888
11. Premiere of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony.
1896
1824
1885
1801
12. The Pony Express ended.
1877
1873
1876
1862
13. The first wagon train sets out from Missouri.
1856
1843
1886
1899
14. Germany gains control of Camaroon
1853
1884
1881
1814
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).
1894
1810
1893
1832
16. Battle of San Jacinto leads to the capture of General Santa Anna.
1836
1874
1808
1844
17. Bessemer process enables steel to be mass produced.
1887
1804
1855
March 18 - 1871
18. Suez Canal is constructed.
1898
1863
1859
1895
19. The Great Exhibition in London was the world's first international Expo or World's Fair.
1868
1851
1894
1864
20. 26 millionIndians perish inIndia due to famine.
1896
1875
1836
1871
21. Philippine Revolution ends declaring Philippines free from Spanish rule.
1804-1813
1896
1863
1880
22. At least 5000 Mexicans die in Apache raids - and 100 settlements are destroyed.
1833
1820
1838
1835
23. Thomas Edison invents the phonograph
1884
1867
1816
1877
24. The Decembrist revolt
1825
1895
1870s-1890s
1830
25. Prince Pedro of Portugal proclaimed the Brazilian independence on September 7. On December 1 - he was crowned as Emperor Dom Pedro I of Brazil.
1847
1822
1893
1868
26. Mexico gains independence from Spain with the Treaty of C
1850
1801
1884
1821
27. Napoleon strips the Teutonic Knights of their last holdings in Bad Mergentheim.
1886
1821
1840
1809
28. French troops capture Antananarivo in Madagascar
1859
1825
1895
1804
29. Formation of theInternational Red Cross is followed by the adoption of theFirst Geneva Convention in 1864.
1836
1833
1889
1863
30. Dmitri Mendeleev created the Periodic table
1872
1804
1869
1897
31. Richard Wagner's Ring Cycle is first performed in its entirety.
1876
1881
1884
1874
32. Napoleon decisively defeats an Austrian-Russian army at the Battle of Austerlitz.
1805
1883
1801
1870
33. Principality of Serbia becomes suzerain from the Ottoman Empire. Officially independent in 1867.
1886
1885
1817
1863
34. New Zealand becomes the first country to enact women's suffrage
1804
1832
1884
1893
35. Spanish guerrillas fight in the Peninsular War.
1803
1810
1801
1808
36. Monroe Doctrine declared by US President James Monroe.
1823
1825
1881
1898
37. The samurai class is abolished in Japan.
1806
1889
1873
1892
38. Spanish guerrillas fight in the Peninsular War.
1808
1821
1883
1836
39. Cro-Magnon man first identified.
1887
1842
1868
1848
40. Serbian revolution erupts against the Ottoman rule. Suzerainty of Serbia recognized in 1817.
1897
1804
1896
1832
41. November Uprising in Poland against Russia.
1824
1830
1833
1802
42. First Republic in Spain.
1844
1874
1816
1864
43. The 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution is approved.
1869
1868
1816
1807
44. Missouri Compromise
1819
1861
1820
1886
45. Peterloo massacre in England.
1867
1819
1889
1822
46. First Seminole War begins in Florida.
1869
1817
1835
1816
47. Mormon migration to Utah.
1877
1862
1846
1871
48. Persian Prophet the B
1844
1810s
1805
1897
49. Karl Benz sells the first commercial automobile
1886
1875
1810
1845
50. Th
1837
1819
1869
1889