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19th Century Timeline
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1. War breaks out between Britain and France; this is considered by some to be the beginning of the Napoleonic Wars.
1803
1894
1879
1883
2. Polish uprising against the Russian Empire.
1832
1813
1863
1859
3. Crazy Horse surrenders and is later killed
1823
1820
1876
1877
4. Empress Dowager Cixi of China engineers a coup d'
1898
1894
1889
1886
5. 13 million Chinese die of famine in northern China.
1821
1876
1817
1892
6. Independence of Argentina
1889
1816
1846
1856
7. William Symington demonstrates his Charlotte Dundas - the 'first practical steamboat'.
1803
1869
1890
1887
8. Thomas Edison tests his first light bulb
1863
1879
1845
1888
9. Shaka's Zulu Kingdom becomes the largest in Southern Africa.
1825
1816
1848
1885
10. Long Depression in Western Europe and North America
1838
1804
1836
1870s-1890s
11. France invades and occupies Algeria.
1885
1822
1850
1831
12. Singer begins production of the 'Vibrating Shuttle' which would become the Model T of sewing machines.
1839
1885
1881
1847
13. 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
1820
1845
1846
1815
14. The One Thousand Days war in Colombia breaks out between the 'Liberales' and 'Conservadores' - culminating with the loss of Panama in 1903.
1898
1837
1801
1895
15. Following the Russo-Turkish War - the Treaty of Berlin recognizes formal independence of the Principality of Serbia - Montenegro and Romania. Bulgaria becomes autonomous.
1877
1893
1890
1843
16. Second Anglo-Sikh War
1806
1806-1812
1848
1821
17. The British Empire annexed Burma (now also called Myanmar) after three Anglo-Burmese Wars.
1830
1871
1895
1823
18. H. G. Wells publishes The War of the Worlds
1868
1898
1851
1882
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
1881
1814
1815
1803
20. Paris Commune - Around 30000 Parisians were killed - and thousands more were later executed.
1851
March 18 - 1871
1802
1803
21. The safety pin and the gas mask are invented
1857
1834
1849
1851
22. Cairo falls to the British.
1881
1808
1872
1801
23. The One Thousand Days war in Colombia breaks out between the 'Liberales' and 'Conservadores' - culminating with the loss of Panama in 1903.
1801
1844
1886
1898
24. Henri Becquerel discovers radioactivity; JJ Thompson identifies the electron - though not by name.
1890
1894
1896
1877
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.
1839
1805
1822
1880
26. Ethiopia defeated Italy at the Battle of Adwa.
1889
1840
1831
1896
27. Most of the Latin American colonies free themselves from the Spanish and Portuguese Empires after the Latin American wars of independence.
1877
1877
1861
1810s
28. Elisha Haydon Collier invents the Flintlock Revolver.
1813
1883
1890
1814
29. First Mexican Empire - as Mexico's first post-independent government - ruled by Emperor Agust
1843
1804
1822
1838
30. Spanish guerrillas fight in the Peninsular War.
1830
1889
1808
1881
31. Britain amends the Poor Law demanding that any paupers requesting assistance must go to a workhouse.
1834
1859
1852
March 18 - 1871
32. H. G. Wells publishes The War of the Worlds
1889
1810
1803
1898
33. The contest between the British Empire and Imperial Russia for control of Central Asia is referred to as the Great Game.
1899
1819
1813
1879
34. Napoleon abdicates and is exiled to Elba.
1868
1814
1803
1888
35. Asaph Hall discovers the moons of Mars
1877
1895
1801
1841
36. Maxwell's A Treatise on Electricity and Magnetism published.
1831
1873
1867
1805
37. The Paraguayan War ends Paraguayan ambitions for expansion and destroys much of the Paraguayan population.
1820
1864
1839
1895
38. The Wounded Knee Massacre was the last battle in the AmericanIndian Wars. This event represents the end of the American Old West.
1825
1838
1891
1890
39. Cro-Magnon man first identified.
1863
1837
1868
1831
40. Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker Suite premi
1854
1802
1837
1892
41. Spanish guerrillas fight in the Peninsular War.
1886
1808
1815
1804
42. After theFirst Sino-Japanese War - China cedes Taiwan to Japan and grants Japan a free hand in Korea.
1899
1889
1865-April 14 - 1865
1894
43. Great Railroad Strike in the United States may have been the world's first nationwide labor strike.
1801
1835
1877
1803
44. King Leopold II of Belgium establishes the Congo Free State as a personal fiefdom
1890
1865-April 9 - 1865
1885
1837
45. Formation of theInternational Red Cross is followed by the adoption of theFirst Geneva Convention in 1864.
1863
1877
1892
1892
46. Volleyball is invented
1860
1819
1895
1862
47. Mark Twain publishes The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.
1869
1884
1876
1854
48. Chilean Civil War.
1891
1848
1802
1874
49. Wave of pogroms begins in the Russian Empire.
1829
1881
1868
1814
50. Basketball is invented.
1895
1851
1845
1892