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19th Century Timeline
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1. Construction of the Statue of Liberty; Coca-Cola is developed.
1856
1824
1875
1886
2. Siege of Khartoum
1843
1883
1814
1884
3. Britain establishes a protectorate over Bechuanaland (modern Botswana)
1885
1815
1886
1865-April 14 - 1865
4. Independence of Chile
1860
1898
1886
1818
5. Earliest recorded air raid - as Austria employs 200 balloons to deliver ordnance against Venice.
1849
1840
1846
1884
6. Taiping Rebellion is the bloodiest conflict of the century - leading to the deaths of 20 million people.
1829
1806
1850
1868
7. First Mexican Empire - as Mexico's first post-independent government - ruled by Emperor Agust
1830
1820
1822
1820
8. By this time - 46000 Native Americans have been forcibly relocated in the Trail of Tears.
1896
1838
1801
1803
9. Cuban War forIndependence results in Cuban independence from Spain
1809
1895
1817
1892
10. Civil war in the Federal Republic of Central America led to the foundings of Guatemala - El Salvador - Honduras - Nicaragua - and Costa Rica.
1848
1878
1821
1838
11. World's first oil refinery in Romania
1804
1896
1856
1826
12. Kingdom of Belgium declared.
1830
1885
1839
1894
13. United States Commodore Matthew C. Perry threatens the Japanese capital Edo with gunships - demanding that they agree to open trade.
1859
1808
1840
1853
14. Formation of theInternational Red Cross is followed by the adoption of theFirst Geneva Convention in 1864.
1846
1817
1863
1862
15. By this time - 46000 Native Americans have been forcibly relocated in the Trail of Tears.
1837
1865-April 9 - 1865
1838
1898
16. Thomas Jefferson elected President of the United States by the United States House of Representatives - following a tie in the Electoral College (United States)
1893
1814
1801
1804
17. Anglo-Zulu War in South Africa.
1808
1879
1868
1898
18. California Gold Rush
1848
1816
1804
1808
19. Queen Victoria's reign is considered the apex of the British Empire and is referred to as the Victorian era.
1846
1814
1837
1869
20. Giuseppe Garibaldi launches the Expedition of the Thousand
1892
1860
1815
1848
21. Th
1819
1825
1826
1853
22. The Principality of Serbia passes a Constitution which defines its independence from the Ottoman Empire.International recognition followed in 1878.
1816
1886
1874
1867
23. Year Without a Summer - Unusually cold conditions wreak havoc throughout the Northern Hemisphere - likely caused by the 1815 explosion of Mount Tambora.
1829
1816
1850
1810
24. The Pony Express ended.
1848
1833
1862
1812
25. The contest between the British Empire and Imperial Russia for control of Central Asia is referred to as the Great Game.
1813
1861
1825
1825
26. Karl Benz sells the first commercial automobile
1886
1804
1895
1806
27. Indian Rebellion of 1857. The British Empire assumes control ofIndia from the EastIndia Company.
1808
1833
1863
1857
28. Basketball is invented.
1869
1861
1892
1879
29. Cro-Magnon man first identified.
1868
1883
1851
1849
30. Uruguayan Civil War
1807
1839
1818
1815
31. Carlist Wars in Spain.
1801
1806
1879
1833
32. The United States gains control of Cuba - Puerto Rico - and the Philippines after the Spanish-American War.
1844
1816
March 18 - 1871
1898
33. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle publishes his first Sherlock Holmes story - A Study in Scarlet.
1894
1845
1887
1886
34. Independence of Bolivia.
1825
1890
1875
1801
35. Suez Canal is constructed.
1895
1859
1876
1831
36. New Zealand becomes the first country to enact women's suffrage
1825
1893
1884
1862
37. Crazy Horse surrenders and is later killed
1861
1888
1877
1899
38. Paris Commune - Around 30000 Parisians were killed - and thousands more were later executed.
March 18 - 1871
1805
1871
1896
39. Dmitri Mendeleev created the Periodic table
1875
1881
1869
1804
40. SecondIndustrial Revolution
1869
1890
1858
1871
41. Treaty of Nanking cedes Hong Kong to the British.
1842
1879
1863
1821
42. Dreyfuss Affair
1841
1898
1815
1894
43. Holy Roman Empire dissolved as a consequence of the Treaty of Pressburg.
1864
1876
1848
1806
44. Britain declares the Slave Trade illegal.
1835
1807
1891
1866
45. TheInternal Macedonian Revolutionary Organisation is formed
1823
1818
1820
1893
46. The Grito de Dolores begins the Mexican War ofIndependence.
1869
1810
1830
1843
47. Elisha Haydon Collier invents the Flintlock Revolver.
1894
1814
1892
1824
48. After the final Russo-Persian War - the Persian Empire took back territory lost to Russia from the previous war.
1863
1826
1848
1864
49. Wave of pogroms begins in the Russian Empire.
1855
1881
1897
1820
50. Haiti gains independence from France and becomes the first black republic.
1885
1810
1804
1861
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