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19th Century Timeline
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1. Eiffel Tower is inaugurated in Paris.
1892
1821
1889
1837
2. End of the Brazilian Empire and the beginning of the Brazilian Republic
1837
1805
1889
1895
3. Second Boer War begins (-1902); Philippine-American War begins (-1913).
1899
1870s-1890s
1815
1826
4. Thomas Edison invents the phonograph
1821
1846
1877
1836
5. Jack the Ripper murders occur in Whitechapel - London
1888
1810
1866
1863
6. Russia commences its conquest of the Caucasus.
1809
1817
1801
1895
7. Shaka rises to power over the Zulu Kingdom. Zulu expansion was a major factor of the Mfecane (
1812
1895
1841
1816
8. Russo-Turkish War - Treaty of Bucharest.
1849
1806-1812
1816
1830
9. First publicly funded telegraph line in the world
1894
1852
1844
1804
10. Rebellions of 1837 in Canada.
1837
1894
1884
1890
11. Britain amends the Poor Law demanding that any paupers requesting assistance must go to a workhouse.
1834
1820
1883
1820
12. Formation of theInternational Red Cross is followed by the adoption of theFirst Geneva Convention in 1864.
1834
1866
1863
1848
13. Queen Victoria becomes Empress ofIndia.
1876
1885
1804
1873
14. Serbian revolution erupts against the Ottoman rule. Suzerainty of Serbia recognized in 1817.
1804
1873
1863
1870
15. The Pony Express started.
1870s-1890s
1803
1860
1801
16. The Bront
1884
1846
1868
1847
17. The word 'dinosaur' is coined by Richard Owen
1892
1816
1857
1841
18. Following the Russo-Turkish War - the Treaty of Berlin recognizes formal independence of the Principality of Serbia - Montenegro and Romania. Bulgaria becomes autonomous.
1880
1861
1894
1877
19. Canadian Confederation formed.
1867
1824
1860
1876
20. H. G. Wells publishes The War of the Worlds
1847
1898
1801
1841
21. Greece becomes the first country to break away from the Ottoman Empire after the Greek War ofIndependence.
1889
1838
1804
1821
22. Queen Victoria's reign is considered the apex of the British Empire and is referred to as the Victorian era.
1873
1880
1837
1884
23. Jack the Ripper murders occur in Whitechapel - London
1851
1888
1843
1801
24. Giuseppe Garibaldi launches the Expedition of the Thousand
1881
1860
1884
1804
25. July Revolution in France.
1888
1890
1801
1830
26. Aspirin patented.
1889
1848
1821
1840
27. Greco-Turkish War.
1825
1819
1897
1821
28. Muslim Rebellion in northwest China.
1895
1862
1836
1820
29. Navarino Massacre
1821
1869
1844
1801
30. The Platine War ends and the Empire of Brazil has the hegemony over South America.
1851
1884
1890
1899
31. The word 'dinosaur' is coined by Richard Owen
1841
1898
1867
1823
32. The Berlin Conference signals the start of the European 'scramble for Africa'.Attending nations also agree to ban trade in slaves.
1820
1862
1884
1820
33. The Little Ice Age ends around this time.
1813
1804
1850
1863
34. First publicly funded telegraph line in the world
1844
1894
1860
1855
35. Anglo-Nepalese War between Nepal (Gurkha Empire) and British Empire.
1893
1879
1876
1814
36. The Convention of Kanagawa formally ends Japan's policy of isolation.
1891
1836
1854
1894
37. Mary Shelley writes Frankenstein
1818
1887
1866
1845
38. Death of William Blake - Ludwig van Beethoven
1827
1864
1861
1839
39. The Cisplatine War results in the independence of Uruguay.
1862
1804-1813
1825
1822
40. 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
1874
1803
1876
1884
41. Thomas Edison tests his first light bulb
1876
1871
1840
1879
42. Thomas Jefferson elected President of the United States by the United States House of Representatives - following a tie in the Electoral College (United States)
1829
1801
1886
1888
43. Neanderthal man first identified. Age still unknown.
1854
1892
1859
1856
44. First electrical power plant and grid in Godalming - Britain.
1881
1893
1875
1894
45. First commercial telephone exchange in New Haven - Connecticut.
1850
1899
1878
1830
46. War breaks out between Britain and France; this is considered by some to be the beginning of the Napoleonic Wars.
1866
1803
1863
1846
47. Reconstruction in the United States; Slavery is banned in the United States by the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.
1826
1865
1894
1814
48. Great Railroad Strike in the United States may have been the world's first nationwide labor strike.
1849
1861
1877
1892
49. TheInternal Macedonian Revolutionary Organisation is formed
1893
1871
1821
1854
50. Muhammad Ali modernizes Egypt.
1805
1831
1821
1810