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19th Century Timeline
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1. Spanish guerrillas fight in the Peninsular War.
1866
1844
1891
1808
2. Regency period ends in the United Kingdom
1821
1820
1812
1861
3. Robert Lewis Stevenson's Treasure Island is published
1883
1804
1868
1874
4. Reconstruction in the United States; Slavery is banned in the United States by the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.
1865
1817
1873
1820
5. First section of the London Underground opens.
1801
1863
March 18 - 1871
1824
6. Millerite movement awaits the Second Advent of Jesus Christ on October 22. Christ's non-appearance becomes known as the Great Disappointment.
1831
1844
1823
1808
7. Henry Morton Stanley meets Dr. David Livingstone near Lake Tanganyika.
1820
1871
1804-1813
1851
8. Anglo-Zulu War in South Africa.
1801
1861
1890
1879
9. End of the Brazilian Empire and the beginning of the Brazilian Republic
1835
1889
1801
1844
10. Mary Shelley writes Frankenstein
1818
1845
1839
1866
11. The 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution is approved.
1804
1868
1801
1845
12. First commercial telephone exchange in New Haven - Connecticut.
1845
1829
1878
1877
13. After the final Russo-Persian War - the Persian Empire took back territory lost to Russia from the previous war.
1812
1834
1817
1826
14. Treaty of Amiens between France and the United Kingdom ends the War of the Second Coalition.
1802
1892
1893
March 18 - 1871
15. First publicly funded telegraph line in the world
1844
1888
1801
1810
16. The United States gains control of Cuba - Puerto Rico - and the Philippines after the Spanish-American War.
1898
1825
1859
1848
17. The Paraguayan War ends Paraguayan ambitions for expansion and destroys much of the Paraguayan population.
1873
1890
1864
1898
18. Muhammad Ali modernizes Egypt.
1831
1805
1819
1877
19. William Symington demonstrates his Charlotte Dundas - the 'first practical steamboat'.
1892
1822
1850
1803
20. World's first oil refinery in Romania
1856
1824
1863
1862
21. Egyptian
1820
1831
1865-April 9 - 1865
1844
22. Th
1889
1819
1868
1892
23. First commercial film release by Jean Aim
1889
1894
1844
1840
24. Second Anglo-Sikh War
1820
1871
1895
1848
25. Russia conquers Finland from Sweden in the Finnish War.
1863
1808
1818
1862
26. The Principality of Serbia passes a Constitution which defines its independence from the Ottoman Empire.International recognition followed in 1878.
1848
1867
1806-1812
1868
27. Death of Vincent van Gogh.
1830
1890
1865-April 14 - 1865
1883
28. Asaph Hall discovers the moons of Mars
1877
1861
1803
1836
29. Robert E. Lee surrenders the Army of Northern Virginia (26 -765 troops) to Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Courthouse - Virginia - effectively ending the American Civil War.
1865-April 9 - 1865
1877
1833
1892
30. Richard Wagner's Ring Cycle is first performed in its entirety.
1876
1825
1801
1871
31. British defeat French at the Second Battle of Abukir
1801
1837
1851
1849
32. Independence of Argentina
1860
1892
1886
1816
33. Peru declares its independence from Spain.
1865
1821
1817
1801
34. The Decembrist revolt
1825
1847
1815
1838
35. Slavery banned in Brazil.
1882
1830
1888
1898
36. Serbian revolution erupts against the Ottoman rule. Suzerainty of Serbia recognized in 1817.
1804
1821
1872
1869
37. Gojong - or Emperor Gwangmu - proclaims the short-lived Korean Empire - lasts until 1910.
1819
1897
1867
1894
38. Kingdom of Belgium declared.
1866
1857
1839
1821
39. Giuseppe Garibaldi launches the Expedition of the Thousand
1845
1805
1860
1889
40. 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).
1818
1862
1810
1894
41. Independence of Chile
1820
1875
1815
1818
42. The Franco-Prussian War results in the unifications of Germany and Italy - the collapse of the Second French Empire and the emergence of a New Imperialism.
1876
1803
1898
1870
43. Chilean Civil War.
1891
1822
1801
1836
44. The British EastIndia Company is dissolved.
1892
1819
1877
1874
45. Seneca Falls Convention is the first women's rights convention in the United States and leads to the battle for suffrage and women's legal rights.
1848
1886
1834
1865-April 9 - 1865
46. Famine in Finland.
1866
1824
1850
1801
47. Richard Wagner's Ring Cycle is first performed in its entirety.
1876
1893
1893
1896
48. 26 millionIndians perish inIndia due to famine.
1875
1839
1851
1890
49. French intervention in Mexico and the creation of the Second Mexican Empire - ruled by Maximilian I of Mexico and his consort Carlota of Mexico.
1802
1861
1865-April 14 - 1865
1830
50. Crazy Horse surrenders and is later killed
1825
1843
1890
1877