19th Century Events

The United Kingdom is formed as Great Britain joins into union with this country

This popular piano sonata is published by Beethoven

The United States more than doubles in size after this agreement with France

This nation declares independence and becomes the world's first black republic

Muhammad Ali begins his reign in this country

This abdication of Francis II leads to the dissolution of this empire

France and Spain invade this country

This famous mariner and governor of New South Wales is overthrown in the Rum Rebellion

This notorious prison opens in England

This archipelago is united as a single kingdom for the first time

The Commissioners' Plan of 1811 maps out the future of this city

This British Prime Minister is assassinated in the House of Commons

This Native American Shawnee warrior chief is killed at the Battle of the Thames

This country is ceded from Denmark to Sweden in the Treaty of Kiel

Napoleon Bonaparte is exiled to this island

An English teenager begins writing this classic horror novel

These marble sculptures, removed from the Parthenon, are displayed in the London Museum

French painter Théodore Géricault begins his masterpiece, The Raft of the ______

Stamford Raffles establishes this city in Asia

This whaling ship is struck and sunk by a sperm whale in the Pacific Ocean

Romantic poet John Keats dies in Rome of this disease

The first freed American slaves arrive in this African colony

This medical journal is founded in London

This Latin name officially replaces the name 'New Holland'

This major canal opens in North America

This newspaper begins publication in Paris

This composer dies during a thunderstorm in Vienna

The first Native American newspaper is published in this language

The first modern police service is founded in London by this politician

This sect of Christianity is formally established

This Latin American republic founded by Simon Bolivar is dissolved into smaller successor states

The Treaty of London formalises the independence of this country from the Ottoman Empire

The British Empire bans this practice

This London monument is destroyed in a fire

Charles Darwin arrives at these volcanic islands aboard HMS Beagle

This military officer is elected the first president of the Republic of Texas

Samuel Morse files a patent for this invention

Forcible removals of Cherokee to Indian Territory begin in an ordeal known as the Trail of _____

English painter Joseph Turner's masterpiece The Fighting _______ is first exhibited in London

The Great Raid of 1840 is conducted by this Native American tribe deep into white-settled areas of the Republic of Texas

American slaves aboard the ship Creole revolt, seize the vessel and sail to freedom in this British colony

This territory is ceded in perpetuity to the British Empire

The first modern instance of this Christmas tradition

The Three Musketeers and The Count of Monte Cristo are published by this author

Sir John Franklin's ill-fated expedition to find the Northwest Passage departs England aboard HMS Erebus and HMS ______

The first telescope observations of this planet are made by Urbain Le Verrier and John Couch Adams

This English novel is published under the pen name 'Currer Bell'

Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels publish this influential pamphlet

This American writer dies after being found delirious in the streets of Baltimore

This English poet becomes Poet Laureate of Great Britain and Ireland

First publication of this American newspaper

The last confirmed sighting of this extinct bird on the Grand Banks of Newfoundland

This US Navy commodore begins the process of forcing Japan open to the outside world

The ______ Rebellion is fought between gold miners and soldiers in the Australian colony of Victoria

Leaves of Grass is published by this American poet

This town in Kansas is attacked and burned by a pro-slavery militia

Major uprisings and rebellions sweep across this British colony

The Ottoman Empire legalises this practice

Charles Darwin publishes this book outlining his theory of evolution

Charles Dickens begins serialising this novel

Serfdom is officially abolished in this European country

The American Civil War begins with a Confederate attack on Fort ______

Construction begins on the First Transcontinental Railroad in this American city

This Confederate submarine becomes the first in history to successfully sink an enemy vessel

Mark Twain publishes his first short story, The Celebrated Jumping ______ of Calaveras County

Johann Strauss composes this popular waltz

Swedish chemist Alfred Nobel patents this invention

Power is returned to the Emperor of Japan in the ______ Restoration

This US territory becomes the first place in the world to grant full suffrage to women

Decisive victory for the Prussians at the Battle of ______ in the Franco-Prussian War

"Dr _______, I presume?" says Henry Morton Stanley at Lake Tanganyika

This national park is established, the world's first

A massive financial crash triggers the ______ Depression, which lasts well into the 1890s

Levi Strauss and Jacob Davis file a patent for this garment

Asia's first stock exchange is established in this city

Alexander Graham Bell conducts the first test of this invention

Disaffected samurai launch the ______ Rebellion against the Japanese government

This comic opera by Gilbert and Sullivan debuts in London

Thomas Edison files a patent for this invention

After a failed train robbery this Australian bushranger is captured, tried and executed

Socialist revolutionaries assassinate this European monarch

Robert Ford shoots and kills this famous outlaw in his home in Missouri

The eruption of this volcano disrupts the global climate for several years to come

Dr William Price sets a legal precedent in Britain after being arrested for this funeral practice

Karl Benz files a patent for this invention

This American monument is officially opened by President Grover Cleveland

This future American architect drops out of university

The first publication of this magazine of history, geography and world culture

A military coup deposes the monarchy of this country and proclaims a republic

This infamous massacre takes place in South Dakota

The first match of this popular modern sport is played in Springfield, Massachusetts

This ballet by Tchaikovsky has its premiere in St Petersburg

First appearance of these on automobiles

A Jewish military officer in France is convicted of treason in what becomes known as the ______ Affair

This playwright is arrested for "gross indecency"

The first modern Olympics are held in this city

Queen Victoria celebrates her _______ Jubilee

The USS Maine explodes and sinks in the harbour of this city

Winston Churchill escapes a prisoner-of-war camp in this conflict

The Eight-Nation Alliance sends troops to China to quell this rebellion