19th Century
1800 CE to 1900 CE · 133 events
Politics (54)Law (24)Culture (23)Technology (17)War (17)Art (16)Economics (13)Medicine (10)
All 19th Century Events
Volta Invents the Electric Battery
March 20, 1800 · 19th Century
Physics/CosmologyChemistryTechnology
Jacquard Loom Invented
1801 · 19th Century
Technology
Louisiana Purchase
1803 · 19th Century
PoliticsExploration
Marbury v. Madison Supreme Court Case
February 24, 1803 · 19th Century
LawPolitics
Haiti Declares Independence
1804 · 19th Century
Politics
Steam Powered Locomotive
1804 AD · 19th Century
TechnologyEconomics
Napoleonic Code
1804 · 19th Century
Law
Lewis and Clark Expedition Begins
May 14, 1804 · 19th Century
PoliticsEconomicsExploration
Napoleon Bonaparte Crowned Emperor of France
December 2, 1804 · 19th Century
Politics
Morphine First Isolated
1805 · 19th Century
Medicine
Battle of Trafalgar
October 21, 1805 · 19th Century
Politics
Congress bans import of slaves
1808 · 19th Century
PoliticsEconomics
University of Berlin Founded
1810 · 19th Century
Culture
Venezuelan War of Independence
April 19, 1810 · 19th Century
PoliticsWar
Mexican War of Independence
Sep 16, 1810 · 19th Century
PoliticsWar
Cuvier Publishes Theory of Catastrophism
1812 · 19th Century
GeologyBiology
Laplace Publishes Theorie Analytique des Probabilites
1812 · 19th Century
Mathematics
War of 1812 Begins
June 18, 1812 · 19th Century
War
Treaty of Ghent is Signed
December 24, 1814 · 19th Century
Politics
Congress of Vienna
1815 · 19th Century
PoliticsLaw
Battle of Waterloo
1815 · 19th Century
War
William Smith Publishes Geological Map of England
1815 · 19th Century
GeologyExploration
Mount Tambora Eruption Causes the Year Without a Summer
April 10, 1815 · 19th Century
ClimateGeology
Shaka Founds the Zulu Kingdom; The Mfecane Reshapes Southern Africa
c. 1816–1828 · 19th Century
WarPoliticsCulture
Construction of the Erie Canal
1817-1825 · 19th Century
EngineeringEconomics
Mary Shelley Publishes Frankenstein
January 1, 1818 · 19th Century
ArtEntertainment & Media
Rush-Bagot Treaty
April 16, 1818 · 19th Century
Politics
Congress of Angostura Establishes Gran Colombia with Bolívar as President
1819 · 19th Century
Politics
Greek War of Independence
1821 · 19th Century
PoliticsWar
Sequoyah Completes the Cherokee Syllabary
1821 · 19th Century
LanguageCulture
Johnson v. M'Intosh
February 24, 1823 · 19th Century
EconomicsLaw
Beethoven's 9th Symphony
1824 · 19th Century
Art
The Last of the Mohicans Published
1826 · 19th Century
ArtCultureWar
Second Cholera Pandemic Begins
1826-1837 · 19th Century
Medicine
Wohler Synthesizes Urea from Inorganic Materials
February 1828 · 19th Century
Chemistry
Discovery of Gold in Cherokee Territory
1828-1829 · 19th Century
EconomicsExploration
Charles Lyell Publishes Principles of Geology (First Volume)
January 1830 · 19th Century
GeologyEvolution
Dissolution of Gran Colombia
1830 · 19th Century
Politics
The Indian Removal Act is Passed
May 28, 1830 · 19th Century
Law
Indian Removal Act
May 28, 1830 · 19th Century
Law
Trail of tears begins
1831 · 19th Century
Law
The Hunchback of Notre-Dame Published
1831 · 19th Century
ArtCultureReligion
Faraday Discovers Electromagnetic Induction
August 29, 1831 · 19th Century
Physics/CosmologyTechnologyEngineering
Democracy in America
1835 · 19th Century
ArtCulturePolitics
First Stellar Parallax Measurement
1838 CE · 19th Century
AstronomyPhysics/Cosmology
Darwin Reads Malthus's Essay on Population
September 28, 1838 · 19th Century
BiologyEvolutionPhilosophy
Discovery of the Daguerreotype Process
1839 · 19th Century
Technology
First Opium War Begins; Start of China's Century of Humiliation
1839–1842 · 19th Century
WarPoliticsEconomics
Women Delegates Barred at World Anti-Slavery Convention
June 12, 1840 · 19th Century
CultureLawPolitics
Poe Publishes The Murders in the Rue Morgue
April 1841 · 19th Century
ArtCulture
"The Tell-Tale Heart" Published
1843 · 19th Century
ArtLanguage
Ada Lovelace Writes Notes on the Analytical Engine
1843 · 19th Century
MathematicsTechnology
The Three Musketeers Published
1844 · 19th Century
ArtCulturePolitics
Great Irish Potato Famine
1845-1852 · 19th Century
Medicine
California Republic (Bear Flag Revolt)
1846 · 19th Century
Politics
Discovery of Anesthesia
1846 · 19th Century
Medicine
Mexican-American War
1846-1848 · 19th Century
War
Discovery of Neptune
September 23, 1846 · 19th Century
Astronomy
Frederick Douglass' North Star
1847 · 19th Century
PoliticsCulture
Boolean Algebra
1847 · 19th Century
MathematicsPhilosophy
Semmelweis Demonstrates Handwashing Prevents Childbed Fever
1847 CE · 19th Century
Medicine
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
Feb 2, 1848 · 19th Century
Politics
Springtime of the Peoples
1848 · 19th Century
Politics
Publication of The Communist Manifesto
February 21, 1848 · 19th Century
PoliticsPhilosophy
Seneca Falls Convention
July 19-20, 1848 · 19th Century
Law
California Gold Rush
1849 AD · 19th Century
Politics
Harriet Tubman escapes slavery
1849 · 19th Century
PoliticsCulture
Fugitive Slave Act
1850 · 19th Century
Politics
Moby-Dick Published
1851 · 19th Century
ArtCultureLanguage
Foucault's Pendulum Demonstrates Earth's Rotation
February 3, 1851 · 19th Century
Physics/CosmologyAstronomy
Uncle Toms Cabin
1852 · 19th Century
Art
Wells Fargo & Company Founded
March 18, 1852 · 19th Century
EconomicsTechnology
Henry Bessemer Patents the Steel-Making Process
1856 · 19th Century
EngineeringTechnologyEconomics
Dred Scott v. Sanford
1857 · 19th Century
Law
Butterfield Overland Mail Route Founded
1858 · 19th Century
Politics
HMS Warrior Launched: First British Ironclad Warship
1859 · 19th Century
War
Pony Express starts
1860 AD · 19th Century
TechnologyPolitics
Lincoln Elected
1860 · 19th Century
Politics
Henri Mouhot Brings Angkor Wat to Western Attention
January 1860 · 19th Century
CultureExploration
Pasteur Proves Germ Theory of Disease
1861 CE · 19th Century
MedicineBiology
American Civil War Begins
April 12, 1861 · 19th Century
War
Homestead Act is Passed
May 20, 1862 · 19th Century
PoliticsEngineeringLaw
Emancipation Proclamation
January 1, 1863 · 19th Century
PoliticsLawCulture
CSS H.L. Hunley Sinks USS Housatonic
February 17, 1864 · 19th Century
WarTechnologyEngineering
Lister Introduces Antiseptic Technique in Surgery
August 12, 1865 · 19th Century
Medicine
President Lincoln Assassinated
April 14, 1865 · 19th Century
Politics
Thirteenth Amendment Ratified
December 6, 1865 · 19th Century
PoliticsLaw
Fenian Raids
1866 · 19th Century
Politics
Mendel Publishes His Paper on Genetics
1866 · 19th Century
MedicineAgriculture
Alaska Purchase
1867 · 19th Century
Politics
Tokugawa Shogunate Overthrown; Meiji Emperor Restored to Power
3 January 1868 · 19th Century
PoliticsWarTechnology
Fourteenth Amendment Ratified
July 9, 1868 · 19th Century
PoliticsLaw
War and Peace
1869 · 19th Century
Art
Mendeleev Publishes the Periodic Table of Elements
March 6, 1869 · 19th Century
Chemistry
Transcontinental Railroad is Completed
May 10, 1869 · 19th Century
TechnologyEngineering
Suez Canal Opens
November 17, 1869 · 19th Century
EngineeringEconomicsExploration
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea Published
1870 · 19th Century
ArtEntertainment & Media
Fifteenth Amendment Ratified
February 3, 1870 · 19th Century
PoliticsLaw
Yellowstone National Park
1872 · 19th Century
Politics
Battle of the Little Bighorn
1876 AD · 19th Century
War
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer Published
1876 · 19th Century
ArtCultureLanguage
Incandescent Light Bulb Invented
1879 · 19th Century
Technology
Mendeleev's Predicted Elements Discovered in Sequence
1875-1886 · 19th Century
Chemistry
Cyrus Cylinder Discovered at Babylon
March 1879 · 19th Century
LawCultureReligion
Assassination of Alexander II
March 1, 1881 · 19th Century
Politics
Robert Koch Identifies Tuberculosis Bacillus
March 24, 1882 · 19th Century
MedicineBiology
Chinese Exclusion Act Signed into Law
May 6, 1882 · 19th Century
PoliticsLaw
Krakatoa Erupts in the Sunda Strait
August 27, 1883 · 19th Century
ClimateGeology
Civil Rights Cases of 1883
October 15, 1883 · 19th Century
LawPolitics
Treasure Island Published
November 14, 1883 · 19th Century
ArtCulture
Berlin Conference: Europe Partitions Africa
November 1884 – February 1885 · 19th Century
EconomicsPoliticsLaw
International Meridian Conference
October 22, 1884 · 19th Century
EconomicsTechnologyExploration
Santa Clara County v. Southern Pacific Railroad
May 10, 1886 · 19th Century
LawEconomicsPolitics
Statue of Liberty Dedicated
October 28, 1886 · 19th Century
Art
The Dawes Act
1887 · 19th Century
Law
Michelson-Morley Experiment Finds No Aether Drift
July 1887 · 19th Century
Physics/CosmologyAstronomy
Nikola Tesla Demonstrates AC Induction Motor
May 16, 1888 · 19th Century
TechnologyEngineering
Eiffel Tower constructed
1889 AD · 19th Century
Engineering
Meiji Constitution Promulgated
February 11, 1889 · 19th Century
PoliticsLaw
Oklahoma Land Rush
April 22, 1889 · 19th Century
EngineeringPolitics
Menelik II Crowned Emperor of Ethiopia
November 3, 1889 · 19th Century
Politics
The Dreyfus Affair
1894 · 19th Century
Politics
Wilhelm Röntgen Discovers X-Rays
1895 · 19th Century
Physics/CosmologyMedicine
Marconi's First Wireless Telegraphy Transmission
1895 · 19th Century
Technology
Lumiere Brothers Public Screening at Grand Cafe
December 28, 1895 · 19th Century
Entertainment & MediaTechnology
Modern Olympic Games
1896 · 19th Century
Entertainment & MediaCulture
Arrhenius Calculates CO2-Driven Warming
1896 · 19th Century
ClimateChemistry
Battle of Adwa: Ethiopia Defeats Italy
March 1, 1896 · 19th Century
WarPoliticsCulture
Plessy v Ferguson Supreme Court Decision
May 18, 1896 · 19th Century
LawPoliticsCulture
First Zionist Congress Convened in Basel
August 29–31, 1897 · 19th Century
PoliticsCultureReligion
Spanish-American War
1898 · 19th Century
WarPolitics
Maple Leaf Rag published
1899 · 19th Century
ArtCultureEntertainment & Media
Planck's Natural Units and Planck Time
May 18, 1899 · 19th Century
Physics/CosmologyMathematics