1800's By facebooker_988290634549566 May 19, 1803 napoleonic wars May 19, 1815 napoleon defeated at waterloo Jun 21, 1815 congress of vienna meets to restore stability in europe May 19, 1821 greek independence May 19, 1830 liverpool manchester railroad opens May 19, 1830 italy unifies May 19, 1837 Queen victoria begins her reign in britain May 19, 1845 potato famine in irland begins May 19, 1848 major european war May 19, 1848 revolutions of 1848 Dec 19, 1848 marx and engels publish the communist manifesto May 19, 1853 crimean war May 19, 1855 czar alexander II frees the serfs May 19, 1856 bessemer process is invented May 19, 1859 charles darwin publishes the origins of species May 19, 1867 dynamite invented May 19, 1867 britain grants canada self rule May 19, 1869 french built suez canal opens in egypt May 19, 1870 franco-prussain war May 19, 1870 germany uniffies May 19, 1870 dual monarchy of austria hungary May 19, 1877 britain begins rule of india May 19, 1881 czar alexander II is assasinated May 19, 1883 major european war May 19, 1885 european nations carve up africa at the berlin conference May 19, 1894 dreyfus convicted of treason