1800's Timeline

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  • 1 CE

    Potato Famine begins in Ireland (1845)

    Millions of people were killed and many fled Ireland as a result of this famine.
  • 1 CE

    Napoleonic War (1803-1815)

    A series of wars led by Napoleon between France, Great Britain, Prussia, Russia, and Austria.
  • 1 CE

    Congress of Vienna meets to restore stability in Europe (1814-1815)

    A conference ambassadors meeting in the city of Vienna who want peace due to the Napoleonic wars.
  • 1 CE

    Greek independence (1832)

    Greece waged a successful war for against the Ottoman Empire.
  • 1 CE

    Queen Victoria begins (1837)

    Queen Victoria is crowned queen and ruler of Great Britain, England , and Ireland.
  • 1 CE

    Years of Major European Revolution(1830) and (1848)

    Major revolutions that brought change to Europe.
  • 1 CE

    Bessemer Process is invented (1856)

    the first inexpensive industrial process of mass steel production invented by Henry Bessemer
  • 1 CE

    Bessemer Process is invented (1856)

    Henry Bessemer invents the first inexpensive mass steel production
  • 1 CE

    Britain grants Canada self-rule (1857-1922)

    Canada is given self rule from Great Britain.
  • 1 CE

    Britain begins rule of India (1858-1947)

    Great Britain begins it's rule of India
  • 1 CE

    Crimean War (1853-1856)

    The Russian Empire lost to France, Britain, The Ottoman Empire, and Sardinia.
  • 1 CE

    Italy Unifies (1848-1870)

    Italy has a few revolutions and Rome becomes the capital of the kingdom of Italy.
  • 1 CE

    Revolution of 1848 (1848)

    Many revolutions took place throughout Europe that resulted in many social and cultural changes.
  • 1 CE

    Germany unifies (1850-1871)

    After a few years of war Germany becomes unified after the Franco-Prussian War.
  • 1 CE

    Czar Alexander ll frees the serfs (1861)

    Thanks to the "Emancipation Manifesto" Czar Alexander ll of Russia freed serfs.
  • 1 CE

    Dual Monarchy of Austria-Hungary(1867)

    Problems from this resulted in the Hungarian revolution and war for independence.
  • 1 CE

    Czar Alexander ll assinated (1881)

    While traveling to a military roll call, Czar Alexander was killed in a bombing.
  • 1 CE

    Dreyfus convicted of treason (1894)

    Alfred Dreyfus is convicted of treason and sentenced to life imprisonment.
  • 1 CE

    Charles Darwin Publishes "The Origins of Species" (1859)

    Charles Darwin publishes his book "The Origins of Species" which talks about evolution.
  • 1 CE

    Dynamite invented(1867)

    Swedish inventor Alfred Nobel invented dynamite.
  • 1 CE

    French-built Suez Canal opens in Egypt(1869)

    The Suez Canal opened to allow ships a shorter journey between the North Atlantic and northern Indian Ocean.
  • 1 CE

    Franco-Prussian War (1870-1871)

    Germany gained independence as a result of this war.
  • 1 CE

    European nations carve Africa at the Berlin Conference (1884-1871)

    European nations invaded,annexation,coloniziation,occupation, and division of Africa.

  • Napoleon defeated at Waterloo

    Napoleon is defeated by the Duke of Wellington and returns to France abdicating his throne to his son then banished to the remote island of Saint Helena.

  • Liverpool-Manchester Railroads open

    The first railway that relies on steam powered engines is opened.

  • Marx and Engels publish "The Communist Manifesto

    Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels publish this book to show the problems of capitalism and capitalist mode of production.