History Timeline 1800-1876

  • 1801

    Napoleon of France was defeated by Austria.
  • 1803

    Ohio becomes the 17th US State
  • 1804

    Japan refuses trade with the arriving Russian ships.
  • 1809

    Britians exports reach an all-time high.
  • 1811

    The French are driving from Portugal.
  • 1816

    The British return to the Dutch the empire of Indonesia.
  • 1820

    The U.S. has become the biggest producer of cotton.
  • 1822

    In Britain few crimes are capitol offense.
  • 1827

    New York passes a state law emancipating slaves.
  • 1829

    Scotch tape is invented.
  • 1830

    The lawnmower is invented.
  • 1832

    Egypt takes advantage of Russia's defeat of the Ottoman Turks and declares independence.
  • 1835

    Steamships appear on the Tigris and Euphrates river.
  • 1841

    Britain makes New Zealand a colony.
  • 1842

    The British are forced to with draw from Afghanistan.
  • 1846

    In Italy, it is discovered how to make Nitroglycerin.
  • 1848

    a gold rush begins in California.
  • 1855

    Much of Japans capitol is destroyed in an earthquake.
  • 1860

    In Britain Jews are allowed to vote.
  • 1862

    In the US the first paper money is issued.
  • 1863

    Slavery ends in Dutch ruled Indonesia.
  • 1867

    Dating trees by their annual ring begins.
  • 1869

    The territory of Wyoming allows women to vote.
  • 1870

    The territory of Utah allows women to vote.
  • 1874

    Germany is suffering form the small pox, and the vaccine become required.
  • 1876

    Alexander Grahm Bell invents the telephone.