1800-1876

Steam engine Jefferson

Mar 17, 1801

Richard Trevithick developes high-pressure steam engine
Thomas Jefferson becomes American President

Louisiana

Apr 30, 1803

Napoleon sells Louisiana to America to finance his wars

Emmanuel Kant

Mar 12, 1804

Death of Emmanuel Kant (philosopher)

Meriwether Lewis and William Clark

May 14, 1804

Meriwether Lewis and William Clark start fact-finding voyage across America

Napoleon makes himself Emperor of France

Dec 2, 1804

Napoleon makes himself Emperor of France

Trafalgar

Oct 21, 1805

British under Lord Horatio Nelson defeat Napoleon at Trafalgar

End of Holy Roman Empire

Aug 6, 1806

1806 German Empire re-organized by Napoleon - end of Holy Roman Empire

Jena

Oct 14, 1806

Prussians defeated by Napoleon at Jena

Slave trade abolished in Britain

Mar 25, 1807

Slave trade abolished in Britain

Peninsula Wars

Feb 16, 1808

1808 Napoleon takes Spain but loses it again in Peninsula Wars

Uprising in Germany and Austria

1809

Uprising in Germany and Austria - war against Napoleon renewed

James Madison

Mar 4, 1809

4th President James Madison takes office

Napoleon's Grand Army destroyed - retreat from Moscow

Jun 24, 1812

Napoleon's Grand Army destroyed - retreat from Moscow

Congress of Vienna

1814

1814 Congress of Vienna - after Napoleon's defeat, Russia gains Poland and Finland,
Netherlands acquires Belgium, and Prussia obtains Saxony and Ruhr

Louis XVIII

1814

1814 Bourbon monarchy restored with Louis XVIII

first steam locomotive

Jul 25, 1814

1814 George Stevenson builds first steam locomotive

British forces burn Washington

Dec 24, 1814

British forces burn Washington before negotiating peace for Canada

Napoleon escapes exile

Jun 18, 1815

Napoleon escapes exile in Elba and re-takes Paris

British under Duke of Wellington finally defeat Napoleon at Waterloo

Jun 18, 1815

British under Duke of Wellington finally defeat Napoleon at Waterloo

James Monroe

Mar 4, 1817

5th President James Monroe elected

Spain cedes Florida territory to America

Feb 22, 1819

Spain cedes Florida territory to America

Death of King George III of England

Jan 29, 1820

Death of King George III of England

Brazil becomes nominally independent of Portugal

Oct 12, 1822

Brazil becomes nominally independent of Portugal

Charles X

1824

1824 Charles X succedes as King of France

First railway (Stockton to Darligton) opened

1825

1825 First railway (Stockton to Darligton) opened

John Quincy Adams

Mar 4, 1825

6th president elected John Quincy Adams

Dutch steamship "Curaçao"

1826

1826 Dutch steamship "Curaçao" first to cross Atlantic

Catholic Emancipation Act passed in Britain

1829

1829 Catholic Emancipation Act passed in Britain

Andrew Jackson

Mar 4, 1829

7th President Andrew Jackson elected president

French capture Algeria from Turks

1830

1830 French capture Algeria from Turks

Belgian revolution establishes independence from Netherlands

1830

1830 Belgian revolution establishes independence from Netherlands

Greece gains independence from Turkey with help from Britain

1831

1831 Greece gains independence from Turkey with help from Britain

First Parliamentary Reform Bill passed

1832

1832 First Parliamentary Reform Bill passed

Carlist Wars in Spain

1834

1834 Carlist Wars in Spain

Queen Victoria comes to British throne

1837

1837 Queen Victoria comes to British throne

Early photography pioneered by Louis Daguerre

1837

1837 Early photography pioneered by Louis Daguerre

Martin Van Buren

Mar 4, 1837

8th President Martin Van Buren

Trail of Tears

1838

1838 Trail of Tears - mass relocation of American Indians

Upper and Lower Canada re-unified

1840

1840 Upper and Lower Canada re-unified

William Henry Harrison

Mar 4, 1841

9th President William Henry Harrison elected

John Tyler

Mar 4, 1841

10th president John Tyler elected

James K Polk

Mar 4, 1845

11th president elected James K Polk

Great Potato Famine in Ireland

1846

1846 Great Potato Famine in Ireland

Texas

1848

1848 Texas becomes part of America after wars with Mexico

California Gold Rush begins

1848

1848 California Gold Rush begins

Self-government established in Canada

1849

1849 Self-government established in Canada

Zachary Taylor

Mar 4, 1849

12th president Zachary Taylor elected

Millard Filmore

Jul 9, 1850

13th president Millard Filmore elected

Franklin Pierce

Mar 4, 1853

14th president of the United States elected

James Buchanan

Mar 4, 1857

15th president elected James Buchanan

Abraham Lincoln becomes President of America

1861

1861 Abraham Lincoln becomes President of America

Start of American Civil War

1861

1861 Start of American Civil War

Abraham Lincoln gives Gettysburg Address speech

1863

1863 Abraham Lincoln gives Gettysburg Address speech

Abolition of slavery in America

1865

1865 Abolition of slavery in America

End of American Civil War

Apr 9, 1865

1865 End of American Civil War

Andrew Johnson

Apr 15, 1865

17th president elected Andrew Johnson

Swede Alfred Nobel produces dynamite

1866

1866 Swede Alfred Nobel produces dynamite

Anti-black Ku Klux Klan formed

1866

1866 Anti-black Ku Klux Klan formed

America buys Alaska from Russia

1867

1867 America buys Alaska from Russia

Confederation of Canada

1867

1867 Confederation of Canada

Ulysses S. Grant

Mar 4, 1869

18th president of the United States Ulysses S. Grant

Siege of Paris

1870

1870 Prussia war against France culminates in Siege of Paris

First Republic of Spain declared

1873

1873 First Republic of Spain declared

Benjamin Disraeli becomes British Prime minister for second time

1874

1874 Benjamin Disraeli becomes British Prime minister for second time

Alexander Graham Bell invents telephone

1876

1876 Alexander Graham Bell invents telephone

Great Famine in Southern India kills over 5 million

1876

1876 Great Famine in Southern India kills over 5 million

Dictatorship of Porfirio Díaz begins in Mexico

1876

1876 Dictatorship of Porfirio Díaz begins in Mexico