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Events of the 1800s: when did it happen? (page 1 of 2)

Page 1 of 2, answers 1 to 49. The years of 97 famous events of the 1800s, from 1800 to 1898, sorted oldest to newest, each with a short fact.

• When did Alessandro Volta invent the battery?1800
• When did John Adams become the first president to live in the White House?1800
• When was the Library of Congress founded?1800
• When did the Louisiana Purchase double the size of the US?1803
• When did Napoleon crown himself Emperor?1804
• When was the Battle of Trafalgar?1805
• When did Lewis and Clark reach the Pacific?1805
• When did the War of 1812 begin?1812
• When was Pride and Prejudice published?1813
• When did British troops burn the White House?1814
• When did Francis Scott Key write the words of 'The Star-Spangled Banner'?1814
• When was the Battle of Waterloo?1815
• When was Frankenstein published?1818
• When was the Missouri Compromise?1820
• When did Mexico win independence from Spain?1821
• When was 'Twas the Night Before Christmas' first published?1823
• When did the Erie Canal open?1825
• When did Congress pass the Indian Removal Act?1830
• When did Sarah Josepha Hale publish 'Mary Had a Little Lamb'?1830
• When did Charles Darwin set off on HMS Beagle?1831
• When was the Battle of the Alamo?1836
• When did Victoria become Queen?1837
• When was the Penny Black, the first postage stamp, issued?1840
• When was the Treaty of Waitangi signed in New Zealand?1840
• When did Ada Lovelace publish the first computer program?1843
• When was A Christmas Carol published?1843
• When did Samuel Morse send 'What hath God wrought' by telegraph?1844
• When did the Irish Potato Famine begin?1845
• When did Texas join the United States?1845
• When was Neptune discovered?1846
• When was anesthesia with ether first shown in public?1846
• When did the Mexican–American War begin?1846
• When did the California Gold Rush begin?1848
• When was the Communist Manifesto published?1848
• When was the Seneca Falls Convention on women's rights?1848
• When was the first safety pin patented?1849
• When did California become a state?1850
• When did the Great Exhibition open in London's Crystal Palace?1851
• When was Moby-Dick published?1851
• When was Uncle Tom's Cabin published?1852
• When did Commodore Perry's 'black ships' arrive in Japan?1853
• When did Elisha Otis show off the safety elevator?1854
• When did the Supreme Court rule in the Dred Scott case?1857
• When did the first transatlantic telegraph cable send a message?1858
• When did Darwin publish On the Origin of Species?1859
• When was the Big Ben clock tower completed?1859
• When did John Brown raid Harpers Ferry?1859
• When did the Pony Express begin?1860
• When was Abraham Lincoln elected president?1860