1801–1900
Industrial Age
Steam, empire, and the unmaking of the old order.
518 events across 100 years
Turning points
1803North AmericaPolitics
Louisiana Purchase
April 30, 1803Industrial Age
1804North AmericaPolitics
Haiti Declares Independence
January 1, 1804Industrial Age
1817South AsiaDisaster
First Cholera Pandemic
1817Industrial Age
1819Southeast AsiaPolitics
Raffles Founds Singapore
February 6, 1819Industrial Age
1819South AmericaWar
Bolivar Wins Boyaca
August 7, 1819Industrial Age
1824South AmericaWar
Battle of Ayacucho
December 9, 1824Industrial Age
1824EuropeCulture
Beethoven's Ninth Premieres
1824Industrial Age
1831North AmericaCulture
The Liberator Begins
January 1, 1831Industrial Age
1831EuropeExploration
Darwin Sails on the Beagle
December 27, 1831Industrial Age
1831EuropeScience
Faraday's Induction
1831Industrial Age
1835South AmericaScience
Darwin Reaches the Galápagos
September 15, 1835Industrial Age
1842East AsiaPolitics
Treaty of Nanking
August 29, 1842Industrial Age
1845EuropeDisaster
Irish Potato Blight
September 1, 1845Industrial Age
1850East AsiaWar
Taiping Rebellion Begins
January 11, 1850Industrial Age
1853East AsiaPolitics
Perry at Edo Bay
July 8, 1853Industrial Age
1857South AsiaWar
Indian Rebellion Begins
May 10, 1857Industrial Age
1859EuropeScience
Origin of Species Published
November 24, 1859Industrial Age
1868East AsiaPolitics
Meiji Restoration
January 3, 1868Industrial Age
1876North AmericaTechnology
Bell's Telephone
March 10, 1876Industrial Age
1877Middle EastWar
Russo-Turkish War
April 24, 1877Industrial Age
1877North AmericaTechnology
Edison's Phonograph
November 21, 1877Industrial Age
1879AfricaWar
Battle of Isandlwana
January 22, 1879Industrial Age
1879North AmericaTechnology
Edison's Lamp Lights Up
October 21, 1879Industrial Age
1881AfricaReligion
Mahdi's Revolt Begins
June 29, 1881Industrial Age
1883Southeast AsiaDisaster
Krakatoa Erupts
August 27, 1883Industrial Age
1885AfricaPolitics
Berlin Conference Partitions Africa
February 26, 1885Industrial Age
1885South AsiaPolitics
Indian National Congress Founded
December 28, 1885Industrial Age
1895EuropeScience
Röntgen's X-rays
November 8, 1895Industrial Age
1895EuropeTechnology
First Cinema
December 28, 1895Industrial Age
1896AfricaWar
Battle of Adwa
March 1, 1896Industrial Age
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