Chronyas has 26,394 events dated to the 19th century (1801 to 1900 CE), during the Industrial era. Below are the most notable ones, in date order.
Most of the events in this century belong to Science & technology and Art, literature & culture.
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- 1801Discovery of niobium
- 1801Discovery of vanadium
- 1802Discovery of tantalum
- 1803Discovery of rhodium
- 1803Discovery of palladium
- 1803Discovery of iridium
- 1804Discovery of cerium
- 1804Discovery of osmium
- 1807Discovery of sodium
- 1807Discovery of potassium
- 1808Discovery of calcium
- 30 June 1808Discovery of boron
- 1810Discovery of fluorine
- 1811Discovery of iodine
- 1817Discovery of cadmium
- 1817Discovery of lithium
- 1817Discovery of selenium
- 27 September 1822Champollion deciphers the hieroglyphs
- 1823Discovery of silicon
- 1825Discovery of aluminium
- 1825Discovery of bromine
- 1828Discovery of thorium
- 1830Publication of Book of Mormon
- 1835Coriolis force
- 1839Photography
- January 1839Discovery of lanthanum
- 1841Discovery of praseodymium
- 3 May 1841Founding of New Zealand
- 1843Discovery of terbium
- 1843Discovery of erbium
- 1844Discovery of ruthenium
- 23 September 1846Discovery of Neptune
- 10 October 1846Discovery of Triton
- 1856Refrigerator
- 1860Discovery of caesium
- 1861Discovery of rubidium
- 1861Discovery of thallium
- from 12 April 1861 to 9 April 1865American Civil War
- 1863Discovery of indium
- 1863Origins of Baháʼí Faith
- 17 February 1863Founding of International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement
- 18 August 1868Discovery of helium
- 6 March 1869Periodic table
- 17 November 1869Construction of Suez Canal
- 1873Invention of electrical generator
- 1875Discovery of gallium
- 1876Telephone
- 1877Invention of phonograph
- 12 August 1877Discovery of Deimos
- 17 August 1877Discovery of Phobos
- 1878Discovery of holmium
- 1878Discovery of ytterbium
- 1879Discovery of samarium
- 1879Discovery of thulium
- 1879Invention of incandescent light bulb
- 1879Discovery of scandium
- 1880Discovery of gadolinium
- 1884Car
- 1885Bicycle
- 1885Discovery of neodymium
- 1886Discovery of dysprosium
- 1886Discovery of germanium
- 1886Statue of Liberty
- 31 March 1889Construction of Eiffel Tower
- 1890Rise of Art Nouveau
- 1894Discovery of argon
- 1894Radio
- 28 December 1895The Lumiere brothers hold the first public film screening
- from 6 April 1896 to 15 April 1896The first modern Olympic Games open in Athens
- 1897Electron
- 1898Discovery of radium
- 1898Discovery of neon
- 1898Discovery of krypton
- 1898Discovery of polonium
- 12 July 1898Discovery of xenon
- 1899Discovery of actinium
- 1899Discovery of radon
- c. 1900sRise of Expressionism
- c. 1900sRise of modernism
- 1900Quantum mechanics