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Centuries: Year in Review 19th Century

Centuries: Year in Review 19th Century (18th century - 19th century - 20th century)

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18th century - 19th century - 20th century

Decades: 1800s 1810s 1820s 1830s 1840s - 1850s - 1860s 1870s 1880s 1890s 1900s

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Decades: 1790s - 1800s - 1810s - 1820s - 1830s - 1840s - 1850s - 1860s - 1870s - 1880s - 1890s - 1900s

1849 1850 1851 1852 1853 1854 1855 1856 1857 1858 1859

Years: 1849 1850 1851 1852 1853 - 1854 - 1855 1856 1857 1858 1859

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Added: 12a10

*start of the Crimean war

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*August 2 - [Milan I]?, king of Serbia

*August 2 - [Milan I]?, king of Serbia?

Centuries: Year in Review 19th Century (18th century - 19th century - 20th century)

Decades: 1800s 1810s 1820s 1830s 1840s - 1850s - 1860s 1870s 1880s 1890s 1900s

Years: 1849 1850 1851 1852 1853 - 1854 - 1855 1856 1857 1858 1859

Events

February 11 - Major streets lit by coal gas for 1st time
start of the Crimean war
Commodore Matthew Perry of the U.S. Navy forced the opening of Japan to the West with the Convention of Kanagawa (See Japan/History)
Frederick Augustus Albert succeeds to the throne of Saxony

Births

July 12 - [George Eastman]?, inventor of the Kodak camera
August 2 - [Milan I]?, king of Serbia?
October 16 - Oscar Wilde, Irish writer

Deaths

April 15 - Arthur Aikin, English chemist and mineralogist