| Event | (1)st or (2)nd |
|---|
| Mexico gained independence from Spain | |
| First Opium War began | |
| Jack the Ripper murders occured in London | |
| Victoria became Queen of Great Britain | |
| H. G. Wells published 'The Time Machine' | |
| New Zealand gave women the right to vote | |
| Jane Austen published 'Pride and Prejudice' | |
| First electric motor built | |
| First recognized international soccer match | |
| Leo Tolstoy published 'War and Peace' | |
| Britain declared slave trade illegal | |
| First successful vaccine against rabies | |
| Dmitri Mendeleev created the Periodic Table | |
| Aspirin patented | |
| Emily Brontë published 'Wuthering Heights' | |
| American Civil War began | |
| Darwin published 'On the Origin of Species' | |
| Napoleon invaded Russia | |
| Construction of Suez Canal completed | |
| Samuel Colt Patented the Revolver | |
| Charles Dickens published 'Oliver Twist' | |
| Thomas Edison tested his first light bulb | |
| Herman Melville published 'Moby-Dick' | |
| Thomas Jefferson became president of the US | |
| First isolation of aluminum | |
| Canadian Confederation formed | |
| Monroe Doctrine declared | |
| Beethoven performed 'Moonlight Sonata' | |
| Basketball invented | |
| First steam locomotive begins operation | |
| Mexico gained independence from Spain | |
| First Opium War began | |
| Jack the Ripper murders occured in London | |
| Victoria became Queen of Great Britain | |
| H. G. Wells published 'The Time Machine' | |
| New Zealand gave women the right to vote | |
| Jane Austen published 'Pride and Prejudice' | |
| First electric motor built | |
| First recognized international soccer match | |
| Leo Tolstoy published 'War and Peace' | |
| Britain declared slave trade illegal | |
| First successful vaccine against rabies | |
| Dmitri Mendeleev created the Periodic Table | |
| Aspirin patented | |
| Emily Brontë published 'Wuthering Heights' | |
