WHAT HAPPENED IN THE FIRST HALF OF THE 19. CENTURY
Find out what all happened in the first half of the 19. century

The Ashantis defeat British forces in the Gold Coast. (22. January 1824)

Second Anglo-Sikh War: The Siege of Multan ends after nine months when the last Sikh defenders of Multan, Punjab, surrender. (22. January 1849)

Elizabeth Blackwell is awarded her M.D. by the Geneva Medical College of Geneva, New York, becoming the United States' first female doctor. (23. January 1849)

Crossing of the Andes: Many soldiers of Juan Gregorio de las Heras are captured during the Action of Picheuta. (24. January 1817)

Slaves in Salvador da Bahia, Brazil, stage a revolt, which is instrumental in ending slavery there 50 years later. (24. January 1835)

California Gold Rush: James W. Marshall finds gold at Sutter's Mill near Sacramento. (24. January 1848)

Rum Rebellion, the only successful (albeit short-lived) armed takeover of the government in Australia. (26. January 1808)

Michigan is admitted as the 26th U.S. state. (26. January 1837)

Tennessee enacts the first prohibition law in the United States (26. January 1838)

The United Kingdom formally occupies Hong Kong, which China later formally cedes. (26. January 1841)

The U.S. Congress approves Indian Territory (in what is present-day Oklahoma), clearing the way for forced relocation of the Eastern Indians on the "Trail of Tears". (27. January 1825)

Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice is first published in the United Kingdom. (28. January 1813)

A Russian expedition led by Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen and Mikhail Petrovich Lazarev discovers the Antarctic continent, approaching the Antarctic coast. (28. January 1820)

Alexander Island is first discovered by Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen. (28. January 1821)

The Battle of Aliwal, India, is won by British troops commanded by Sir Harry Smith. (28. January 1846)

France defeats Russia and Prussia in the Battle of Brienne. (29. January 1814)

Stamford Raffles lands on the island of Singapore. (29. January 1819)

US President Andrew Jackson orders first use of federal soldiers to suppress a labor dispute. (29. January 1834)

"The Raven" is published in the New York Evening Mirror, the first publication with the name of the author, Edgar Allan Poe (29. January 1845)

Henry Clay introduces the Compromise of 1850 to the U.S. Congress. (29. January 1850)