This is a timeline of events that occurred during the 19th century.
Undated events[]
- Hob's Bay is founded in Metropolis.[1]
1800s[]
- Wayne Enterprises is founded by the Wayne Family.[2]
1803[]
- This date was featured in a "Historical Timeline of Kansas" in Weisinger Primary School.[3]
1804[]
Kansas history with dates from the 19th==== Century.
1808[]
- Construction begins on Gotham City Hall.[1]
1809[]
February[]
12nd[]
- Charles Darwin is born.[4][5]
- Abraham Lincoln is born.[4][6]
October[]
11th[]
- Meriwether Lewis dies.[3][4]
1812[]
June[]
18th[]
- The United States declares war against the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, beginning the War of 1812.[1]
1815[]
- Robinson Park is created in Gotham City.[1]
February[]
17th[]
- The War of 1812 comes to an end.[1]
1819[]
- Construction on Gotham City Hall is completed.[1]
1820[]
Cassidy Pub in 2013.
- Cassidy Pub is established.[3]
- Alexander Keith's Brewery is founded.[3]
1821[]
- Gotham City Police Department is established.[7]
April[]
5th[]
- Napoleon Bonaparte dies.[4][8]
November[]
11th[]
- Dostoevskij is born.[4][9]
1822[]
April[]
27th[]
- Ulysses S. Grant is born.[4][10]
1826[]
November[]
24th[]
- Carlo Collodi is born.[4][11]
1828[]
February[]
8th[]
- Jules Verne is born.[4][11]
1830s[]
- The Kent family, settled in what would become Smallville, becomes a family of farmers.[3][13]
1830[]
- Talisker Whiskey is established.[14]
1831[]
- The town of Smallville, Kansas is founded.[15]
July[]
4th[]
- James Monroe dies.[4][6][16]
1834[]
- Midway City is founded.[17]
1837[]
1840[]
November[]
14th[]
1842[]
January[]
11th[]
- William James is born.[4][19]
1843[]
December[]
19th[]
- A Christmas Carol is published.[20]
1845[]
June[]
8th[]
- Andrew Jackson dies.[4][5]
1847[]
October[]
2nd[]
- Paul von Hindenburg is born.[4][21]
1849[]
- Metropolis City Hall is constructed.[1]
1851[]
October[]
18th[]
1852[]
May[]
31st[]
- Julius Richard Petri is born.[4][22]
1854[]
1855[]
- This date was featured in a "Historical Timeline of Kansas" in Weisinger Primary School.[3]
1856[]
May[]
15th[]
- L. Frank Baum is born.[4][23]
July[]
10th[]
- Nikola Tesla is born.[4][9]
December[]
28th[]
- Woodrow Wilson is born.[4][6][16]
1858[]
October[]
22nd[]
- Augusta Victoria is born.[4][21]
27th[]
- Theodore Roosevelt is born.[4][6][16]
1859[]
January[]
2nd[]
- George Barnes is born.[4][21]
27th[]
- Wilhelm II is born in Germany.[4][21]
November[]
24th[]
1860s[]
- Finger Castle is constructed.[1]
1861[]
January[]
29th[]
April[]
10th[]
- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology is founded.[12][25]
12nd[]
- The American Civil War begins. During the conflict the Gotham City Museum of Natural History is founded.[26]
June[]
19th[]
- Douglas Haig is born.[4][21]
1863[]
- Midway City Police Department is established.[27]
1865[]
February[]
19th[]
- Edith Wills Linn Forbes is born.[4][28]
April[]
9th[]
- Erich Ludendorff is born.[21][24]
- The American Civil War ends.[26]
15th[]
- Abraham Lincoln dies.[4][6]
June[]
3rd[]
- King George V of England is born.[4][21]
November[]
2nd[]
- Warren G. Harding is born.[4][6][16]
26th[]
- The book Alice's Adventures in Wonderland is published. It features the first appearance of the White Rabbit.[5][12]
1866[]
September[]
21st[]
- H. G. Wells is born.[4][1]
1867[]
- Alan Wayne is born.[29]
1868[]
May[]
18th[]
- Tsar Nicholas II is born.[4][8]
1869[]
October[]
2nd[]
- Mahatma Gandhi is born.[4][30]
1871[]
- The Daily Planet newspaper is founded.[31]
December[]
23rd[]
- The novel Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There is published. It features the first appearance of Tweedledum and Tweedledee.[12][32]
1872[]
- Robinson's Removal Specialist is founded.[21]
July[]
4th[]
- Calvin Coolidge is born.[4][6][16]
1873[]
- A giant squid spanning over 20 feet is caught off the coast of Newfoundland.[33]
- Charlie is born in Scotland.[34] (estimated date)
1874[]
August[]
10th[]
- Herbert Hoover is born.[4][6][16]
1875[]
September[]
1st[]
- Edgar Rice Burroughs is born.[4][21]
1876[]
- Isabel Maru is born.[37] (estimated date)
1877[]
March[]
15th[]
- Montagu Love is born.[4][5]
1879[]
1881[]
- Steve Trevor is born.[39] (estimated date)
February[]
9th[]
- Dostoevskij dies.[4][9]
October[]
25th[]
- Pablo Picasso is born.[4][40]
1882[]
January[]
30th[]
- Franklin Delano Roosevelt is born.[4][5][41]
March[]
3rd[]
- Charles Ponzi is born.[4][6]
April[]
12nd[]
- Charles Darwin dies.[4][5]
1883[]
February[]
- Carlo Collodi's The Adventures of Pinocchio is first published as novel.[11]
August[]
27th[]
1884[]
May[]
8th[]
- Harry Truman is born.[4][5][41]
October[]
11th[]
- Eleanor Roosevelt is born.[4][7]
21st[]
- Janet Beecher is born.[4][5]
1885[]
- Charles Wayne is born.[29]
- Dr. Pepper is established.[30]
July[]
23rd[]
- Ulysses S. Grant dies.[4][10]
1887[]
July[]
29th[]
- Mamoru Shigemitsu is born.[4][5][43]
1888[]
August–November[]
- Jack the Ripper's murderous activities occur.[1][12]
September[]
22nd[]
- The first publication of the National Geographic Magazine is released.[12][19]
1889[]
- The state of Washington is admitted among the United States of America.[44]
April[]
20th[]
- Adolf Hitler is born.[4][14]
July[]
8th[]
- Eugene Pallette is born.[4][5]
1890[]
August[]
20th[]
- H. P. Lovecraft is born.[4][11]
October[]
14th[]
- Dwight D. Eisenhower is born.[4][6]
26th[]
- Carlo Collodi dies.[4][11]
December[]
5th[]
- Fritz Lang is born.[1][4]
1892[]
- A Catalan expedition attempts to search for the missing Kingdom of Atlantis at a location near the northwestern coast of Africa.[33]
June[]
13th[]
- Basil Rathbone is born.[4][5]
December[]
18th[]
- The Nutcracker is first shown in theatres.[1][24]
1893[]
- The Orchard Hotel opens in Gotham City.[1]
- Marie is born.[45]
November[]
19th[]
- Chris-Pin Martin is born.[4][5]
27th[]
- Richard K. Sutherland is born.[4][5][43]
1894[]
- The Smallville Sentinel newspaper is founded.[3]
1895[]
February[]
18th[]
- George "The Gipper" Gipp is born.[4][46]
1896[]
August[]
6th[]
- Marjoire Kinnan Rawlings is born.[4][5][41]
1897[]
- The Ancient Wisdom is published.[12][6]
April[]
20th[]
- One of Steve Trevor's M1911 Colt Government Classic .45 pistols has this date printed on.[21][47]
1898[]
- American poet Edith Wills Linn writes "The Lost Atlantis" for Forbes.[28]
1899[]
- The Schaffenberger gallery opens in Metropolis.[1]
February[]
15th[]
- Gale Sondergaard is born.[4][5]
May[]
16th[]
- Tamara de Lempicka is born.[4][1]
References[]
| Timeline | |
| Before the 20th century | Before 19th century • 19th century |
|---|---|
| 20th century | 1900s • 1910s • 1920s • 1930s • 1940s • 1950s • 1960s • 1970s • 1980s • 1990s |
| 21st century | 2000s • 2010 • 2011 • 2012 • 2013 • 2014 • 2015 • 2016 • 2017 • 2018 • 2019 • 2020 • 2021 • 2022 • 2023 |
| After the 21st century | Far future |
| Alternate timelines | Flashpoint • Post-Flashpoint |