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Timeline: 1800-1850
Major Economists of This Era
1800
- Napoleonic Code, a system of laws, is introduced in France
- USA buys Louisiana Territory from France
- Jean-Baptiste Say writes Treatise on Political Economy
- Lewis and Clark expedition explores and maps western continental USA
- Ludwig von Beethoven publishes 5th and 6th Symphonies
1810
- Spain's South American colonies struggle to gain independence
- Walter Scott publishes Waverley beginning popularity of historical
romance novel
- British invade USA and burn Washington DC in War of 1812. Treaty of
Ghent ends war
- Wellington defeats Napoleon at Waterloo. Napoleonic Wars end with
the Congress of Vienna deciding the future map of Europe
- David Ricardo publishes Principles
of Political Economy and Taxation
1820
- Thomas Robert Malthus publishes Principles
of Political Economy
- Michael Faraday develops primitive electric motor
- The Monroe Doctrine expresses USA's opposition to extension of European
influence in the Western hemisphere
- Erie Canal is opened for shipping
- Webster publishes American Dictionary of the English Language
- Western Australia colonized by British
- The Workingman's Party formed in New York
1830 
- The Baltimore and Ohio becomes first railroad in USA
- Louis Jacques Daguerre invents the first practical photographic process
- Cyrus McCormick patents a mechanical reaper
- Samuel Colt patents his revolver
- Samuel Morse develops telegraph and Morse Code for sending/receiving
messages
- Isaac Pitman develops a system of shorthand writing
- Victoria becomes Queen of England
1840
- John Stuart Mill publishes Principles
of Political Economy
- Potato crop failure in Europe causes an estimated 2.5 million to starve
- Gold is discovered in California
- Factory Act in Britain limits the working day of women and children
to 10 hours
- Series of republican revolutions in Europe end in failure and repression
- Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels publish
Communist Manifesto
- John Deere invents plow with a steel mold-board
- Amelia Bloomer introduces trousers for women called Bloomers
1850
- Old-Age insurance introduced in France
- Harriet Beecher Stowe publishes Uncle Tom's Cabin
- Elisha Otis demonstrates safety elevator at New York Fair of 1854
- Florence Nightingale pioneers modern nursing during the Crimean War
- Henry Bessemer revolutionizes steel industry with new converter process
- Charles Darwin publishes On the Origin of the Species by means
of Natural Selection
- First oil well in USA is drilled in Titusville, Pennsylvania
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