The 19th century was the century from 1801 to 1900.  Most of this century is normally called the Victorian period because Queen Victoria ruled the United Kingdom.

The Industrial Revolution started in this century in most western countries. George Burns was also born in the 19th century until he died at the age of 100 in 1996.

Featured characters at the 19th century

 John Tenniel (February 28, 1820 - February 25, 1914) - the creators of Gary Manfield, first appearance in January 1, 1841.
 Mark Twain (November 30, 1835 - April 21, 1910) - the creators of Rosie the Mouse, first appearance in January 1, 1855.
 Thomas Edison (February 11, 1847 - October 18, 1931) - the creators of Chowder, first appearance in January 1, 1878. 

and many more.

Religion

 1830: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints is established on 6 April 1830.
 1844: Persian Prophet the Báb announces his revelation on 23 May, founding Bábism. He announced to the world of the coming of "He whom God shall make manifest". He is considered the forerunner of Bahá'u'lláh, the founder of the Baháʼí Faith.
 1848: The Christadelphians founded by John Thomas (Christadelphian).
 1871–1878: In Germany, Otto von Bismarck challenged the Catholic Church in the Kulturkampf ("Culture War")
 1879: Mary Baker Eddy founds the Church of Christ, Scientist.
 1879: first issue of "The Watchtower", a religious magazine currently published and distributed by the Jehovah's Witnesses
 1889: Mirza Ghulam Ahmad establishes the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, a reform sect of Islam.
 1891: Pope Leo XIII launches the encyclical Rerum novarum, the first major Catholic document on social justice

Culture

 1808: Beethoven composes Fifth Symphony
 1812: Brothers Grimm fairy tale edition writes his Snow White.
 1812: Charles Perrault and Brothers Grimm - two characters including Snow White and Cinderella meet for the first time.
 1813: Jane Austen publishes Pride and Prejudice
 1818: Mary Shelley publishes Frankenstein.
 1819: John Keats writes his odes of 1819.
 1819: Théodore Géricault paints his masterpiece The Raft of the Medusa, and exhibits it in the French Salon of 1819 at the Louvre.
 1824: Premiere of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony.
 1829: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's Faust premieres.
 1837: Charles Dickens publishes Oliver Twist.
 1841: Ralph Waldo Emerson publishes Self-Reliance.
 1845: Frederick Douglass publishes Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave.
 1847: The Brontë sisters publish Jane Eyre, Wuthering Heights and Agnes Grey.
 1849: Josiah Henson publishes The Life of Josiah Henson, Formerly a Slave, Now an Inhabitant of Canada, as Narrated by Himself.
 1851: Herman Melville publishes Moby-Dick.
 1851: Sojourner Truth delivers the speech Ain't I a Woman?.
 1852: Harriet Beecher Stowe publishes Uncle Tom's Cabin.
 1855: Walt Whitman publishes the first edition of Leaves of Grass.
 1855: Frederick Douglass publishes the first edition of My Bondage and My Freedom.
 1862: Victor Hugo publishes Les Misérables.
 1865: Lewis Carroll publishes Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.
 1869: Leo Tolstoy publishes War and Peace.
 1875: Georges Bizet's opera Carmen premiers in Paris.
 1876: Richard Wagner's Ring Cycle is first performed in its entirety.
 1883: Robert Louis Stevenson's Treasure Island is published.
 1884: Mark Twain publishes the Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.
 1886: "Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde" by Robert Louis Stevenson is published.
 1887: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle publishes his first Sherlock Holmes story, A Study in Scarlet.
 1889: Vincent van Gogh paints The Starry Night.
 1889: Moulin Rouge opens in Paris.
 1892: Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker Suite premières in St Petersberg.
 1894: Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book is published
 1895: Trial of Oscar Wilde and premiere of his play The Importance of Being Earnest.
 1897: Bram Stoker writes Dracula.
 1900: L. Frank Baum publishes The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.

Music

Sonata form matured during the Classical era to become the primary form of instrumental compositions throughout the 19th century. Much of the music from the 19th century was referred to as being in the Romantic style. Many great composers lived through this era such as Ludwig van Beethoven, Franz Liszt, Frédéric Chopin, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky and Richard Wagner. The list includes:

Mily Balakirev
Ludwig van Beethoven - "Für Elise" - composed: April 27, 1810, version: 1822 and published: 1867 - (German: "Für Elise")
Hector Berlioz
Georges Bizet
Alexander Borodin
Johannes Brahms
Anton Bruckner
Frédéric Chopin
Claude Debussy
Antonín Dvořák
Mikhail Glinka
Edvard Grieg
Scott Joplin
Alexandre Levy
Franz Liszt
Gustav Mahler
Felix Mendelssohn
Modest Mussorgsky
Jacques Offenbach
Niccolò Paganini
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Gioachino Rossini 
Gioachino Rossini is a Manxman music composers: 
"Vom Elisa" - composed: January 10, 1817 - (Manxman: "Vom Elisa"). But now, is a then the Universal's theme song of The Merry Cartoon Co-Series Friends in 1955, and the Peter Howell's composed music BBC Video logo in 1984.  
"Azbán mérk plervok" - composed: January 10, 1819 - (Manxman: "Azbán mérk plervok"). But now, is a TV show Five Minutes More theme song in 2006.
"Trópaton yekim" - composed: January 16, 1819 - (Manxman: "Trópaton yekim"). But now, is a video game Mario & Wario two music Lakeside and Game Over in 1993.
"Joszorka Daktan" (as Witch Doctor) - composed: January 15, 1820 - (Manxman: "Joszorka Daktan"). But now, Pep Doyle's Witch Doctor song, Ross Bagdasarian's Witch Doctor song in 1958 and Witch Doctor song by Cartoons in 1998. 
"Yagjak Forz" - composed: January 8, 1822 - (Manxman: "Yagjak Forz") - But now, Rupert theme by Milan Kymlicka in 1991. 
"Karnoz az Nassak" - composed: January 11, 1822 - (Manxman: "Karnoz az Nassak") - But now, Murder, She Wrote theme song in 1984 by John Addison. 
"Blackbur Varazsa" - composed: January 22, 1822 - (Manxman: "Blackbur Varazsa") - But now, Miss Marple theme song in 1984.
"Kralaid dulk Varatai" - composed: April 27, 1835 - (Manxman: "Kralaid dulk Varatai") - But now, Babar theme song by Milan Kymlicka in 1989.

and more.

Anton Rubinstein
Camille Saint-Saëns
Antonio Salieri
Franz Schubert
Robert Schumann
Alexander Scriabin
Arthur Sullivan
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Giuseppe Verdi
Richard Wagner

Decades and years 
Note: Years before or after the 19th century are in italics.

Significant People
Abraham Lincoln
Alban Berg
Albert Einstein
Alexander Graham Bell
Antonín Dvořák
Bela Bartok
Billy the Kid
Charles J. Guiteau
Clara Barton
Claude Debussy
David Livingstone
Empress Dowager Cixi
Felix Mendelssohn
Franz Liszt
Franz Schubert
Frederic Chopin
Frederick Douglass
Friedrich Engels
Giuseppe Verdi
Harriet Tubman
Jesse James
Johann Strauss II
Johannes Brahms
John Stuart Mill
John Wilkes Booth
Karl Marx
Leon Czolgosz
Ludwig van Beethoven
Luigi Cherubini
Muzio Clementi
Napoleon I
Otto von Bismarck
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Richard Strauss
Richard Wagner
Robert Ford
Robert Schumann
Simón Bolívar
Thomas Edison