Before 1900s in comics

This is a timeline of significant events in comics prior to the 1900s.

1833

 * First publication of Histoire de M. Jabot by Swiss teacher and amateur artist Rodolphe Töpffer, eventually initiating a trend of "histoires en images" (picture-stories).

1837

 * Histoire de M. Vieux Bois
 * Monsieur Crépin

1840

 * Monsieur Pencil

1842

 * Published in the U.S.: The Adventures of Obadiah Oldbuck

1845

 * Histoire d'Albert
 * Histoire de Monsieur Cryptogame

1846

 * Le Docteur Festus

1865

 * debut: Max und Moritz

1867

 * debut: Ally Sloper's Half Holiday

1869

 * As Aventuras de Nhô Quim

1875

 * debut: Zé Povinho

1879

 * appearance: The Brownies

1883

 * As Aventuras de Zé Caipora

1885

 * Political cartoonist Harold R. Heaton joins the Chicago Daily Tribune.

1889

 * debut: La Famille Fenouillard

1892

 * debut: The Little Bears

1895

 * February 17: First publication of Hogan's Alley by Richard Outcault in the Pulitzer newspaper The New York World.

1897

 * December 12: First publication of The Katzenjammer Kids by Rudolph Dirks in the Hearst newspaper New York Journal.

1898

 * appearance: Mr. Jack in The Little Tigers