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1803
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| British army under Col.Harcourt begins its March from Ganjam in the South, and occupies the mugalbandi districts of Cuttack, Puri, Balasore, thereby completing the conquesting of Orissa. |
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| 1807 |
| The first book to be printed in Oriya "New Testament" published by the serampore Baptist Mission Press. |
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| 1817 |
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 Under the leadership of Bakshi Jagabandhu Biddyadhar, the paikas of khurda rises up against the British in what is known as the famous pikas revolt of 1817. It is primarily an agrarian revolt against thef wrong policies of land settlement and revenew administration adpoted by the British.
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| 1822 |
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Missionaries arrive in Orissa.
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| 1837 |
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Missionaries esgtablish Cuttack Mission Press.
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1839
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Oriya is adopted as the language of the court replacing persian.
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1843
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 Fakir Mohan Senapati is born.
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1848
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 Kulabrudha Madhusudan Das is born.
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| 1849 |
| Missionaries bring out the first Oriya Magazine -"JNANARUNA" |
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| 1853 |
 Bhaktakabi Madhusudan Rao is born. |
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| 1855 |
| Appearance of saint poet Bhima Bhoi. |
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 Surendra of Sambalpur, Chaki Khuntia of Puri, and ARjun Singh of Podahat join hands with sepoys in what is known as the country-wide "sepoy Mutiny:. |
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| 1862 |
| Poet Gangadhar Mehar is born. |
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| 1866 |
| A failure of reign in 1865 resulted in the loss of usual crops and brought about a catastropic famine in 1966-67 whioch laid to the death of about one million people in Orissa. Gross negligence, indifferent administration, lack of communication and in adequate attention caused atleast one man every three in Orissa die in famine. Cuttack printing press, the second in the state is established by the initiative of the people of the province. The first news paper Utkal Deipika is brought out by the Cuttack printing company. |
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| 1866-1900 |
 It was during this late 19th century that a new conciousness began to take shape. The growth of modern education rise of a middle class inteligetia advent of the printing press publication of the journals and periodicals nationalistic literary activities of writers like Fakir Mohan Senapati and Radhanath Ray, rise of numerous socio religious and cultural socities formation of the Indian National Congress all these took the shape of a political movement to untile all the Oriya-speaking areas under one administration. |
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