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| 1 | 1383 | - 1383—99 9999: Regular series of wills starts in Prerogative Court of Canterbury
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| 2 | 1763 | - 1763—1884: POST-DEPORTATION PERIOD
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| 3 | 1817 | |
| 4 | 1832 | - 4 Jan 1832—1937: Immigrants quarantined at Grosse Isle
Canada's immigrant quarantine station opens at Grosse Isle
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| 5 | 1837 | - 6 1837—22 Jan 1901: Victoria
House of Hanover: Daughter of Edward, 4th son of George III; married (1840) Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, who became Prince Consort
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| 6 | 1850 | - 6 Sep 1850—3 Jan 1896: Utah Territory Organized
- 9 Sep 1850—5 Jan 1912: New Mexico Territory Organized
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| 7 | 1853 | - 3 Feb 1853—10 Nov 1889: Washington Territory Organized
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| 8 | 1861 | - 2 Feb 1861—1 Nov 1889: North Dakota Territory Organized
- 3 Feb 1861—1 Nov 1889: South Dakota Territory Organized
- 2 1861—31 Jul 1876: Colorado Territory Organized
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| 9 | 1863 | - 3 Mar 1863—2 Jul 1890: Idaho Territory Organized
- 2 1863—13 Feb 1912: Arizona Territory Organized
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| 10 | 1864 | - 5 1864—7 Nov 1889: Montana Territory Organized
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| 11 | 1865 | - 15 Apr 1865—4 Mar 1869: Andrew Johnson
 Andrew Johnson U.S. Presidency
- 4 1865—4 Mar 1869: Andrew Johnson
Andrew Johnson, vice president under Abraham Lincoln, sworn in as president upon Lincoln's death
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| 12 | 1868 | - 7 1868—9 Jul 1890: Wyoming Territory Organized
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| 13 | 1869 | - 1869—1869: Ball bearings, celluloid, margarine, and washing machines, all invented
- 7 Jan 1869—1 Jul 1869: Ontario begins BMD registration
Start of Ontario's registration of births, marriages and deaths
- 4 Mar 1869—4 Mar 1877: Ulysses S. Grant
 Ulysses S. Grant U.S. Presidency
- 3 Apr 1869—5 Mar 1877: Ulysses Grant
- 23 Nov 1869—23 Nov 1869: Cutty Sark launched in Dumbarton
- 11 1869—15 Jul 1870: Rupert's Land joins Canada
Canada purchases Rupert's Land from Hudson's Bay Company. Some of this land is added to Ontario, and the rest is later divided into the provinces of Manitoba, Alberta and Saskatchewan and the Northwest Territories
- 2 1869—26 Feb 1869: 15th Amendment passed by Congress
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| 14 | 1870 | - 1870—1870: Diamonds discovered in Kimberley, South Africa
- 1870—1870: Water closets come into wide use
- 1870—1870: Dr Thomas Barnardo opens his first home for destitute children
- 1870—1870: GPO takes over the privately-owned Telegraph Companies (nationalised)
- 1870—1870: First census of British Columbia
- 2 Mar 1870—3 Feb 1870: 15th Amendment ratified
- 1 Oct 1870—1 Oct 1870: First British postcard - halfpenny post
- 7 1870—15 Jul 1870: Manitoba created
Part of Rupert's Land becomes Manitoba -- the fifth province
- 7 1870—15 Jul 1870: Northwest Territories created
Part of Rupert's Land becomes the Northwest Territories
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| 15 | 1871 | - 4 Feb 1871—2 Apr 1871: Dominion of Canada Census
The first national census after Confederation includes Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia - counts 3,689,257
- 27 Mar 1871—27 Mar 1871: First Rugby Football international, England v Scotland, played in Edinburgh
- 29 Mar 1871—29 Mar 1871: Opening of Royal Albert Hall, London
- 29 Jun 1871—29 Jun 1871: Trades Unions legalised in Britain, but picketing made illegal
- 7 1871—20 Jul 1871: British Columbia joins Canada
British Columbia becomes Canada's sixth province
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| 16 | 1872 | - 1872—1872: Penalties introduced for failing to register births, marriages & deaths (Eng & Wales)
- 1872—1872: Licensing hours introduced
- 1872—1872: Chinese and First Nations banned from voting in BC
The British Columbia Qualifications of Voters Act denies the Chinese and First Nations peoples the right to vote
- 1872—1872: Dominion Land Act
Prairies opened for settlement by offer of 160 acres of land to each settler, resident for 3 years and paying a $10 filing fee
- 1872—1872: A.M. Ward issues the first mail-order catalog
- 1872—1872: J.S. Risdon patents the metal windmill
- 4 Dec 1872—4 Dec 1872: American ship 'Mary Celeste' is found abandoned by the British brig 'Dei Gratia' in the Atlantic Ocean
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| 17 | 1873 | - 1873—1873: North-West Mounted Police created
"Mounties" formed from civilians to patrol the west
- 1873—1873: Joseph Glidden invents barbed wire
- 7 Jan 1873—1 Jul 1873: Prince Edward Island joins Canada
Prince Edward Island becomes Canada's seventh province
- 5 1873—13 May 1873: Nova Scotia coal mine explosion
60 men die in Westville, Nova Scotia when a coal mine is destroyed by fire and explosion
- 8 1873—25 Aug 1873: The Great Nova Scotia Cyclone
500 killed by cyclone
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| 18 | 1874 | - 1874—1874: Factory Act introduces 56-hour week
- 1874—1874: Voting rights extended
male British subjects 21 years old and over, with annual income of $400 and 'enfranchised Indians' given the right to vote
- 1874—1874: American, C. Goodyear, Jr. invents the shoe welt stitcher
- 5 Apr 1874—5 Apr 1874: Birkenhead Park opened, said to be the first civic public park in the world - features of it later copied in Central Park, New York
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| 19 | 1875 | - 1875—1875: London's main sewage system completed
- 1875—1875: Supreme Court of Canada established
- 1875—1875: Western Indian treaties signed
- 1 Jan 1875—1 Jan 1875: Midland Railway abolishes Second Class passenger facilities, leaving First Class and Third Class. Other British railway companies followed during the rest of the year. (Third Class was renamed Second Class in 1956)
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1869 - 1875 (5 years)