Timeline: Antonio Manuel Moreno: Our Family History

1925 - 2012 (86 years)

	Date	Event(s)
1	1383	1383—99 9999: Regular series of wills starts in Prerogative Court of Canterbury
2	1750	1750—1805: Neo-Classical Period (Art and Antiques)
3	1755	1755—1827: Publication of Dictionary of the English Language by Dr, Johnson Period of canal construction began in Britian
4	1760	1760—1820: King George III King George III ( 1760 - 1820 ) {\n}{\n}1760 - George becomes king on the death of his grandfather, George II.{\n}1762 - The Earl of Bute is appointed Prime Minister. Bute proves so unpopular that he needs to have a bodyguard.{\n}1763 - Peace of Paris end 10 1760—29 Jan 1820: George III House of Hanover: Grandson of George II, married Charlotte of Mecklenburg
5	1763	1763—1884: POST-DEPORTATION PERIOD
6	1764	8 1764—1862: Indian treaties transferring land to Britain
7	1773	1773—1858: East India Company governs Hindustan
8	1787	7 1787—18 Feb 1803: Ohio Territory Organized
9	1797	4 Mar 1797—4 Mar 1801: John Adams John Adams U.S. Presidency 3 Apr 1797—4 Mar 1801: John Adams
10	1798	1798—1798: First planned human experiment with vaccination, to test theories of Edward Jenner 1798—1800: Franco-American Naval War United States vs France 1798—1798: Feb-Oct The Irish Rebellion, - 100,000 peasants revolt, approximately 25,000 die - Irish Parliament abolished{\n}First planned human experiment with Vaccination, to test theories of Edward Jenner. 1798—1798: Marriage Act allows marriages to be legally performed by the Church of Scotland and Anglican, Catholic, Presbyterian, Calvinist and Lutheran Churches 1798—1798: Prince Edward Island created Ile St. Jean renamed to Prince Edward Island 1798—1798: Aloys Senefelder invents lithography 1798—1798: The first soft drink invented 9 Jan 1798—30 Sep 1800: Franco-American War Franco-American War Feb 1798—Feb 1798: The Irish Rebellion; 100,000 peasants revolt; approximately 25,000 die - Irish Parliament abolished (Feb-Oct) 4 Jul 1798—9 Dec 1817: Mississippi Territory Organized 1 Aug 1798—1 Aug 1798: Battle of the Nile (won by Nelson)
11	1799	1799—1799: Foundation of Royal Military College Sandhurst by the Duke of York 1799—1799: Foundation of the Royal Institution of Great Britain 1799—1799: 9th January - Pitt brings in 10% income tax 12th July - Repressive legislation in Britain against political associations and combinations{\n}Foundation of Royal Military College Sandhurst by the Duke of York{\n}Foundation of the Roayl Institution of Great Britain{\n}Post Office New Annual Directory 1799—1799: Alessandro Volta invents the battery 1799—1799: Louis Robert invents the Fourdrinier Machine for sheet paper making 9 Jan 1799—9 Jan 1799: Pitt brings in 10% income tax, as a wartime financial measure 12 Jul 1799—12 Jul 1799: 'Combination Laws' in Britain against political associations and combinations 15 Jul 1799—15 Jul 1799: ?Rosetta Stone' discovered in Egypt made possible the deciphering (in 1822) of Ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics
12	1800	1800—1800: Volta makes first electrical battery Volta makes first electrical battery 1800—1800: Herschel discovers infra-red light Herschel discovers infra-red light 1800—1800: High pressure steam Use of high pressure steam pioneered by Richard Trevithick (1771-1833) 1800—1800: Royal College of Surgeons founded Royal College of Surgeons founded 1800—1800: First Electric Light Electric light first produced by Sir Humphrey Davy 1800—1800: Count Alessandro Volta invents the battery 1800—1800: Frenchmen, J.M. Jacquard invents the Jacquard Loom 2 Jul 1800—2 Jul 1800: Parliamentary Union Parliamentary union of Great Britain and Ireland 5 Jul 1800—10 Dec 1816: Indiana Territory Organized Effective date 4 Jul 1800
13	1801	1801—1801: Elgin Marbles brought from Athens to London Elgin Marbles brought from Athens to London 1801—1801: Grand Union Canal opens in England Grand Union Canal opens in England 1801—1805: Tripolitan War 1801—1805: Barbary Wars Also fought in 1815. United States vs Morocco, Algiers, Tunis and Tripoli 1 Jan 1801—1 Jan 1801: Union Jack becomes the official British flag Union Jack becomes the official British flag 4 Mar 1801—4 Mar 1809: Thomas Jefferson Thomas Jefferson U.S. Presidency 10 Mar 1801—10 Mar 1801: First Census First census puts the population of England and Wales at 9,168,000. Population of Britain nearly 11 million (75% rural) 1 Apr 1801—4 Jan 1805: First Barbary War First Barbary War 3 Apr 1801—4 Mar 1809: Thomas Jefferson 24 Dec 1801—24 Dec 1801: First passenger Train Richard Trevithick built the first self-propelled passenger carrying road loco
14	1802	25 Mar 1802—25 Mar 1802: Treaty of Amiens signed by Britain, France, Spain, and the Netherlands ? the 'Peace of Amiens' as it was known brought a temporary peace of 14 months during the Napoleonic Wars ? one of its most important cultural effects was that travel and correspondenc
15	1803	1803—1803: Semaphore signaling perfected by Admiral Popham 1803—1803: Poaching made a Capital offense in England if capture resisted 1803—1803: Richard Trevithick built another steam carriage and ran it in London as the first self-propelled vehicle in the capital and the first London bus 12 1803—9 Dec 1803: 12th Amendment passed by Congress 30 Apr 1803—30 Apr 1803: Louisiana Purchase: Napoleon sells French possessions in America to United States 12 May 1803—12 May 1803: Peace of Amiens ends ? resumption of war with France ? The Napoleonic Wars (1803-18l5) 23 Jul 1803—23 Jul 1803: First public railway opens (Surrey Iron Railway, 9 miles from Wandsworth to Croydon, horse-drawn) 2 1803—19 Feb 1803: Ohio 17th State
16	1804	1804—1804: Matthew Flinders recommends that the newly discovered country, New Holland, be renamed 'Australia' 1804—1804: Richard Trevithick, an English mining engineer, developed the first steam-powered locomotive 1804—1804: Freidrich Winzer (Winsor) was the first person to patent gas lighting 21 Feb 1804—21 Feb 1804: Richard Trevithick runs his railway engine on the Penydarren Railway (9.5 miles from Pen-y-Darren to Abercynon in South Wales) this hauled a train with 10 tons of iron and 70 passengers. It was commemorated by the Royal Mint in 2004 in the form of A ?2 c 3 Mar 1804—3 Mar 1804: John Wedgwood (eldest son of the potter Josiah Wedgwood) founds The Royal Horticultural Society 2 Dec 1804—2 Dec 1804: Napoleon declares himself Emperor of the French 12 Dec 1804—12 Dec 1804: Spain declares war on Britain 6 1804—15 Jun 1804: 12th Amendment ratified
17	1805	1805—1805: London docks opened 3 Mar 1805—29 Apr 1812: Louisiana Territory Organized Effective date 4 July 1805 21 Oct 1805—21 Oct 1805: Admiral Nelson's victory at Trafalgar 1 Nov 1805—25 Jan 1837: Michigan Territory Organized Effective date 30 Jun 1805 2 Dec 1805—2 Dec 1805: Battle of Austerlitz; Napoleon defeats Austrians and Russians
18	1806	1806—1806: Dartmoor Prison opened (built by French prisoners) 1806—1806: Le Canadien newspaper founded First Québec nationalist newspaper 9 Jan 1806—9 Jan 1806: Nelson buried in St Paul's cathedral, London
19	1807	25 Mar 1807—25 Mar 1807: Parliament passes Act prohibiting slavery and the importation of slaves from 1808 ? but does not prohibit colonial slavery 3 1807—25 Mar 1807: British abolish slave trade
20	1808	1808—1808: Gas lighting in London streets 1808—1808: Simon Fraser to Vancouver Fraser explores the river to the Pacific 13 Jul 1808—13 Jul 1808: 'Hot Wednesday' ? temperature of 101?F in the shade recorded in London 20 Dec 1808—20 Dec 1808: Beethoven premieres his Fifth Symphony, Sixth Symphony, Fourth Piano Concerto and Choral Fantasy together in Vienna
21	1809	1809—1809: Humphry Davy invents the first electric light - the first arc lamp 12 Feb 1809—12 Feb 1809: Birth of Charles Darwin 2 Mar 1809—2 Dec 1818: Illinois Territory Organized Effective date 1 Mar 1809 4 Mar 1809—4 Mar 1817: James Madison James Madison U.S. Presidency 3 Apr 1809—4 Mar 1817: James Madison 18 Sep 1809—18 Sep 1809: Royal Opera House opens in London
22	1810	1810—1810: John McAdam begins road construction in England, giving his name to the process of road metalling 1810—1810: German, Frederick Koenig invents an improved printing press 1810—1810: Peter Durand invents the tin can
23	1811	1811—1811: David Thomson charts Columbia River Thomson explores and charts Columbia River to the coast 5 Feb 1811—5 Feb 1811: Prince of Wales (future George IV) made Regent after George III deemed insane 11 Jul 1811—7 Nov 1811: Battle of Tippecanoe Indian defeat causes Tecumseh to align with British
24	1812	1812—1815: War of 1812 United States vs Great Britain 1812—1812: A printed format for parish registers begins 6 Apr 1812—9 Aug 1821: Missouri Territory Organized Effective date 7 Dec 1812 8 Apr 1812—4 Aug 1812: Battle of Brownstown Ohio Militia from Detroit defeated by Tecumseh's Indians 11 May 1812—11 May 1812: Prime Minister, Spencer Perceval, assassinated ? shot as he entered the House of Commons by a bankrupt Liverpool broker, John Bellingham, who was subsequently hanged 12 Jun 1812—16 Feb 1815: War of 1812 War of 1812 18 Jun 1812—18 Jun 1812: Start of American 'War of 1812' (to 1814) against England and Canada Oct 1812—Oct 1812: Napoleon retreats from Moscow with catastrophic losses 10 1812—13 Oct 1812: Battle of Queenston Heights General Brock killed but U.S. forces defeated after heavy fighting 8 1812—14 Aug 1812: Surrender of Fort Detroit General Brock commanding British & Canadian forces with Tecumseh's Indians cause U.s. forces to surrender 6 1812—24 Dec 1814: War of 1812 United States declares war on Great Britain (and Canada) 11 1812—20 Nov 1812: Battle of Lacolle Mills Two groups of U.S forces fight each other by mistake 9 1812—21 Sep 1812: Raid on Gananoque U.S. forces enter town, destroy food supplies and remove ammunition 11 1812—28 Nov 1812: Battle of Frenchman's Creek U.S forces from Black Rock (Buffalo, NY) invade Fort Erie and are repulsed 8 1812—29 Aug 1812: Earl of Selkirk establishes Red River Colony (Winnipeg) 4 1812—30 Apr 1812: Louisiana 18th State. Counties known as Parishes.
25	1813	1813—1813: Jane Austen wrote 'Pride and Prejudice' 1813—1813: Ireland: First recorded '12th of July' sectarian riots in Belfast 1813—1814: Creek War United States vs Creek Indians 12 1813—Dec 1813: U.S forces reoccupy Queenston and Chippawa (Niagara) Canadian Volunteers (traitors) send Loyalists to U.S. prisons 8 Feb 1813—2 Aug 1813: Battle of Fort Stephenson British/Canadian/Indian forces fail in attempt to take fort from U.S. forces 10 May 1813—5 Oct 1813: Battle of the Thames U.S. (Harrison) defeats British/Indian forces - Tecumseh dies 6 Jun 1813—6 Jun 1813: Battle of Stoney Creek confused fighting results in heavy losses on both sides 6 Aug 1813—8 Jun 1813: Battle of Forty Mile Creek U.S forces routed and retreat to Fort George 6 Aug 1813—8 Jun 1813: Skirmish of Butler's Farm (Two Mile Creek) U.S Lt. Eldridge and his men ambushed by combined British/Canadian/Indian forces 9 Sep 1813—9 Sep 1813: Battle for Lake Erie U.S. naval squadron of 9 ships defeats British 6-ship flotilla 9 Oct 1813—10 Sep 1813: Battle of Lake Erie (Put-in-Bay) U.S. navy defeats British ships and takes control of Lake Erie 12 Oct 1813—10 Dec 1813: Burning of Newark (Niagara-on-the-Lake) Canadian Volunteers (traitors) and U.S militia burn Newark to the ground 11 Nov 1813—11 Nov 1813: Battle of Crysler's Farm U.S forces defeated in attempted invasion of Lower Canada. U.S. forces defeated near Morrisburg by combined Canadian-British forces. 2 1813—22 Feb 1813: Battle of Ogdensburg, NY Glengarry Light Infantry attack and take Ogdensburg 6 1813—24 Jun 1813: Battle of Beaver Dam Laura Secord warns British of impending attack resulting in surrender of U.S forces at Thorold 5 1813—27 May 1813: Capture of Fort George U.S. forces invade Niagara 10 1813—26 Oct 1813: Battle of Chateauguay U.S forces defeated in attempted invasion of Lower Canada 4 1813—2 May 1813: Battle of Fort York (Toronto) U.S. forces take fort and occupy York for 5 days, plundering and destroying the town by burning 5 1813—24 Jun 1813: Battles of Niagara frontier U.S. forces advance into Upper Canada
26	1814	1814—1814: At the Treaty of Kiel, Denmark is compelled to cede Norway to Sweden 1814—1814: George Stephenson designs the first steam locomotive 1814—1814: Joseph Nicéphore Niépce was the first person to take a photograph 1814—1814: German, Joseph von Fraunhofer invents the spectrocope for the chemical analysis of glowing objects 1814—1814: The first plastic surgery is performed in England 1 Jan 1814—1 Jan 1814: Invasion of France by Allies 7 Mar 1814—3 Jul 1814: Capture of Fort Erie British forces manning Fort Erie surrender to overwhelming U.S. odds 3 Apr 1814—20 Aug 1814: U.S. raids into Western Upper Canada U.S. forces raid western Lake Erie communities 6 Apr 1814—6 Apr 1814: Napoleon abdicates and is exiled to Elba 7 May 1814—5 Jul 1814: Battle at Chippawa U.S. forces take over entire Niagara frontier 13 Aug 1814—13 Aug 1814: Convention of London signed, a treaty between the UK and the Dutch 24 Aug 1814—24 Aug 1814: The British burn the White House 29 Nov 1814—29 Nov 1814: 'The Times' first printed by a 'mechanical apparatus' (at 1100 sheets per hour) 24 Dec 1814—24 Dec 1814: Treaty of Ghent signed ending the 1812 war between Britain and the US 8 1814—17 Sep 1814: Siege at Fort Erie British forces fail in their attempt to recover Fort Erie from U.S. forces 7 1814—19 Jul 1814: Battle for Prarie du Chien British forces comprised mainly of Indians capture U.S. garrison 7 1814—18 Jul 1814: Burning of St. Davids U.S. militia capture St. Davids then loot and burn most buildings 10 1814—20 Oct 1814: Battle of Cook's Mills (Lyons Creek) The last battle on Canadian soil 12 1814—24 Dec 1814: Treaty of Ghent End of United States - British war of 1812 7 1814—26 Jul 1814: Battle of Lundy's Lane The fiercest battle of the U.S.-British war 3 1814—30 Mar 1814: Battle of Lacolle Mills U.S. forces defeated in attempted invasion
27	1815	1815—1815: Trial by Jury established in Scotland 1815—1815: Davy develops the safety lamp for miners 1815—1815: Humphry Davy invents the miner's lamp 2 1815—Feb 1815: British incentive to emigrate to Upper Canada Britain encourages 5,000 settlers to leave Britain 3 Mar 1815—24 Sep 1816: Second Barbary War Second Barbary War 18 Jun 1815—18 Jun 1815: The Battle of Waterloo: Napoleon defeated and exiled to St. Helena
28	1816	1816—1816: Trans-Atlantic packet service begins 1816—1816: Large scale emigration to North America 1816—1816: Climate: the 'year without a summer' ? followed a volcanic explosion of the mountain 'Tambora in Indonesia the previous year the biggest volcanic explosion in 10000 years 1816—1816: Income tax abolished 1816—1816: For the first time British silver coins were produced with an intrinsic value substantially below their face value ? the first official 'token' coinage 12 Nov 1816—11 Dec 1816: Indiana 19th State
29	1817	1817—1817: Constable painted 'Flatford Mill' 1817—1817: March of the Manchester Blanketeers; Habeas Corpus suspended 1817—1898: Indian Wars 1817—1817: Census of Nova Scotia Nova Scotia census adds place-of-birth question 3 Mar 1817—13 Dec 1819: Alabama Territory Organized 4 Mar 1817—4 Mar 1825: James Monroe James Monroe U.S. Presidency 3 Apr 1817—3 Mar 1825: James Monroe 12 Oct 1817—10 Dec 1817: Mississippi 20th State
30	1818	1818—1818: Manchester cotton spinners' strike 1818—1819: First Seminole War 1818—1818: The 49th parallel becomes border Canada-US border officially set from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains 12 Mar 1818—3 Dec 1818: Illinois 21st State 20 Oct 1818—20 Oct 1818: 'Convention of 1818' signed between the United States and the United Kingdom which, among other things, settled the US-Canada border on the 49th parallel for most of its length
31	1819	1819—1819: Singapore founded by Sir Stamford Raffles 1819—1819: Britain returns to gold standard 1819—1819: Primitive bicycle, the Dandy Horse, becomes popular 1819—1819: René Laënnec invents the stethoscope 1819—1819: Samuel Fahnestock patents a "soda fountain" 3 Feb 1819—14 Jun 1836: Arkansas Territory Organized Effective 4 July 1819 May 1819—May 1819: SS 'Savannah' first steamship to cross Atlantic reaching Liverpool 20 June 1819 (26 Days reaching Liverpool 20 June 1819 (26 Days mostly under sail) 16 Aug 1819—16 Aug 1819: Peterloo Massacre at Manchester ? a large, orderly group of 60,000 meets at St. Peter's Fields, Manchester ? demand Parliamentary Reform ? mounted troops charge on the meeting, killing 11 people and and maiming many others 12 1819—14 Dec 1819: Alabama 22nd State
32	1820	1820—1820: Abolition of the Spanish Inquisition 1820—1820: Cato Street Conspiracy ? plot to assissinate British cabinet 1820—1820: Cape Breton Island re-annexed to Nova Scotia 1820—1820: Militia land grants 1812-1814 militiamen entitled to land grants 29 Jan 1820—29 Jan 1820: Accession of George IV, previously Prince Regent 1 Aug 1820—1 Aug 1820: Regent's Canal in London opens 17 Aug 1820—17 Aug 1820: Trial of Queen Caroline to prove her infidelities so George IV can divorce her ? George tries to secure a Bill of Pains and Penalties against her ? Caroline is virtually acquitted because bill passed by such a small majority of Lords 3 1820—15 Mar 1820: Maine 23rd State 1 1820—20 Jun 1830: George IV House of Hanover: Eldest son of George III, Prince Regent, from Feb 1811
33	1821	1821—1821: Constable paints 'The Hay Wain' 1821—1821: Faraday publishes 'Principles of electro-magnetic rotation' 5 May 1821—5 May 1821: Napoleon Bonaparte dies on St Helena 8 Oct 1821—10 Aug 1821: Missouri 24th State
34	1822	14 Jun 1822—14 Jun 1822: Charles Babbage proposes a difference engine in a paper to the Royal Astronomical Society 3 1822—2 Mar 1845: Florida Territory Organized
35	1823	1823—1823: Rubberised waterproof material produced by MacIntosh 1823—1823: Rugby Football 'invented' at Rugby School 1823—1823: Peel begins penal reforms ? death penalty abolished for over 100 crimes 1823—1823: New laws concerning marriage by license ? 'very troublesome' according to some the Act was repealed all in a hurry at the beginning of the next session 1823—1823: Mackintosh (raincoat) invented by Charles Mackintosh of Scotland 2 Dec 1823—2 Dec 1823: US President James Monroe delivers a speech establishing American neutrality in future European conflicts (the 'Monroe Doctrine')
36	1824	1824—1824: Portland cement patented 1824—1824: RSPCA established 1824—1824: Canada (Land) Company formed acquires outstanding Crown reserves 1824—1824: First annual numerical census of Upper Canada Census counts 150,066 individuals 1824—1824: Professor Michael Faraday invents the first toy balloon 1824—1824: Englishmen, Joseph Aspdin patents Portland cement, the modern building material 4 Mar 1824—4 Mar 1824: Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) founded (called the 'National Institution for the Preservation of Life from Shipwreck' until 1854) 10 May 1824—10 May 1824: National Gallery in London opens to the public
37	1825	1825—1825: William Sturgeon invented the electromagnet 4 Mar 1825—4 Mar 1829: John Quincy Adams John Quincy Adams U.S. Presidency 3 Apr 1825—4 Mar 1829: John Quincy Adams 10 May 1825—5 Oct 1825: The Miramichi Fire 200-500 people killed in fire that destroys the New Brunswick towns of Newcastle and Douglastown 27 Sep 1825—27 Sep 1825: Stockton to Darlington Railway opens ? world's first service of locomotive-hauled passenger trains 6 1825—20 Sep 1825: Lower Canada (Quebec} census count of population by family
38	1826	1826—1826: Red River flooding High waters force the complete evacuation of the 10-year-old Red River Colony -- the future Winnipeg, Manitoba
39	1827	1827—1827: Ohm's Law published 1827—1827: Charles Wheatstone invents the microphone 1827—1827: John Walker invents the modern matches
40	1828	1828—1828: Naturalization commences Naturalization required for non-British persons 11 Jul 1828—1829: Military rolls taken in Canada West (Ontario) military records name every soldier from 19 to 39 years of age 25 Oct 1828—25 Oct 1828: St Katharine Docks in London opened (designed by Thomas Telford)
41	1829	1829—1829: Louis Braille invents his system of finger-reading for the blind 1829—1829: London Metropolitan Police Force formed, nicknamed 'Bobbies' after Sir Robert Peel 1829—1829: Roman Catholics are permitted by law to buy and inherit property and keep records. 1829—1829: Welland Canal opens Lake Ontario to Lake Erie canal opens 1829—1829: William Austin Burt patents a typographer, a predecessor to the typewriter 1829—1829: Frenchmen, Louis Braille invents braille printing 1829—1829: American, W.A. Burt invents a typewriter 5 1829—May 1829: Guelph, Ontario, tornado tornado destroys many homes 4 Mar 1829—4 Mar 1837: Andrew Jackson Andrew Jackson U.S. Presidency 3 Apr 1829—4 Mar 1837: Andrew Jackson 10 Jun 1829—10 Jun 1829: First Oxford/Cambridge Boat Race 6 Oct 1829—6 Oct 1829: George Stephenson's Rocket wins the Rainhill trials (it was the only one to complete the trial!)
42	1830	1830—1830: Uprisings and agitation across Europe: the Netherlands are split into Holland and Belgium 1830—1830: Frenchmen, B. Thimonnier invents a sewing machine Jul 1830—Jul 1830: Revolution in France, fall of Charles X and the Bourbons ? Louis Philippe (the Citizen King) on the throne 15 Sep 1830—15 Sep 1830: George Stephenson's Liverpool & Manchester Railway opened by the Duke of Wellington ? first mail carried by rail, and first death on the railway as William Huskisson, a leading politician, is run over! 6 1830—20 Jun 1837: William IV House of Hanover: 3rd son of George III, married Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen
43	1831	1831—1831: A list of all parish registers dating prior to 1813 compiled 1831—1831: Marriage Act amended allows Baptist, Congregationalist, Methodist, Mennonite, Independent, Dunkers and Moravian clergy to legally perform marriages 1831—1831: American, Cyrus H. McCormick invents the first commercially successful reaper 1831—1831: Michael Faraday invents an electric dynamo 6 Jan 1831—1 Oct 1831: Lower Canada (Quebec) census count of population by family 1 Jun 1831—1 Jun 1831: James Clark Ross discovers the North Magnetic Pole 1 Aug 1831—1 Aug 1831: 'New' London Bridge opens (replaced 1973) ? old bridge (which had existed for over 600 years) then demolished
44	1832	1832—1832: Electric telegraph invented by Morse 1832—1832: Electoral Registers introduced 1832—1836: Texas Revolutionary War Texas vs Mexico 1832—1832: Englishmen, Louis Braille invents the stereoscope 4 Jan 1832—1937: Immigrants quarantined at Grosse Isle Canada's immigrant quarantine station opens at Grosse Isle 14 May 1832—2 Aug 1832: Black Hawk War Black Hawk War 7 Jun 1832—7 Jun 1832: Reform Bill passed ? Representation of the People Act 6 1832—Sep 1832: Cholera epidemic - Canada West First province-wide cholera epidemic
45	1833	1833—1833: Abolition of slavery Jan 1833—Jan 1833: Britain invades the Falkland Islands 29 Aug 1833—29 Aug 1833: Factory Act forbids employment of children below age of 9
46	1834	1834—1834: Babbage invents forerunner of the computer 1834—1834: Jacob Perkins invents an early refrigerator (really an ether ice machine) 1834—1834: Henry Blair patents a corn planter, he is the second black person to receive a U.S. patent 7 1834—15 Sep 1834: Cholera epidemic - Canada West Second province-wide cholera epidemic 18 Mar 1834—18 Mar 1834: 'Tolpuddle Martyrs' transported (to Australia) for Trades Union activities 1 May 1834—1 May 1834: Slavery abolished in British possessions
47	1835	1835—1835: First railway boom period starts in Britain construction of Great Western Railway 1835—1835: Christmas becomes a national holiday 1835—1842: Second Seminole War 1835—1835: Englishmen, Francis Pettit Smith invents the propeller 1835—1835: Englishmen, Henry F. Talbot invents Calotype photography 1835—1835: Solymon Merrick patents the wrench 1835—1835: Charles Babbage invents a mechanical calculator 2 Oct 1835—21 Apr 1836: Texas War of Independence Texas War of Independence 3 Nov 1835—11 Mar 1835: First formal police force Canadian police force established in Toronto
48	1836	1836—1836: First Potato famine in Ireland 1836—1836: Samuel Colt invented the first revolver 30 Jan 1836—30 Jan 1836: Telford's Menai Straits Bridge opened ? considered the world's first modern suspension bridge 25 Feb 1836—25 Feb 1836: Samuel Colt patented the 'revolver' 6 Mar 1836—6 Mar 1836: The Alamo falls to Mexican troops - death of Davy Crockett 11 May 1836—2 Feb 1848: Mexican-American War Mexican-American War Jul 1836—Jul 1836: Inauguration of the Arc de Triomphe in Paris 6 1836—15 Jun 1836: Arkansas 25th State 4 1836—28 May 1848: Wisconsin Territory Organized Effective date 3 Jul 1836
49	1837	1837—1837: P&O Founded 1837—1837: Pitman introduces his shorthand system 1837—1837: Samuel Morse invents the telegraph 1837—1837: English schoolmaster, Rowland Hill invents the postage stamp 11 1837—Dec 1837: Lower Canada Rebellion French and English rebel against British colonial government 12 1837—Dec 1837: Upper Canada Rebellion An uprising against the ruling clique -- the Family Compact 4 Mar 1837—4 Mar 1841: Martin Van Buren Martin Van Buren U.S. Presidency 3 Apr 1837—4 Mar 1841: Martin van Buren 12 Apr 1837—7 Dec 1837: Mackenzie Rebellion U.S. patriotic rebels fight Loyalists in Toronto 20 Jun 1837—20 Jun 1837: William IV dies - accession of Queen Victoria (to 1901) 1 Jul 1837—1 Jul 1837: Compulsory registration of Births, Marriages & Deaths in England & Wales - Registration Districts were formed covering several parishes; initially they had the same boundaries as the Poor Law boundaries set up in 1834 13 Jul 1837—13 Jul 1837: Queen Victoria moves into the first Buckingham Palace 20 Jul 1837—20 Jul 1837: Euston Railway station opens - first in London 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 1 1837—26 Jan 1837: Michigan 26th State
50	1838	1838—1838: Samual Morse invents Morse Code 28 Jun 1838—28 Jun 1838: Coronation of Queen Victoria at Westminster Abbey 11 Nov 1838—16 Nov 1838: Rebellion of Hastings County, Ontario U.S. patriots raid Prescott 6 Dec 1838—27 Dec 1846: Iowa Territory Organized Effective date 3 July 1838
51	1839	1839—1839: Charles Goodyear invented vulcanized rubber 1839—1839: Scottish blacksmith Kirkpatrick MacMillan refines the primitive bicycle adding a mechanical crank drive to the rear wheel,thus creating the first true 'bicycle' in the modern Sense 1839—1839: First Opium War between Britain and China (to 1842) - Britain captures Hong Kong 1839—1839: Frenchmen, Louis Daguerre and J.N. Niepce co-invent Daguerreotype photography 1839—1839: Kirkpatrick Macmillan invents a bicycle 1839—1839: American, Charles Goodyear invents rubber vulcanization 1839—1839: Welshmen, Sir William Robert Grove conceives of the first hydrogen fuel cell 1839—1839: American, Thaddeus Fairbanks invents platform scales 1 1839—Jan 1839: Durham Report Proposal to unite Upper and Lower Canada and assimilate the French
52	1840	1840—1840: Last convicts landed in NSW (some say 1842 or 1849, but these probably landed elsewhere) 1840—1840: Population Act relating to taking of censuses in Britain 1840—1840: Englishmen, John Herschel invents the blueprint 10 Jan 1840—10 Jan 1840: Uniform Penny Postage introduced nationally

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