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Date |
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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 | 1764 | - 8 1764—1862: Indian treaties transferring land to Britain
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| 4 | 1773 | - 1773—1858: East India Company governs Hindustan
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| 5 | 1817 | |
| 6 | 1832 | - 4 Jan 1832—1937: Immigrants quarantined at Grosse Isle
Canada's immigrant quarantine station opens at Grosse Isle
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| 7 | 1836 | - 11 May 1836—2 Feb 1848: Mexican-American War
 Mexican-American War
- 4 1836—28 May 1848: Wisconsin Territory Organized
Effective date 3 Jul 1836
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| 8 | 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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| 9 | 1845 | - 4 Mar 1845—4 Mar 1849: James K. Polk
 James K. Polk U.S. Presidency
- 3 Apr 1845—5 Mar 1849: James Polk
- 5 1845—28 Jan 1861: Kansas Territory Organized
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| 10 | 1846 | - 4 1846—2 Feb 1848: Mexican-American War
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| 11 | 1847 | - 1847—1848: Influenza epidemic
worldwide influenza kills millions
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| 12 | 1848 | - 1848—1848: First commercial production of chewing gum
- 1848—1848: 1842's followup census completed
Canada West (Ontario) counts 725,897 individuals
- 1848—1848: Waldo Hanchett patents the dental chair
- 24 Jan 1848—24 Jan 1848: Gold found at Sutter's Mill, California - starts the California gold rush
- 11 Jul 1848—11 Jul 1848: Waterloo railway station in London opens
- 8 1848—13 Feb 1859: Oregon Territory Organized
- 5 1848—29 May 1848: Wisconsin
30th State
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| 13 | 1849 | - 1849—1849: Florin (2 shilling coin) introduced as the first step to decimalisation - which finally
occurred in 1971!
- 1849—1849: Canada's 49th parallel border is extended to the Pacific Ocean
- 1849—1849: Official bilingualism
All Canadian parliament bills are now in both English and French
- 1849—1849: Walter Hunt invents the safety pin
- 3 Mar 1849—10 Nov 1858: Minnesota Territory Organized
- 4 Mar 1849—9 Jul 1850: Zachary Taylor
 Zachary Taylor U.S. Presidency
- 3 May 1849—9 Jul 1850: Zachary Taylor
Zachary Taylor died while in office
- 10 Nov 1849—11 Oct 1849: Annexation Manifesto
Montreal's businessmen call for Canada's annexation by the U.S.
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1848 - 1849 (1 year)