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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 | 1854 | - 5 1854—28 Feb 1867: Nebraska Territory Organized
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9 | 1861 | - 2 Feb 1861—1 Nov 1889: North Dakota Territory Organized
- 3 Feb 1861—1 Nov 1889: South Dakota Territory Organized
- 3 Feb 1861—30 Oct 1864: Nevada Territory Organized
- 4 Mar 1861—15 Apr 1865: Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln U.S. Presidency
- 3 Apr 1861—15 Apr 1865: Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln shot by John Wilkes Booth on 14 Apr 1865 and dies the next day
- 12 Apr 1861—9 Apr 1865: American Civil War
American Civil War
- 4 1861—9 Apr 1865: Civil War
Union vs Confederacy
- 2 1861—31 Jul 1876: Colorado Territory Organized
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10 | 1863 | - 3 Mar 1863—2 Jul 1890: Idaho Territory Organized
- 2 1863—13 Feb 1912: Arizona Territory Organized
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11 | 1864 | - 1864—1864: A man-powered submarine, 'Hunley' sank a Federal steam ship USS Housatonic at the entrance to Charleston harbour in 1864 - the first recorded successful attack by a submarine on a surface ship
- 11 Mar 1864—11 Mar 1864: The Great Sheffield Flood - over 250 died when a new dam broke while it was being filled for the first time
- 20 Aug 1864—20 Aug 1864: Red Cross established - Twelve nations sign the First Geneva Convention
- 8 Dec 1864—8 Dec 1864: Clifton Suspension Bridge over the River Avon officially opened
- 5 1864—7 Nov 1889: Montana Territory Organized
- 10 1864—31 Oct 1864: Nevada
36th State
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12 | 1865 | - 1865—1865: First concrete roads built in Britain
- 1865—1865: Elizabeth Garrett Anderson (1836-1917) becomes first woman doctor in England [she later became the first woman mayor in England, in Aldeburgh 1908]
- 14 Apr 1865—14 Apr 1865: Abraham Lincoln assassinated in Ford's Theatre by John Wilkes Booth
- 14 Apr 1865—14 Apr 1865: End of American Civil War - slavery abolished in USA
- 15 Apr 1865—4 Mar 1869: Andrew Johnson
Andrew Johnson U.S. Presidency
- 12 Jun 1865—6 Dec 1865: 13th Amendment ratified
- 5 Jul 1865—5 Jul 1865: William Booth (1829-1912) founds Salvation Army, in London
- 4 1865—4 Mar 1869: Andrew Johnson
Andrew Johnson, vice president under Abraham Lincoln, sworn in as president upon Lincoln's death
- 1 1865—31 Jan 1865: 13th Amendment passed by Congress
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