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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 | 1817 | |
| 3 | 1832 | - 4 Jan 1832—1937: Immigrants quarantined at Grosse Isle
Canada's immigrant quarantine station opens at Grosse Isle
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| 4 | 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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| 5 | 1850 | - 6 Sep 1850—3 Jan 1896: Utah Territory Organized
- 9 Sep 1850—5 Jan 1912: New Mexico Territory Organized
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| 6 | 1853 | - 3 Feb 1853—10 Nov 1889: Washington Territory Organized
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| 7 | 1861 | - 2 Feb 1861—1 Nov 1889: North Dakota Territory Organized
- 3 Feb 1861—1 Nov 1889: South Dakota Territory Organized
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| 8 | 1863 | - 3 Mar 1863—2 Jul 1890: Idaho Territory Organized
- 2 1863—13 Feb 1912: Arizona Territory Organized
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| 9 | 1864 | - 5 1864—7 Nov 1889: Montana Territory Organized
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| 10 | 1868 | - 7 1868—9 Jul 1890: Wyoming Territory Organized
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| 11 | 1885 | |
| 12 | 1886 | - 1886—1886: Gottlieb Daimler builds the world's first four-wheeled motor vehicle
- 1886—1886: John Pemberton invents Coca Cola
- 1886—1886: Josephine Cochrane invents the dishwasher
- 20 Jan 1886—20 Jan 1886: Mersey railway (under Mersey) opened by Prince of Wales
- May 1886—May 1886: Pharmacist John Styth Pemberton invents a carbonated beverage later named 'Coca-Cola'
- 29 May 1886—29 May 1886: Putney Bridge opens in London
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| 13 | 1887 | - 1887—1887: Daimler produces a four-wheeled motor car
- 1887—1887: German, Heinrich Hertz invents radar
- 1887—1887: Rowell Hodge patents barbed wire
- 1887—1887: Emile Berliner invents the gramophone
- 1887—1887: F.E. Muller and Adolph Fick invent the first wearable contact lenses
- 5 Mar 1887—3 May 1887: Coal mine explosion in Nanaimo, BC
148 killed in mine explosion
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| 14 | 1888 | - 1888—1888: First box camera - George Eastman registers the trademark Kodak, and receives a patent
for his camera which uses roll film
- 1888—1888: Dunlop invents pneumatic tyre
- 1888—1888: County Councils set up in Britain
- 1888—1888: Jack the Ripper active in east London during the latter half of the year
- 1888—1888: Convention of Constantinople guarantees free maritime passage through Suez Canal in war and peace
- 1888—1888: Voting rights extended
All adult male British subjects except unenfranchised Indians living on reserves are permitted to vote
- 1888—1888: John Boyd Dunlop patents a commercially successful pneumatic tire
- 1888—1888: Nikola Tesla invents the AC motor and transformer
- 1888—1888: Marvin Stone patents the spiral winding process to manufacture the first paper drinking straws
- 20 Mar 1888—20 Mar 1888: Football League formed
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1886 - 1888 (2 years)
Grover Cleveland U.S. Presidency