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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
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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 | 1868 | - 7 1868—9 Jul 1890: Wyoming Territory Organized
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| 12 | 1877 | |
| 13 | 1880 | - 1880—1880: Mosquito found to be the carrier of malaria
- 1880—1880: Education Act: schooling compulsory for 5-10 year olds
- 1880—7 Nov 1885: Chinese build railroad
The construction of the western section of the Canadian Pacific Railway employs thousands of Chinese workers
- 1880—1880: Englishmen, John Milne invents the modern seismograph
- 1880—1880: The British Perforated Paper Company invents a form of toilet paper
- 2 Aug 1880—2 Aug 1880: Greenwich Mean Time adopted throughout UK
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| 14 | 1881 | - 1881—1881: Postal Orders introduced
- 1881—1881: Flogging abolished in Army and Royal Navy
- 1881—1881: First Acadian Convention at Memramcook
First Acadian Convention at Memramcook. The Feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Mother is voted as the Acadian National holiday and is celebrated each year on August 15th.
- 1881—1881: David Houston patents the roll film for cameras
- 1881—1881: Alexander Graham Bell invents the first crude metal detector
- 1881—1881: Edward Leveaux patents the automatic player piano
- 4 Mar 1881—19 Sep 1881: James A. Garfield
 James A. Garfield U.S. Presidency
- 3 Apr 1881—19 Sep 1881: James Garfield
James Garfield wounded by assassin's bullet on 3 Jul 1881 and dies 19 Sep 1881
- 4 Apr 1881—4 Apr 1881: Census of Canada
counts 4,324,810 individuals
- Sep 1881—Sep 1881: Godalming in Surrey became the first town in England to have a public electricity
supply installed (but in 1884 it reverted to gas lighting until 1904)
- 19 Sep 1881—4 Mar 1885: Chester A. Arthur
 Chester A. Arthur U.S. Presidency
- 26 Oct 1881—26 Oct 1881: Gunfight at OK Corral
- 9 1881—4 Mar 1885: Chester A. Arthur
Chester A. Arthur, vice president under James Garfield, sworn in as president upon the death of Garfield
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1880 - 1881 (0 years)
Rutherford B. Hayes U.S. Presidenc