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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 | 1755 | - 1755—1827: Publication of Dictionary of the English Language by Dr, Johnson
Period of canal construction began in Britian
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| 3 | 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
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| 4 | 1763 | - 1763—1884: POST-DEPORTATION PERIOD
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| 5 | 1764 | - 8 1764—1862: Indian treaties transferring land to Britain
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| 6 | 1773 | - 1773—1858: East India Company governs Hindustan
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| 7 | 1798 | - 4 Jul 1798—9 Dec 1817: Mississippi Territory Organized
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| 8 | 1805 | - 1 Nov 1805—25 Jan 1837: Michigan Territory Organized
Effective date 30 Jun 1805
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| 9 | 1809 | - 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
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| 10 | 1812 | - 6 Apr 1812—9 Aug 1821: Missouri Territory Organized
Effective date 7 Dec 1812
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| 11 | 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
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| 12 | 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
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| 13 | 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
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| 14 | 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
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| 15 | 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
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| 16 | 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
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| 17 | 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')
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| 18 | 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
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| 19 | 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
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| 20 | 1826 | - 1826—1826: Red River flooding
High waters force the complete evacuation of the 10-year-old Red River Colony -- the future Winnipeg, Manitoba
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| 21 | 1827 | - 1827—1827: Ohm's Law published
- 1827—1827: Charles Wheatstone invents the microphone
- 1827—1827: John Walker invents the modern matches
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| 22 | 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)
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| 23 | 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!)
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| 24 | 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
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| 25 | 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
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| 26 | 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
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| 27 | 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
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1817 - 1833 (16 years)