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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 | 1880 | - 1880—7 Nov 1885: Chinese build railroad
The construction of the western section of the Canadian Pacific Railway employs thousands of Chinese workers
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13 | 1881 | - 19 Sep 1881—4 Mar 1885: Chester A. Arthur
Chester A. Arthur U.S. Presidency
- 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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14 | 1884 | - 1884—1884: Second Acadian Convention at Miscouche
Second Acadian Convention at Miscouche on Prince Edward Island. The tri-color with gold star is approved as the Acadian flag and the hymn Ave Maris Stella becomes the national anthem of the Acadians.
- 1884—1884: Voting rights extended
Spinsters and widows permitted to vote in municipal elections
- 1884—1884: James Ritty invents the first working, mechanical cash register
- 1884—1884: Charles Parson patents the steam turbine
- 1884—1884: Lewis Edson Waterman invents the first practical fountain pen
- 1884—1884: George Eastman patents paper-strip photographic film
- 1884—1884: Frenchmen, H. de Chardonnet invents rayon
- 31 May 1884—31 May 1884: John Harvey Kellogg patents corn flakes
- 13 Oct 1884—13 Oct 1884: Greenwich made prime meridian of the world
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