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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 | 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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| 13 | 1889 | - 1889—1889: Dock Strike - docker's won their 'Docker's Tanner' 6 old pennies
- 1889—1889: Celluloid film produced
- 1889—1889: Canada (Ontario Boundary) Act
Ontario's western boundary extended to west of Lake Superior
- 1889—1889: Sir James Dewar and Sir Frederick Abel co-invent Cordite - a type of smokeless gunpowder
- 1889—1889: Joshua Pusey invents the matchbook
- 11 Feb 1889—2 Nov 1889: South Dakota
40th State
- 11 Feb 1889—2 Nov 1889: North Dakota
39th State
- 4 Mar 1889—4 Mar 1893: Benjamin Harrison
 Benjamin Harrison U.S. Presidency
- 31 Mar 1889—31 Mar 1889: Eiffel Tower completed (to mark centenary of French Revolution)
- 3 Apr 1889—4 Mar 1893: Benjamin Harrison
- 14 May 1889—14 May 1889: Children's charity NSPCC launched in London
- 3 Jun 1889—3 Jun 1889: Canadian Pacific Railway completed from coast to coast
- 11 Aug 1889—8 Nov 1889: Montana
41st State
- 28 Sep 1889—28 Sep 1889: Length of a metre defined
- 11 Nov 1889—11 Nov 1889: Washington
42nd State
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| 14 | 1890 | - 5 Feb 1890—15 Nov 1907: Indian Territory Organized
The most of the area that is present day Oklahoma was divided into Oklahoma and Indian Territory
- 5 Feb 1890—15 Nov 1907: Oklahoma Territory Organized
The most of the area that is present day Oklahoma was divided into Oklahoma and Indian Territory
- 4 Mar 1890—4 Mar 1890: Forth railway bridge opens - took six years to build
- 7 Mar 1890—3 Jul 1890: Idaho
43rd State
- 7 Oct 1890—10 Jul 1890: Wyoming
44th State
- 4 Nov 1890—4 Nov 1890: City & South London Railway opens - London's first deep-level tube railway
and first major railway in the world to use electric traction
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1888 - 1890 (2 years)
Grover Cleveland U.S. Presidency