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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 | 1764 | - 8 1764—1862: Indian treaties transferring land to Britain
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| 4 | 1773 | - 1773—1858: East India Company governs Hindustan
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| 5 | 1805 | - 1 Nov 1805—25 Jan 1837: Michigan Territory Organized
Effective date 30 Jun 1805
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| 6 | 1817 | |
| 7 | 1819 | - 3 Feb 1819—14 Jun 1836: Arkansas Territory Organized
Effective 4 July 1819
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| 8 | 1822 | - 3 1822—2 Mar 1845: Florida Territory Organized
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| 9 | 1829 | |
| 10 | 1830 | - 6 1830—20 Jun 1837: William IV
House of Hanover: 3rd son of George III, married Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen
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| 11 | 1832 | - 1832—1836: Texas Revolutionary War
Texas vs Mexico
- 4 Jan 1832—1937: Immigrants quarantined at Grosse Isle
Canada's immigrant quarantine station opens at Grosse Isle
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| 12 | 1834 | - 1834—1834: Babbage invents forerunner of the computer
- 1834—1834: Jacob Perkins invents an early refrigerator (really an ether ice machine)
- 1834—1834: Henry Blair patents a corn planter, he is the second black person to receive a U.S. patent
- 7 1834—15 Sep 1834: Cholera epidemic - Canada West
Second province-wide cholera epidemic
- 18 Mar 1834—18 Mar 1834: 'Tolpuddle Martyrs' transported (to Australia) for Trades Union activities
- 1 May 1834—1 May 1834: Slavery abolished in British possessions
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| 13 | 1835 | - 1835—1835: First railway boom period starts in Britain construction of Great Western Railway
- 1835—1835: Christmas becomes a national holiday
- 1835—1842: Second Seminole War
- 1835—1835: Englishmen, Francis Pettit Smith invents the propeller
- 1835—1835: Englishmen, Henry F. Talbot invents Calotype photography
- 1835—1835: Solymon Merrick patents the wrench
- 1835—1835: Charles Babbage invents a mechanical calculator
- 2 Oct 1835—21 Apr 1836: Texas War of Independence
 Texas War of Independence
- 3 Nov 1835—11 Mar 1835: First formal police force
Canadian police force established in Toronto
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| 14 | 1836 | - 1836—1836: First Potato famine in Ireland
- 1836—1836: Samuel Colt invented the first revolver
- 30 Jan 1836—30 Jan 1836: Telford's Menai Straits Bridge opened ? considered the world's first modern suspension bridge
- 25 Feb 1836—25 Feb 1836: Samuel Colt patented the 'revolver'
- 6 Mar 1836—6 Mar 1836: The Alamo falls to Mexican troops - death of Davy Crockett
- 11 May 1836—2 Feb 1848: Mexican-American War
 Mexican-American War
- Jul 1836—Jul 1836: Inauguration of the Arc de Triomphe in Paris
- 6 1836—15 Jun 1836: Arkansas
25th State
- 4 1836—28 May 1848: Wisconsin Territory Organized
Effective date 3 Jul 1836
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| 15 | 1837 | - 1837—1837: P&O Founded
- 1837—1837: Pitman introduces his shorthand system
- 1837—1837: Samuel Morse invents the telegraph
- 1837—1837: English schoolmaster, Rowland Hill invents the postage stamp
- 11 1837—Dec 1837: Lower Canada Rebellion
French and English rebel against British colonial government
- 12 1837—Dec 1837: Upper Canada Rebellion
An uprising against the ruling clique -- the Family Compact
- 4 Mar 1837—4 Mar 1841: Martin Van Buren
 Martin Van Buren U.S. Presidency
- 3 Apr 1837—4 Mar 1841: Martin van Buren
- 12 Apr 1837—7 Dec 1837: Mackenzie Rebellion
U.S. patriotic rebels fight Loyalists in Toronto
- 20 Jun 1837—20 Jun 1837: William IV dies - accession of Queen Victoria (to 1901)
- 1 Jul 1837—1 Jul 1837: Compulsory registration of Births, Marriages & Deaths in England & Wales -
Registration Districts were formed covering several parishes; initially they had the same
boundaries as the Poor Law boundaries set up in 1834
- 13 Jul 1837—13 Jul 1837: Queen Victoria moves into the first Buckingham Palace
- 20 Jul 1837—20 Jul 1837: Euston Railway station opens - first in London
- 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
- 1 1837—26 Jan 1837: Michigan
26th State
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| 16 | 1838 | - 1838—1838: Samual Morse invents Morse Code
- 28 Jun 1838—28 Jun 1838: Coronation of Queen Victoria at Westminster Abbey
- 11 Nov 1838—16 Nov 1838: Rebellion of Hastings County, Ontario
U.S. patriots raid Prescott
- 6 Dec 1838—27 Dec 1846: Iowa Territory Organized
Effective date 3 July 1838
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| 17 | 1839 | - 1839—1839: Charles Goodyear invented vulcanized rubber
- 1839—1839: Scottish blacksmith Kirkpatrick MacMillan refines the primitive bicycle adding a
mechanical crank drive to the rear wheel,thus creating the first true 'bicycle' in the modern
Sense
- 1839—1839: First Opium War between Britain and China (to 1842) - Britain captures Hong Kong
- 1839—1839: Frenchmen, Louis Daguerre and J.N. Niepce co-invent Daguerreotype photography
- 1839—1839: Kirkpatrick Macmillan invents a bicycle
- 1839—1839: American, Charles Goodyear invents rubber vulcanization
- 1839—1839: Welshmen, Sir William Robert Grove conceives of the first hydrogen fuel cell
- 1839—1839: American, Thaddeus Fairbanks invents platform scales
- 1 1839—Jan 1839: Durham Report
Proposal to unite Upper and Lower Canada and assimilate the French
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| 18 | 1840 | - 1840—1840: Last convicts landed in NSW (some say 1842 or 1849, but these probably landed
elsewhere)
- 1840—1840: Population Act relating to taking of censuses in Britain
- 1840—1840: Englishmen, John Herschel invents the blueprint
- 10 Jan 1840—10 Jan 1840: Uniform Penny Postage introduced nationally
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| 19 | 1841 | - 1841—1841: Thomas Cook starts package tours
- 1841—1841: The first census of genealogical value is taken.
- 1841—1841: Samuel Slocum patents the stapler
- 10 Feb 1841—10 Feb 1841: Penny Red replaces Penny Black postage stamp
- 4 Mar 1841—4 Apr 1841: William Henry Harrison
 William Henry Harriso
- 3 Apr 1841—4 Apr 1841: William H. Harrison
William Henry Harrison succumbed to pneumonia
- 4 Apr 1841—4 Mar 1845: John Tyler
 John Tyler U.S. Presidency
- 4 Apr 1841—4 Mar 1845: John Tyler
John Tyler the first vice president to succeed to the presidency due to death of a president
- 6 Jun 1841—6 Jun 1841: June 6: First full census in Britain in which all names were recorded (Population 18.5M)
- 2 Oct 1841—10 Feb 1841: Act of Union
Upper and Lower Canada united to become the Province of Canada and renamed to Canada East and Canada West
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| 20 | 1842 | - 1842—1842: Income Tax reintroduced in Britain
- 1842—1842: Joseph Dart builds the first grain elevator
- 2 Jan 1842—1 Feb 1842: First major census taken
Canada West (Ontario) census counts 487,053 individuals
- 30 Mar 1842—30 Mar 1842: Ether used as an anesthetic for the first time (by Dr Crawford Long in America)
- 29 Aug 1842—29 Aug 1842: Treaty of Nanking - End of First Opium War - Britain gains Hong Kong
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| 21 | 1843 | - 1843—1843: First Christmas card in England
- 1843—1843: Alexander Bain of Scotland, invents the facsimile
- 27 May 1843—27 May 1843: The Great Hall of Euston station opened in London
- 19 Jul 1843—19 Jul 1843: Brunel's 'Great Britain' launched
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| 22 | 1844 | - 1844—1844: Englishmen, John Mercer invents mercerized cotton
- 6 Jun 1844—6 Jun 1844: YMCA founded in London by Sir George Williams
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| 23 | 1845 | - 1845—1845: Tarmac laid for first time (in Nottingham)
- 1845—1845: USA doubles cost of passage to American ports
USA passage fees encourage immigrants to choose Canada as their destination
- 1845—1845: American, Elias Howe invents a sewing machine
- 1845—1845: Robert William Thomson patents the first vulcanised rubber pneumatic tire
- 3 Mar 1845—3 Mar 1845: Florida
27th State
- 4 Mar 1845—4 Mar 1849: James K. Polk
 James K. Polk U.S. Presidency
- 17 Mar 1845—17 Mar 1845: The rubber band patented by Stephen Perry
- 3 Apr 1845—5 Mar 1849: James Polk
- 12 1845—29 Dec 1845: Texas
28th State
- 5 1845—28 Jan 1861: Kansas Territory Organized
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| 24 | 1846 | - 1846—1846: Canada-U.S. Boundary Completed
- 1846—1846: Dr. William Morton, a Massachusetts dentist, is the first to use anesthesia for tooth extraction
- 10 Sep 1846—10 Sep 1846: The sewing machine is patented by Elias Howe
- 4 1846—2 Feb 1848: Mexican-American War
- 12 1846—28 Dec 1846: Iowa
29th State
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| 25 | 1847 | - 1847—1847: US Mormons make Salt Lake City their centre
- 1847—1847: Longfellow writes the poem Evangeline
The poem Evangeline by Henry Wadsworth Longefellow is published. A spirit of pride and hope is rekindled among the Acadians.
- 1847—1847: Typhus epidemic
The height of the typhus and cholera epidemic brought by immigrants - the black year of emigration
- 1847—1848: Influenza epidemic
worldwide influenza kills millions
- 1847—1847: Hungarian, Ignaz Semmelweis invents antisceptics
- Jan 1847—Jan 1847: An anesthetic used for the first time in England (James Simpson used ether to numb the pain of labour)
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| 26 | 1848 | - 1848—1848: First commercial production of chewing gum
- 1848—1848: 1842's followup census completed
Canada West (Ontario) counts 725,897 individuals
- 1848—1848: Waldo Hanchett patents the dental chair
- 24 Jan 1848—24 Jan 1848: Gold found at Sutter's Mill, California - starts the California gold rush
- 11 Jul 1848—11 Jul 1848: Waterloo railway station in London opens
- 8 1848—13 Feb 1859: Oregon Territory Organized
- 5 1848—29 May 1848: Wisconsin
30th State
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| 27 | 1849 | - 1849—1849: Florin (2 shilling coin) introduced as the first step to decimalisation - which finally
occurred in 1971!
- 1849—1849: Canada's 49th parallel border is extended to the Pacific Ocean
- 1849—1849: Official bilingualism
All Canadian parliament bills are now in both English and French
- 1849—1849: Walter Hunt invents the safety pin
- 3 Mar 1849—10 Nov 1858: Minnesota Territory Organized
- 4 Mar 1849—9 Jul 1850: Zachary Taylor
 Zachary Taylor U.S. Presidency
- 3 May 1849—9 Jul 1850: Zachary Taylor
Zachary Taylor died while in office
- 10 Nov 1849—11 Oct 1849: Annexation Manifesto
Montreal's businessmen call for Canada's annexation by the U.S.
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| 28 | 1850 | - 1850—1850: Joel Houghton was granted the first dishwasher patent
- 1 Jan 1850—1 Jan 1850: County government
Counties become official units of local government
- 9 Jul 1850—4 Mar 1853: Millard Fillmore
 Millard Fillmore U.S. Presidency
- 6 Sep 1850—3 Jan 1896: Utah Territory Organized
- 9 Sep 1850—5 Jan 1912: New Mexico Territory Organized
- 9 Sep 1850—9 Sep 1850: California
31st State
- 7 Oct 1850—4 Mar 1853: Millard Fillmore
Millard Fillmore, vice president under Zachary Taylor, sworn in as president after Taylor's death
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| 29 | 1851 | - 1851—1851: Gold discovered in Australia
- 1851—1851: First Canadian postage stamp
Orange-red stamp is created by Sir Sandford Fleming, sells for three pence and features a beaver
- 1851—1851: Toronto-Buffalo rail line constructed
Great Western Railway creates Toronto-Buffalo line
- 1851—1851: Isaac Singer invents a sewing machine
- 1 May 1851—1 May 1851: Great exhibition of the works of industry of all nations ('Crystal Palace' exhibition) opened in Hyde Park
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| 30 | 1852 | - 1852—1852: Tasmania ceases to be a convict settlement
- 1852—1852: Wells Fargo established in USA
- 1852—1852: Jean Bernard Léon Foucault invents a gyroscope
- 1852—1852: Henri Giffard builds an airship powered by the first aircraft engine - unsuccessful design
- 1 Dec 1852—12 Jan 1852: First "thorough" Canadian census
"1851" census includes Canada West, Canada East, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island, but was not completed until 1853
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| 31 | 1853 | - 1853—1853: Vaccination against smallpox made compulsory in Britain
- 1853—1853: George Cayley invents a manned glider
- 3 Feb 1853—10 Nov 1889: Washington Territory Organized
- 4 Mar 1853—4 Mar 1857: Franklin Pierce
 Franklin Pierce U.S. Presidency
- 3 Apr 1853—4 Mar 1857: Franklin Pierce
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| 32 | 1854 | - 1854—1854: Cigarettes introduced into Britain
- 1854—1854: John Tyndall demonstrates the principles of fiber optics
- 27 Mar 1854—27 Mar 1854: Britain declares war on Russia (Crimean War)
- 25 Oct 1854—25 Oct 1854: Battle of Balaklava in Crimea (charge of the Light Brigade)
- 5 1854—28 Feb 1867: Nebraska Territory Organized
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| 33 | 1855 | - 1855—1855: Civil registration begins.
- 1855—1855: Ice Hockey
The first game of ice hockey is believed to have been played in Kingston, Ontario
- 1855—1855: Isaac Singer patents the sewing machine motor
- 1855—1855: Georges Audemars invents rayon
- 1 Jan 1855—1 Jan 1855: Ottawa named
The logging town of Bytown is renamed to Ottawa
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| 34 | 1856 | - 1856—1856: End of Crimean War
- 1856—1856: Louis Pasteur invents pasteurisation
- 29 Jan 1856—29 Jan 1856: Victoria Cross created by Royal Warrant, backdated to 1854 to recognise acts
during the Crimean War (first award ceremony 26 June 1857)
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| 35 | 1857 | - 1857—1857: Work starts on the laying of the Transatlantic cable
- 1857—1857: Ottawa is declared the capital of Canada by Queen Victoria
- 1857—1857: George Pullman invents the Pullman Sleeping Car for train travel
- 4 Mar 1857—4 Mar 1861: James Buchanan
 James Buchanan U.S. Presidency
- 3 Apr 1857—4 Mar 1861: James Buchanan
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| 36 | 1858 | - 1858—1858: Royal Opera House opens in Covent Garden, London
- 1858—1858: 'The great stink' - smell of the River Thames forced Parliament to stop work
- 1858—1858: Jean Lenoir invents an internal combustion engine
- 1858—1858: Hamilton Smith patents the rotary washing machine
- 5 Nov 1858—11 May 1858: Minnesota
32nd State
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| 37 | 1859 | - 1859—1859: Peaceful picketing legalised in Britain
- 25 Apr 1859—25 Apr 1859: Work started on building the Suez canal (opened 17 Nov 1869)
- 4 May 1859—4 May 1859: Brunel's Royal Albert Bridge opened at Saltash giving rail link between Devon
and Cornwall
- 24 Nov 1859—24 Nov 1859: Charles Darwin publishes 'The Origin of Species'
- 2 1859—14 Feb 1859: Oregon
33rd State
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| 38 | 1860 | - 1860—1860: The Maple Leaf
first used as official emblem of Canada during visit from the Prince of Wales
- 29 Aug 1860—29 Aug 1860: First tram service in Europe starts in Birkenhead
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| 39 | 1861 | - 1861—1861: Elisha Otis patents elevator safety brakes, creating a safer elevator
- 1861—1861: Pierre Michaux invents a bicycle
- 1861—1861: Linus Yale invents the Yale lock or cylinder lock
- 2 Feb 1861—1 Nov 1889: North Dakota Territory Organized
- 3 Feb 1861—1 Nov 1889: South Dakota Territory Organized
- 3 Feb 1861—30 Oct 1864: Nevada Territory Organized
- 4 Mar 1861—15 Apr 1865: Abraham Lincoln
 Abraham Lincoln U.S. Presidency
- 3 Apr 1861—15 Apr 1865: Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln shot by John Wilkes Booth on 14 Apr 1865 and dies the next day
- 12 Apr 1861—9 Apr 1865: American Civil War
 American Civil War
- 25 May 1861—25 May 1861: American Civil War begins
- 1 1861—14 Jan 1861: Canadian census
1861 census includes Canada West, Canada East, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island
- 4 1861—9 Apr 1865: Civil War
Union vs Confederacy
- 2 1861—31 Jul 1876: Colorado Territory Organized
- 1 1861—29 Jan 1861: Kansas
34th State
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| 40 | 1862 | - 1862—1862: Lincoln issues first legal US paper money (Greenbacks)
- 1862—1862: Alexander Parkes invents the first man-made plastic
- 1862—1862: Dr. Richard Gatling patents the machine gun
- 20 Apr 1862—20 Apr 1862: First pasteurisation test completed by Louis Pasteur and Claude Bernard
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| 41 | 1863 | - 1863—1863: Opening of state institution for criminally insane at Broadmoor, England
- 1863—1863: Football Association founded (UK)
- 1863—1863: Denmark goes to war against Prussia and Austria. In the Treaty of Prague (1866), Denmark cedes Schleswig-Holstein to Prussia (Ge
- 10 Jan 1863—10 Jan 1863: First section of the London Underground Railway opens
- 3 Mar 1863—2 Jul 1890: Idaho Territory Organized
- 6 1863—20 Jun 1863: West Virginia
35th State
- 2 1863—13 Feb 1912: Arizona Territory Organized
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| 42 | 1864 | - 1864—1864: A man-powered submarine, 'Hunley' sank a Federal steam ship USS Housatonic at the entrance to Charleston harbour in 1864 - the first recorded successful attack by a submarine on a surface ship
- 11 Mar 1864—11 Mar 1864: The Great Sheffield Flood - over 250 died when a new dam broke while it was being filled for the first time
- 20 Aug 1864—20 Aug 1864: Red Cross established - Twelve nations sign the First Geneva Convention
- 8 Dec 1864—8 Dec 1864: Clifton Suspension Bridge over the River Avon officially opened
- 5 1864—7 Nov 1889: Montana Territory Organized
- 10 1864—31 Oct 1864: Nevada
36th State
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| 43 | 1865 | - 1865—1865: First concrete roads built in Britain
- 1865—1865: Elizabeth Garrett Anderson (1836-1917) becomes first woman doctor in England [she later became the first woman mayor in England, in Aldeburgh 1908]
- 14 Apr 1865—14 Apr 1865: Abraham Lincoln assassinated in Ford's Theatre by John Wilkes Booth
- 14 Apr 1865—14 Apr 1865: End of American Civil War - slavery abolished in USA
- 15 Apr 1865—4 Mar 1869: Andrew Johnson
 Andrew Johnson U.S. Presidency
- 12 Jun 1865—6 Dec 1865: 13th Amendment ratified
- 5 Jul 1865—5 Jul 1865: William Booth (1829-1912) founds Salvation Army, in London
- 4 1865—4 Mar 1869: Andrew Johnson
Andrew Johnson, vice president under Abraham Lincoln, sworn in as president upon Lincoln's death
- 1 1865—31 Jan 1865: 13th Amendment passed by Congress
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| 44 | 1866 | - 1866—1866: Fenian Raids
Irish Americans raid Canada
- 1866—1866: Ontario Gold Rush
Gold discovered in Eldorado, Hastings County, Ontario
- 1866—1866: Englishmen Robert Whitehead invents a torpedo
- 1866—1866: J. Osterhoudt patents the tin can with a key opener
- 1866—1866: Alfred Nobel invents dynamite
- 6 1866—13 Jun 1866: 14th Amendment passed by Congress
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| 45 | 1867 | - 1867—1867: Christopher Scholes invents the first practical and modern typewriter
- 3 Jan 1867—1 Mar 1867: Nebraska
37th State
- 7 Jan 1867—1 Jul 1867: 10-year census taking becomes a legal requirement
the first census of The Dominion of Canada is scheduled for 1871 and every 10 years after
- 7 Jan 1867—1 Jul 1867: Confederation
British North America Act creates the Dominion of Canada from the provinces of Canada (Upper and Lower), New Brunswick and Nova Scotia
- 1 Jul 1867—1 Jul 1867: The British North America Act takes effect, creating the Canadian Confederation
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| 46 | 1868 | - 1868—1868: Last convicts landed in Australia (Western Australia)
- 1868—1868: Vote given to male British subjects
British males, 21 years of age or older who own, rent or occupy property of specified values are entitled to vote
- 1868—1868: J P Knight invents traffic lights
- 1868—1868: George Westinghouse invents air brakes
- 1868—1868: Robert Mushet invents tungsten steel
- 7 1868—19 Jul 1868: 14th Amendment ratified
- 7 1868—9 Jul 1890: Wyoming Territory Organized
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| 47 | 1869 | - 1869—1869: Ball bearings, celluloid, margarine, and washing machines, all invented
- 7 Jan 1869—1 Jul 1869: Ontario begins BMD registration
Start of Ontario's registration of births, marriages and deaths
- 4 Mar 1869—4 Mar 1877: Ulysses S. Grant
 Ulysses S. Grant U.S. Presidency
- 3 Apr 1869—5 Mar 1877: Ulysses Grant
- 23 Nov 1869—23 Nov 1869: Cutty Sark launched in Dumbarton
- 11 1869—15 Jul 1870: Rupert's Land joins Canada
Canada purchases Rupert's Land from Hudson's Bay Company. Some of this land is added to Ontario, and the rest is later divided into the provinces of Manitoba, Alberta and Saskatchewan and the Northwest Territories
- 2 1869—26 Feb 1869: 15th Amendment passed by Congress
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| 48 | 1870 | - 1870—1870: Diamonds discovered in Kimberley, South Africa
- 1870—1870: Water closets come into wide use
- 1870—1870: Dr Thomas Barnardo opens his first home for destitute children
- 1870—1870: GPO takes over the privately-owned Telegraph Companies (nationalised)
- 1870—1870: First census of British Columbia
- 2 Mar 1870—3 Feb 1870: 15th Amendment ratified
- 1 Oct 1870—1 Oct 1870: First British postcard - halfpenny post
- 7 1870—15 Jul 1870: Manitoba created
Part of Rupert's Land becomes Manitoba -- the fifth province
- 7 1870—15 Jul 1870: Northwest Territories created
Part of Rupert's Land becomes the Northwest Territories
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| 49 | 1871 | - 4 Feb 1871—2 Apr 1871: Dominion of Canada Census
The first national census after Confederation includes Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia - counts 3,689,257
- 27 Mar 1871—27 Mar 1871: First Rugby Football international, England v Scotland, played in Edinburgh
- 29 Mar 1871—29 Mar 1871: Opening of Royal Albert Hall, London
- 29 Jun 1871—29 Jun 1871: Trades Unions legalised in Britain, but picketing made illegal
- 7 1871—20 Jul 1871: British Columbia joins Canada
British Columbia becomes Canada's sixth province
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| 50 | 1872 | - 1872—1872: Penalties introduced for failing to register births, marriages & deaths (Eng & Wales)
- 1872—1872: Licensing hours introduced
- 1872—1872: Chinese and First Nations banned from voting in BC
The British Columbia Qualifications of Voters Act denies the Chinese and First Nations peoples the right to vote
- 1872—1872: Dominion Land Act
Prairies opened for settlement by offer of 160 acres of land to each settler, resident for 3 years and paying a $10 filing fee
- 1872—1872: A.M. Ward issues the first mail-order catalog
- 1872—1872: J.S. Risdon patents the metal windmill
- 4 Dec 1872—4 Dec 1872: American ship 'Mary Celeste' is found abandoned by the British brig 'Dei Gratia' in the Atlantic Ocean
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| 51 | 1873 | - 1873—1873: North-West Mounted Police created
"Mounties" formed from civilians to patrol the west
- 1873—1873: Joseph Glidden invents barbed wire
- 7 Jan 1873—1 Jul 1873: Prince Edward Island joins Canada
Prince Edward Island becomes Canada's seventh province
- 5 1873—13 May 1873: Nova Scotia coal mine explosion
60 men die in Westville, Nova Scotia when a coal mine is destroyed by fire and explosion
- 8 1873—25 Aug 1873: The Great Nova Scotia Cyclone
500 killed by cyclone
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| 52 | 1874 | - 1874—1874: Factory Act introduces 56-hour week
- 1874—1874: Voting rights extended
male British subjects 21 years old and over, with annual income of $400 and 'enfranchised Indians' given the right to vote
- 1874—1874: American, C. Goodyear, Jr. invents the shoe welt stitcher
- 5 Apr 1874—5 Apr 1874: Birkenhead Park opened, said to be the first civic public park in the world - features of it later copied in Central Park, New York
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| 53 | 1875 | - 1875—1875: London's main sewage system completed
- 1875—1875: Supreme Court of Canada established
- 1875—1875: Western Indian treaties signed
- 1 Jan 1875—1 Jan 1875: Midland Railway abolishes Second Class passenger facilities, leaving First Class and Third Class. Other British railway companies followed during the rest of the year. (Third Class was renamed Second Class in 1956)
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| 54 | 1876 | - 1876—1876: Nicolaus August Otto invents the first practical four-stroke internal combustion engine
- 1876—1876: Alexander Graham Bell patents the telephone
- 1876—1876: Melville Bissell patents the carpet sweeper
- 8 Jan 1876—1 Aug 1876: Colorado
38th State
- 14 Feb 1876—14 Feb 1876: Alexander Graham Bell and Elisha Gray each file a patent for the telephone - Bell awarded the rights
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| 55 | 1877 | - 1877—1877: Edison invents microphone and phonograph
- 1877—1877: Thomas Edison invents the cylinder phonograph or tin foil phonograph
- 1877—1877: Eadweard Muybridge invents the first moving pictures
- 4 Mar 1877—4 Mar 1881: Rutherford B. Hayes
 Rutherford B. Hayes U.S. Presidenc
- 3 May 1877—4 Mar 1881: Rutherford Hayes
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| 56 | 1878 | - 1878—1878: CID established at New Scotland Yard
- 1878—1878: Edison & Swan invent electric lamp
- 1878—1878: Red Flag Act in Britain limits mechanical road vehicles to 4mph
- 1878—1878: Sir Joseph Wilson Swan was the first person to invent a practical and longer-lasting electic lightbulb
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| 57 | 1879 | - 18 Sep 1879—18 Sep 1879: Blackpool illuminations switched on for first time
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| 58 | 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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| 59 | 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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| 60 | 1882 | - 1882—1882: Fourth Eddystone Lighthouse completed
- 1882—1882: Home children arrive
First shipload of sponsored immigrant children arrive in Canada (Dr. Barnardo Homes etc.)
- 1882—1882: Northwest Territories divided
Athabasca, Assiniboia, Alberta and Saskatchewan created
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| 61 | 1883 | - 1883—1883: Statue of Liberty presented to USA by France
- 24 May 1883—24 May 1883: Brooklyn Bridge, New York opens (crosses East River)
- 1 Aug 1883—1 Aug 1883: Parcel post starts in Britain
- 27 Aug 1883—27 Aug 1883: Eruption of Krakatoa near Java - 30,000 killed by tidal wave
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| 62 | 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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| 63 | 1885 | - 1885—1885: Canadian Pacific Railway completed
- 1885—1885: Gottlieb Daimler patents the world's first motorcycle
- 1885—1885: Eastman makes first coated photographic paper
- 1885—1885: Carl Benz builds the 'Motorwagen', a single-cylinder motor car
- 1885—1885: Karl Benz invents the first practical automobile to be powered by an internal-combustion engine
- 1885—1885: Harim Maxim invents the machine gun
- 1885—1885: Gottlieb Daimler invents the first gas-engined motorcycle
- Mar 1885—Mar 1885: First UK cremation in modern times took place at Woking
- 4 Mar 1885—4 Mar 1889: Grover Cleveland
 Grover Cleveland U.S. Presidency
- 3 Apr 1885—4 Mar 1889: Grover Cleveland
- 11 Jul 1885—7 Nov 1885: Canadian Pacific Railway Completed
'Here on November 7, 1885, a plain iron spike welded East to West', says a plaque in Craigellachie, Eagle Pass, BC
- 5 Sep 1885—5 Sep 1885: The first train runs through the Severn Tunnel
- 29 Sep 1885—29 Sep 1885: First electric tramcar used at Blackpool
- 11 1885—16 Nov 1885: Louis Riel hanged
Accused of treason for leading the Métis resistance, Louis Riel's hanging in Regina further degrades English-French relations
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| 64 | 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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| 65 | 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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| 66 | 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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| 67 | 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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| 68 | 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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| 69 | 1891 | - 1891—1891: Primary education made free and compulsory
- 1891—1891: First Children's Aid Society is established in Toronto
- 1891—1891: Jesse W. Reno invents the escalator
- 18 Mar 1891—18 Mar 1891: First telephone link between London & Paris
- 4 May 1891—4 May 1891: Fictional date when Sherlock Holmes throws Moriarty over Reichenbach Falls, then disappears for 3 years! (published in 1893)
- 4 Jun 1891—6 Apr 1891: Census of Canada
counts 4,833,239 individuals
- 24 Aug 1891—24 Aug 1891: Thomas Edison patents the motion picture camera
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| 70 | 1892 | - 1892—1892: Electric oven invented
- 1892—1892: Shop Hours Act - limit 74 hours per week for under-18's
- 1892—1892: Sir James Dewar invents the Dewar flask or vacuum flask
- 1892—1892: Rudolf Diesel invents the diesel-fueled internal combustion engine
- 6 Oct 1892—6 Oct 1892: Alfred Lord Tennyson dies, aged 83, at his house Aldworth, near Haslemere
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| 71 | 1893 | - 1893—1893: Zip fastener invented
- 1893—1893: Henry Ford's first car
- 1893—1893: American, W.L. Judson invents the zipper
- 1893—1893: Edward Goodrich Acheson invents carborundum
- 4 Mar 1893—4 Mar 1897: Grover Cleveland
Grover Cleveland U.S. Presidency
- 3 Apr 1893—4 Mar 1897: Grover Cleveland
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| 72 | 1894 | - 1894—1894: Picture postcard introduced in Britain
- 1 Jan 1894—1 Jan 1894: Manchester Ship Canal opens
- 1 Mar 1894—1 Mar 1894: Blackpool Tower opens
- 30 Jun 1894—30 Jun 1894: Tower Bridge first opens
- 2 Aug 1894—2 Aug 1894: Death duties first introduced in Britain
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| 73 | 1895 | - 1895—1895: Sir Henry Wood starts Promenade Concerts in London
- 1895—1895: Lumiere Brothers using their Cinematographe are the first to present a projected motion picture to an audience of more that one
- 1895—1895: Lumiere Brothers invent a portable motion-picture camera, film processing unit and projector called the Cinematographe
- 12 Jan 1895—12 Jan 1895: The National Trust founded in England
- 24 May 1895—24 May 1895: Henry Irving becomes the first person from the theatre to be knighted
- 28 May 1895—28 May 1895: Oscar Wilde sent to prison
- 12 Jul 1895—12 Jul 1895: First recorded motor journey of any length (56 miles) in Britain
- 17 Oct 1895—17 Oct 1895: First people in Britain to be charged with motor offences - John Henry Knight and James Pullinger of Farnham, Surrey
- Nov 1895—Nov 1895: X-rays discovered
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| 74 | 1896 | - 1896—1896: Gold discovered in Yukon
Gold found in Bonanza Creek, Klondike River, Yukon
- 1896—1896: American, H. O'Sullivan invents the rubber heel
- 1 Apr 1896—4 Jan 1896: Utah
45th State
- 5 Apr 1896—5 Apr 1896: First modern Olympic Games held in Athens
- 2 Jun 1896—2 Jun 1896: Guglielmo Marconi receives a British patent (later disputed) for the radio
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| 75 | 1897 | - 1897—1897: Thomas Edison patents the Kinetoscope, the first movie projector
- 4 Mar 1897—14 Sep 1901: William McKinley
 William McKinley U.S. Presidency
- 3 Apr 1897—14 Sep 1901: William McKinley
William McKinley dies in Buffalo, NY.
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| 76 | 1898 | - 1898—1898: Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company founded
- 1898—1898: Zeppelin builds airship
- 1898—1898: First photograph using artificial light
- 1898—1898: Klondike gold rush
Gold rush along the upper Yukon River
- 1898—1898: Yukon gold rush
- 1898—1898: Rudolf Diesel receives patent #608,845 for an "internal combustion engine" the Diesel engine
- 1898—1898: Edwin Prescott patents the roller coaster
- 17 Mar 1898—17 Mar 1898: USS Holland launched, the first practical submarine
- 25 Apr 1898—12 Aug 1898: Spanish-American War
 Spanish-American War
- 27 Jun 1898—27 Jun 1898: The first solo circumnavigation of the globe completed at Rhode island by
Joshua Slocum in Spray (started from Boston, Mass on Apr 24, 1895)
- 7 Jul 1898—20 Aug 1959: Territory of Hawaii was Oraganized
- 6 1898—13 Jun 1898: The Yukon joins Canada
Yukon becomes an entity separate from the North-West Territories
- 4 1898—10 Dec 1898: Spanish-American War
United States vs Spain
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| 77 | 1899 | - 1899—1899: J.S. Thurman patents the motor-driven vacuum cleaner
- 1899—1899: I.R. Johnson patents the bicycle frame
- 6 Mar 1899—6 Mar 1899: Aspirin first marketed by Bayer
- 2 Jun 1899—4 Jul 1902: Philippine-American War
 Philippine-American War
- 11 Oct 1899—11 Oct 1899: Start of Second Boer War
- 2 Nov 1899—7 Sep 1901: Boxer Rebellion
 Boxer Rebellion
- 10 1899—30 Oct 1899: Boer War
Canadian troops sent overseas for the first time to fight in the Boer War, but this is opposed by Quebec
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| 78 | 1900 | - 1900—1900: School leaving age in Britain raised to 14 years
- 1900—1900: Central Line opens in London: underground is electrified
- 1900—1900: Escalator shown at Paris exhibition
- 1900—1900: The zeppelin invented by Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin
- 1900—1900: Charles Seeberger redesigned Jesse Reno's escalator and invented the modern escalator
- 9 Feb 1900—9 Feb 1900: Davis Cup tennis competition established
- 27 Feb 1900—27 Feb 1900: Labour Party formed
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| 79 | 1901 | - 1901—1901: Hubert Cecil Booth patents the vacuum cleaner
- 1901—1901: Commonwealth of Australia founded
- 1901—1901: King Camp Gillette invents the double-edged safety razor
- 1901—1901: The first radio receiver, successfully received a radio transmission
- 1901—1901: Hubert Booth invents a compact and modern vacuum cleaner
- 22 Jan 1901—22 Jan 1901: Queen Victoria dies - Edward VII king
- 2 Feb 1901—2 Feb 1901: Queen Victoria's funeral - interred beside Prince Albert in the Frogmore
Mausoleum at Windsor Great Park
- Jun 1901—Jun 1901: Denunciation of use of concentration camps by British in Boer War
- 14 Sep 1901—4 Mar 1909: Theodore Roosevelt
 Theodore Roosevelt U.S. Presidenc
- 2 Oct 1901—2 Oct 1901: Britain's first submarine launched
- 12 Dec 1901—12 Dec 1901: First successful radio transmission across the Atlantic, by Marconi - Morse
code from Cornwall to Newfoundland
- 9 1901—4 Mar 1909: Theodore Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt, vice president under William McKinley, sworn in as president upon death of McKinley
- 1 1901—6 May 1910: Edward VII
House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha: Eldest son of Victoria, married Alexandra, Princess of Denmark
- 3 1901—31 Mar 1901: Census of Canada
counts 5,371,315 individuals
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| 80 | 1902 | - 1902—1902: Marie Curie discovers radioactivity
- 1902—1902: Cremation Act - cremation can only take place at officially recognised establishments,
and with two death certificates issued
- 1902—1902: Balfour's Education Act provides for secondary education
- 1902—1902: Willis Carrier invents the air conditioner
- 1902—1902: French physicist George Claude invents neon light
- 1902—1902: The lie detector or polygraph machine is invented by James Mackenzie
- 1902—1902: The birth of the Teddy Bear
- 24 May 1902—24 May 1902: Empire Day (later Commonwealth Day) first celebrated
- 31 May 1902—31 May 1902: Treaty of Vereeniging ends Second Boer War
- 9 Aug 1902—9 Aug 1902: Coronation of Edward VII
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| 81 | 1903 | - 1903—1903: Women's Social and Political Union formed in Britain by Emmeline Pankhurst
- 1903—1903: Henry Ford sets up his motor company
- 1903—1903: Workers' Education Association (WEA) formed in Britain
- 1903—1903: Canada loses the Alaska Boundary Dispute to the USA
- 1903—1903: Edward Binney and Harold Smith co-invent crayons
- 1903—1903: Bottle-making machinery invented by Michael J. Owens
- 1903—1903: The Wright brothers invent the first gas motored and manned airplane
- 1903—1903: Mary Anderson invents windshield wipers
- 1903—1903: William Coolidge invents ductile tungsten used in lightbulbs
- 14 Dec 1903—14 Dec 1903: First flight of Wilbur & Orville Wright
- 4 1903—29 Apr 1903: Frank Slide, Alberta
Turtle Mountain landslide, caused by mining, buries town and population of Frank in Alberta
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| 82 | 1904 | - 1904—1904: Leeds University established
- 1904—1904: Teabags invented by Thomas Suillivan
- 1904—1904: Benjamin Holt invents a tractor
- 1904—1904: John A Fleming invents a vacuum diode or Fleming valve
- 8 Apr 1904—8 Apr 1904: France and UK sign the Entente Cordiale
- 4 May 1904—4 May 1904: America takes over construction of the Panama Canal from the French
(completed 1914)
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| 83 | 1905 | - 1905—1905: Germany lays down the first Dreadnought battleship
- 1905—1905: Aliens Act in Britain: Home Office controls immigration
- 1905—1905: The title 'Prime Minister' noted in a royal warrant for the first time - placed the Prime
Minister in order of precedence in Britain immediately after the Archbishop of York
- 1905—1905: Albert Einstein published the Theory of Relativity and made famous the equation, E = mc2
- 1905—1905: Mary Anderson receives a patent for windshield wipers
- 9 Jan 1905—1 Sep 1905: Alberta and Saskatchewan join Canada
Alberta and Saskatchewan become Canada's eighth and ninth provinces
- 11 Apr 1905—11 Apr 1905: Einstein publishes Special Theory of Relativity
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| 84 | 1906 | - 1906—1906: Introduction of free school meals for poor children
- 1906—1906: Amundsen traverses the North-West Passage
- 1906—1906: William Kellogg invents Cornflakes
- 1906—1906: Lewis Nixon invents the first sonar like device
- 1906—1906: Lee Deforest invents electronic amplifying tube (triode)
- 10 Feb 1906—10 Feb 1906: Launching of HMS Dreadnought, first turbine-driven battleship
- 15 Mar 1906—15 Mar 1906: Rolls-Royce Ltd registered
- 26 May 1906—26 May 1906: Vauxhall Bridge opened in London
- 20 Sep 1906—20 Sep 1906: Launching of Cunard's RMS Mauretania on the Tyne
- 6 1906—24 Jun 1906: Census of Northwest Provinces
Census of Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta. Quinquennial censuses instituted
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| 85 | 1907 | - 1907—1907: Lumiere develops a process for colour photography
- 1907—1907: First airship flies over London
- 1907—1907: New Zealand becomes a Dominion
- 1907—1907: Imperial College, London, is established
- 1907—1907: Leo Baekeland invents the first synthetic plastic called Bakelite
- 1907—1907: Color photography invented by Auguste and Louis Lumiere
- 1907—1907: The very first piloted helicopter was invented by Paul Cornu
- Jul 1907—Jul 1907: Leo Hendrik Baekeland patents Bakelite, the first plastic invented that held its
shape after being heated
- 1 Aug 1907—1 Aug 1907: Baden-Powell leads the first Scout camp on Brownsea Island
- 9 Nov 1907—9 Nov 1907: The Cullinan Diamond presented to Edward VII on his birthday
- 11 1907—16 Nov 1907: Oklahoma
46th State. The area that had been Oklahoma Territory and Indian Territory were united to become one state.
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| 86 | 1908 | - 1908—1908: Lord Baden-Powell starts the Boy Scout movement
- 1908—1908: Separate courts for juveniles established in Britain
- 1908—1908: Coal Mines Regulation Act in Britain limits men to an eight hour day
- 1908—1908: Border Ports established
Ports of entry established for customs and immigration
- 1908—1908: The gyrocompass invented by Elmer A. Sperry
- 1908—1908: Cellophane invented by Jacques E. Brandenberger
- 1908—1908: Model T first sold
- 1908—1908: J W Geiger and W Müller invent the geiger counter
- 1908—1908: Fritz Haber invents the Haber Process for making artificial nitrates
- 1 Jul 1908—1 Jul 1908: SOS became effective as an international signal of distress
- 12 Aug 1908—12 Aug 1908: First 'Model T' Ford made
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| 87 | 1909 | - 1909—1909: First commercial manufacture of Bakelite - start of the plastic age
- 1909—1909: Peary reaches the north pole
- 1909—1909: Beveridge Report prompts creation of labour Exchanges
- 1909—1909: Instant coffee invented by G. Washington
- 1 Jan 1909—1 Jan 1909: Old Age Pensions Act came into force
- 16 Jan 1909—16 Jan 1909: Ernest Shackleton's expedition finds the magnetic South Pole
- 7 Feb 1909—2 Jul 1909: 16th Amendment passed by Congress
- 4 Mar 1909—4 Mar 1913: William Howard Taft
 William Howard Taft U.S. Presidency
- 15 Mar 1909—15 Mar 1909: Selfridges department store opens in London
- 3 Apr 1909—4 Mar 1913: William Taft
- 25 Jul 1909—25 Jul 1909: Bleriot flies across the Channel (36 minutes, Calais to Dover)
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| 88 | 1910 | - 1910—1910: Halley's comet reappears
- 1910—1910: Tango becomes popular in North America and Europe
- 1910—1910: Madame Curie isolates radium
- 1910—1910: Dr Crippen caught by radio telegraphy; hanged 23 Nov at Pentonville
- 1910—1910: Constitutional crisis in Britain
- 1910—1910: Railway strike and coal strikes in Britain
- 1910—1910: Thomas Edison demonstrated the first talking motion picture
- 1910—1910: Georges Claude displayed the first neon lamp to the public on December 11, 1910, in Paris
- 6 May 1910—6 May 1910: Edward VII dies - George V becomes King
- 5 Jun 1910—20 Jan 1936: George V
House of Windsor (name adopted Jul 17, 1917): 2nd son of Edward VII, married Princess Mary of Teck. Accession, Jan 20, abdication, Dec 10.
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| 89 | 1911 | - 1911—1911: Strikes by seamen, dock and transport workers (1911-1912)
- 1911—1911: Rutherford: theory of atomic structures
- 1911—1911: First British Official Secrets Act
- 1911—1911: British MPs receive a salary
- 1911—1911: Parliament Act in Britain reduces the power of the House of Lords
- 1911—1911: Charles Franklin Kettering invents the first automobile electrical ignition system
- 6 Jan 1911—1 Jun 1911: Census of Canada
Census of 9 Provinces and 2 Territories counts 7,206,643 individuals
- 2 Apr 1911—2 Apr 1911: Census: Population - England and Wales: 36 Million; Scotland: 4.6 Million; N Ireland: 1.25 Million
- 22 Jun 1911—22 Jun 1911: Coronation of George V
- 14 Dec 1911—14 Dec 1911: National Insurance introduced in Britain
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| 90 | 1912 | - 1912—1912: Britain nationalises the telephone system
- 1912—1912: Discovery of the 'Piltdown Man' - hoax, exposed in 1953
- 1912—1912: Irish Home Rule crisis grows in Britain
- 1912—1912: Motorized movie cameras invented, replaced hand-cranked cameras
- 1912—1912: The first tank patented by Australian inventor De La Mole
- 1912—1912: Clarence Crane created Life Savers candy in 1912
- 18 Jan 1912—18 Jan 1912: Captain Scott's last expedition - he and his team reach the south pole on Jan
18th; all die on the way back, their bodies found in November
- 14 Apr 1912—14 Apr 1912: The 'unsinkable' Titanic sinks on maiden voyage - loss of 1,513 lives
- 13 May 1912—13 May 1912: Royal Flying Corps (later the RAF) founded in Britain
- 1 Jun 1912—6 Jan 1912: New Mexico
47th State
- 5 1912—13 May 1912: 17th Amendment passed by Congress
- 2 1912—14 Feb 1912: Arizona
48th State
- 8 1912—2 Jan 1959: Alaska Territory Organized
- 6 1912—30 Jun 1912: Saskatchewan tornado
The worst tornado in Canadian history claims 28 lives in Regina
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| 91 | 1913 | - 1913—1913: Geiger invents his counter to measure radioactivity
- 1913—1913: Invention of stainless steel by Harry Brearley of Sheffield
- 1913—1913: Trade Union Act in Britain establishes the right to use Union funds for political
purposes
- 1913—1913: Suffragette demonstrations in London - Mrs Pankhurst imprisoned
- 1913—1913: Third Irish Home Rule Bill rejected by House of Lords - threat of civil war in Ireland -
formation of Ulster Volunteers to oppose Home Rule
- 1913—1913: The crossword puzzle invented by Arthur Wynne
- 1913—1913: The Merck Chemical Company patented, what is now know as, ecstasy
- 1913—1913: Mary Phelps Jacob invents the bra
- 1913—1913: Gideon Sundback invents the modern zipper
- 2 Mar 1913—3 Feb 1913: 16th Amendment ratified
- 4 Mar 1913—4 Mar 1921: Woodrow Wilson
 Woodrow Wilson U.S. Presidency
- 3 Apr 1913—3 Mar 1921: Woodrow Wilson
- 4 Jun 1913—4 Jun 1913: Emily Davison, a suffragette, runs out in front of the king's horse, Anmer, at the
Epsom Derby and dies
- 4 Aug 1913—8 Apr 1913: 17th Amendment ratified
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| 92 | 1914 | - 1914—1914: Chaplin and De Mille make their first films
- 1914—1914: Irish Home Rule Act provides for a separate Parliament in Ireland; the position of Ulster
to be decided after the War
- 1914—1918: World War One
Canadian forces fight in Europe during World War 1
- 1914—1914: Garrett A. Morgan invents the Morgan gas mask
- 6 Jan 1914—11 Nov 1918: World War I
Triple Alliance: Germany, Italy, and Austria-Hungary vs. Triple Entente: Britain, France, and Russia. The United States joined on the side of the Triple Entente in 1917.
- 28 Jun 1914—28 Jun 1914: Archduke Ferdinand assassinated in Sarajevo
- 4 Aug 1914—4 Aug 1914: Britain declares war on Germany, citing Belgian neutrality as reason
- 5 Aug 1914—5 Aug 1914: British cableship Telconia cut through all five of Germany's undersea telegraph
links to the outside world
- 15 Aug 1914—15 Aug 1914: Panama Canal opened, the Canal cement boat 'Ancon' making the first official
transit (plans for a grand opening were cancelled due to the start of WW1)
- Oct 1914—Oct 1914: Battle of Ypres - beginning of trench warfare on western front
- 27 Nov 1914—27 Nov 1914: First policewoman goes on duty in Britain
- 16 Dec 1914—16 Dec 1914: German battleships bombard Hartlepool and Scarborough
- 6 1914—19 Jun 1914: Alberta coal mine disaster
The worst coal mining disaster in Canadian history claims 189 lives in Hillcrest
- 5 1914—30 May 1914: Empress of Ireland sinks
1,014 lives are lost when ship sinks in Gulf of St. Lawrence
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| 93 | 1915 | - 1915—1915: Junkers construct first fighter aeroplane
- 1915—1915: First automatic telephone exchange in Britain
- 1915—1915: A new constitution establishes a two-chamber parliament elected by universal suffrage
- 1915—1915: Eugene Sullivan and William Taylor co-invented Pyrex in New York City
- 19 Jan 1915—19 Jan 1915: First Zeppelin air raid on England, over East Anglia - four killed
- Feb 1915—Feb 1915: Submarine blockade of Britain starts
- Apr 1915—Apr 1915: Second Battle of Ypres - poison gas used for first time
- 25 Apr 1915—25 Apr 1915: Gallipoli campaign starts (declared ANZAC Day in 1916)
- 7 May 1915—7 May 1915: RMS Lusitania sunk by German submarine off coast of Ireland - 1,198 died
- 16 May 1915—16 May 1915: First meeting of a British WI (Women's Institute) took place in Llanfairpwll
(aka Llanfair PG), Anglesey
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| 94 | 1916 | - 1916—1916: Compulsory military service introduced in Britain
- 1916—1916: Women get vote in Manitoba
Manitoba is the first province to give women the right to vote
- 1916—1916: Radios tuners invented, that received different stations
- 1916—1916: Stainless steel invented by Henry Brearly
- Feb 1916—Feb 1916: Battle of Verdun - appalling losses on both sides, stalemate continues
- 24 Apr 1916—24 Apr 1916: Easter Rising in Ireland - after the leaders are executed, public opinion backs
independence
- 21 May 1916—21 May 1916: First use of Daylight Saving Time in UK
- 31 May 1916—31 May 1916: Battle of Jutland - only major naval battle between the British and
German fleets
- 5 Jun 1916—5 Jun 1916: Sinking of HMS Hampshire and death of Kitchener
- 3 Aug 1916—3 Aug 1916: Sir Roger Casement hanged at Pentonville Prison for treason
- 15 Sep 1916—15 Sep 1916: First use of tanks in battle, but of limited effect (Battle of the Somme 1 July to 18 Nov: over 1 million casualties)
- 7 Dec 1916—7 Dec 1916: Lloyd-George becomes British Prime Minister of the coalition government
- 6 1916—29 Jun 1916: Ontario forest fire
A forest fire in northern Ontario claims 233 lives
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| 95 | 1917 | - 1917—1917: Ministry of Labour is established in Britain
- 1917—1917: Battle of Cambrai - first use of massed tanks, but effect more psychological than actual
- 1917—1917: Income Tax introduced
- 1917—1917: Gideon Sundback patented the modern zipper (not the first zipper)
- Feb 1917—Feb 1917: February revolution in Russia; Tsar Nicholas abdicates
- 6 Apr 1917—11 Nov 1918: World War I
 World War I
- 16 Apr 1917—16 Apr 1917: Lenin returns to Russia after exile
- 17 Apr 1917—17 Apr 1917: USA declares war on Germany
- 26 May 1917—26 May 1917: George V changes surname from Saxe-Coburg-Gotha to Windsor (Royal
proclamation on 17 July)
- 12 Jun 1917—6 Dec 1917: The Halifax Explosion
Canada's worst single disaster, claims 1600 lives, injures 9000 and leaves 6000 homeless in Halifax, Nova Scotia
- Jul 1917—Jul 1917: Battle of Passchendaele - little gained by either side (Jul-Nov)
- 4 Sep 1917—12 Apr 1917: WW1 - Vimy Ridge
Canadian Corps take Vimy Ridge in France but 3,600 die and another 5,000 wounded
- 7 Nov 1917—7 Nov 1917: 'October' Revolution in Russia - Bolsheviks overthrow provisional government;
Lenin becomes Chief Commissar
- 6 Dec 1917—6 Dec 1917: Halifax (Nova Scotia) Explosion, one of the world's largest artificial non-nuclear
explosions to date: a ship loaded with wartime explosives blew up after a collision,
obliterating buildings and structures within two square kilometres of the explosion
- 9 Dec 1917—9 Dec 1917: British forces capture Jerusalem
- 12 1917—17 Dec 1917: 18th Amendment passed by Congress
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