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Date |
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| 1 | 1829 | - 4 Mar 1829—3 Mar 1837: Andrew Jackson, 7th President of the United States
Andrew Jackson
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| 2 | 1830 | |
| 3 | 1833 | - Jan 1833: Britain invades the Falkland Islands
- 29 Aug 1833: Factory Act forbids employment of children below age of 9
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| 4 | 1834 | - 1834: Babbage invents forerunner of the computer
- 18 Mar 1834: 'Tolpuddle Martyrs' transported (to Australia) for Trades Union activities
- 1 May 1834: Slavery abolished in British possessions
- 16 Jul 1834—14 Nov 1834: William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne, UK Prime Minister (Whig)
William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne
- 14 Nov 1834—10 Dec 1834: Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, UK Prime Minister (Tory)
Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington
- 10 Dec 1834—8 Apr 1835: Sir Robert Peel, 2nd Baronet, UK Prime Minister (Conservative)
Sir Robert Peel, 2nd Baronet
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| 5 | 1835 | - 1835: Christmas becomes a national holiday
- 1835: First railway boom period starts in Britain
- 1835: Origional Australians
It is declared by the governor of New South Wales that the Aborigines do not own their own land
- 18 Apr 1835—30 Aug 1841: William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne, UK Prime Minister (Whig)
William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne
- 2 Oct 1835: Texas War of Independence
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| 6 | 1836 | - 1836: First Potato famine in Ireland
- 30 Jan 1836: Telford's Menai Straits Bridge opened
- 25 Feb 1836: Samuel Colt patented the 'revolver'
- 6 Mar 1836: The Alamo falls to Mexican troops
- 11 May 1836: Mexican-American War
- Jul 1836: Inauguration of the Arc de Triomphe in Paris
- 28 Dec 1836: South Australia
South Australia colony is founded with its western border set at 132° E
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| 7 | 1837 | - 1837: Pitman introduces his shorthand system
- 1837: P&O Founded
- 4 Mar 1837—3 Mar 1841: Martin Van Buren, 8th President of the United States
Martin Van Buren
- 20 Jun 1837: William IV dies
- 1 Jul 1837: Compulsory registration of Births, Marriages & Deaths in England & Wales
- 13 Jul 1837: Queen Victoria moves into the first Buckingham Palace
- 20 Jul 1837: Euston Railway station opens
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| 8 | 1838 | - 1838: Australia Prussian Settlers
Prussian settlers arrive in South Australia, first time a large group of non-British settlers arrive
- 28 Jun 1838: Coronation of Queen Victoria at Westminster Abbey
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| 9 | 1839 | - 1839: First Opium War between Britain and China (to 1842)
- 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: Charles Goodyear invented vulcanized rubber
- 1839: Australia Scottish
First Settlers from Scotland arrive in Port Phillip
- 1839: Netherlands recognizes the independence of Belgium
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| 10 | 1840 | - 1840: Population Act relating to taking of censuses in Britain
- 1840: Last convicts landed in NSW (some say 1842 or 1849, but these probably landed
elsewhere)
- 1840: William I renounce the government. Willem II becomes King of the Netherlands
- 10 Jan 1840: Uniform Penny Postage introduced nationally
- 21 May 1840: New Zealand
New Zealand becomes part of New South Wales
- 16 Nov 1840: New Zealand
New Zealand colony is founded
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| 11 | 1841 | - 1841: Thomas Cook starts package tours
- 1841: New Zealand
New Zealand is a separate colony and no longer part of New South Wales
- 10 Feb 1841: Penny Red replaces Penny Black postage stamp
- 4 Mar 1841—4 Apr 1841: William Henry Harrison, 9th President of the United States
William Henry Harrison
- 4 Apr 1841—3 Mar 1845: John Tyler, 10th President of the United States
John Tyler
- 6 Jun 1841: June 6: First full census in Britain in which all names were recorded (Population 18.5M)
- 30 Aug 1841—29 Jun 1846: Sir Robert Peel, 2nd Baronet, UK Prime Minister (Conservative)
Sir Robert Peel, 2nd Baronet
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| 12 | 1842 | - 1842: Income Tax reintroduced in Britain
- 30 Mar 1842: Ether used as an anaesthetic for the first time (by Dr Crawford Long in America)
- 29 Aug 1842: Treaty of Nanking
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| 13 | 1843 | - 1843: First Christmas card in England
- 27 May 1843: The Great Hall of Euston station opened in London
- 19 Jul 1843: Brunel's 'Great Britain' launched
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| 14 | 1844 | - 1844: Netherlands
very severe winter and the two following years, the potato crop failed . 's Population goes hungry.
- 6 Jun 1844: YMCA founded in London by Sir George Williams
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1833 - 1844 (11 years)
