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Date |
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| 1 | 1840 | - 10 Jan 1840—10 Jan 1840: Uniform Penny Postage introduced nationally
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| 2 | 1841 | - 6 Jun 1841—6 Jun 1841: June 6: First full census in Britain in which all names were recorded (Population 18.5M)
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| 3 | 1843 | - 1843—1843: First Christmas card in England
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| 4 | 1851 | - 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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| 5 | 1853 | - 1853—1853: Vaccination against smallpox made compulsory in Britain
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| 6 | 1854 | - 1854—1854: Cigarettes introduced into Britain
- 25 Oct 1854—25 Oct 1854: Battle of Balaklava in Crimea (charge of the Light Brigade)
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| 7 | 1859 | - 24 Nov 1859—24 Nov 1859: Charles Darwin publishes 'The Origin of Species'
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| 8 | 1862 | - 20 Apr 1862—20 Apr 1862: First pasteurisation test completed by Louis Pasteur and Claude Bernard
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| 9 | 1863 | - 10 Jan 1863—10 Jan 1863: First section of the London Underground Railway opens
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| 10 | 1865 | - 14 Apr 1865—14 Apr 1865: End of American Civil War - slavery abolished in USA
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| 11 | 1868 | - 1868—1868: Last convicts landed in Australia (Western Australia)
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| 12 | 1869 | - 1869—1869: Ball bearings, celluloid, margarine, and washing machines, all invented
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| 13 | 1870 | - 1870—1870: Water closets come into wide use
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| 14 | 1872 | - 1872—1872: Penalties introduced for failing to register births, marriages & deaths (Eng & Wales)
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| 15 | 1874 | - 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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| 16 | 1876 | - 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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| 17 | 1878 | - 1878—1878: Edison & Swan invent electric lamp
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| 18 | 1880 | - 1880—1880: Education Act: schooling compulsory for 5-10 year olds
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| 19 | 1883 | - 27 Aug 1883—27 Aug 1883: Eruption of Krakatoa near Java - 30,000 killed by tidal wave
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| 20 | 1884 | - 13 Oct 1884—13 Oct 1884: Greenwich made prime meridian of the world
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| 21 | 1885 | - Mar 1885—Mar 1885: First UK cremation in modern times took place at Woking
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| 22 | 1887 | - 1887—1887: Daimler produces a four-wheeled motor car
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| 23 | 1888 | - 20 Mar 1888—20 Mar 1888: Football League formed
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| 24 | 1889 | - 3 Jun 1889—3 Jun 1889: Canadian Pacific Railway completed from coast to coast
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| 25 | 1891 | - 1891—1891: Primary education made free and compulsory
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| 26 | 1893 | - 1893—1893: Zip fastener invented
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| 27 | 1895 | - Nov 1895—Nov 1895: X-rays discovered
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| 28 | 1897 | - 1897—1897: Thomas Edison patents the Kinetoscope, the first movie projector
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| 29 | 1900 | - 1900—1900: School leaving age in Britain raised to 14 years
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| 30 | 1901 | - 1901—1901: Hubert Cecil Booth patents the vacuum cleaner
- 12 Dec 1901—12 Dec 1901: First successful radio transmission across the Atlantic, by Marconi - Morse
code from Cornwall to Newfoundland
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| 31 | 1902 | - 1902—1902: Marie Curie discovers radioactivity
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Bef 1840 - Abt 1903 (> 63 years)
