1829 - Abt 1833 (3 years)
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| 1 | 1829 | - 1829—1829:
London Metropolitan Police Force formed, nicknamed 'Bobbies' after Sir Robert Peel
- 1829—1829:
Louis Braille invents his system of finger-reading for the blind
- 10 Jun 1829—10 Jun 1829:
First Oxford/Cambridge Boat Race
- 6 Oct 1829—6 Oct 1829:
George Stephenson's Rocket wins the Rainhill trials (it was the only one to
complete the trial!)
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| 2 | 1830 | - 1830—1830:
SA - Moffat's printing press transported to Kuruman by ox wagon
- 1830—1830:
SA - Full civil privileges granted to Roman Catholics in the Cape. Colesberg founded. Road over Sir Lowry's Pass opened.
- 1830—1830:
Uprisings and agitation across Europe: the Netherlands are split into Holland and
Belgium
- Jul 1830—Jul 1830:
Revolution in France, fall of Charles X and the Bourbons ? Louis Philippe (the
Citizen King) on the throne
- 15 Sep 1830—15 Sep 1830:
George Stephenson's Liverpool & Manchester Railway opened by the Duke of
Wellington ? first mail carried by rail, and first death on the railway as William Huskisson, a
leading politician, is run over!
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| 3 | 1831 | - 1831—1831:
SA - Dutch Reformed Church congregation founded in Albany. First publication of De Zuid Afrikaan (ons Land). First issue of Grahamstown Journal.
- 1831—1831:
A list of all parish registers dating prior to 1813 compiled
- 1 Jun 1831—1 Jun 1831:
James Clark Ross discovers the North Magnetic Pole
- 1 Aug 1831—1 Aug 1831:
'New' London Bridge opens (replaced 1973) ? old bridge (which had existed for over 600 years) then demolished
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| 4 | 1832 | - 1832—1832:
Electoral Registers introduced
- 1832—1832:
Electric telegraph invented by Morse
- 7 Jun 1832—7 Jun 1832:
Reform Bill passed ? Representation of the People Act
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| 5 | 1833 | - 1833—1833:
SA - Dutch Reformed Church parish in Piquetberg (Piketberg) founded.
- 1833—1839:
SA - Approximately 750 juveniles brought to the Cape as apprentices.
- Jan 1833—Jan 1833:
Britain invades the Falkland Islands
- 29 Aug 1833—29 Aug 1833:
Factory Act forbids employment of children below age of 9
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