1829 - 1830 (0 years)
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Date |
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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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