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| 1 | 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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| 2 | 1834 | - 1834—1834:
SA - Abolition of legal slavery; but slaves apprenticed for four years
- 1834—1835:
SA - Andrew Smith with artist Charles Davidson Bell travels in the interior
- 1834—1834:
SA - Berlin Mission Society establishes station at Bethulie; and out-station among Korana at Pniel in 1845.
- 1834—1834:
SA - The Anglican St. John's Church is built in Bathurst, but its burial records go back to 1823. King William's Town founded. Slaves officially freed but apprenticed for next 4 years.
- 1834—1834:
SA - Kommissie treks from Cape begins. Port Natal renamed Durban.
- 1834—1834:
Babbage invents forerunner of the computer
- 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
- 21 Dec 1834—Sep 1835:
SA - Sixth Frontier War between Xhosa and whites.
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| 3 | 1835 | - 1835—1836:
SA - Louis Trichardt, Hans van Rensburg and Andries Potgieter trek north.
- 1835—1835:
Christmas becomes a national holiday
- 1835—1835:
First railway boom period starts in Britain construction of Great Western Railway
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| 4 | 1836 | - 1836—1836:
SA - James Alexander travels through Namaqualand
- 1836—1836:
SA - The Great Trek has reached the Transvaal and the Free State areas.
- 1836—1836:
SA - Potgieter's trekkers defeat Ndebele at the Battle of Vegkop.
- 1836—1836:
First Potato famine in Ireland
- 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
- Jul 1836—Jul 1836:
Inauguration of the Arc de Triomphe in Paris
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