1837 - 1843 (6 years)
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Date |
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| 1 | 1833 | - 1833—1839:
SA - Approximately 750 juveniles brought to the Cape as apprentices.
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| 2 | 1837 | - 1837—1837:
SA - Piet Retief publishes his "Manifesto".
- 1837—1837:
SA - Andries Potgieter and Piet Uys, helped by Rolong and Griqua tribes, defeat Ndebele at Mosega. Louis Trichardt arrives in Lourenco Marques. Seperate administrative districts granted to Port Elizabeth, Cradock and Colesburg.
- 1837—1837:
SA - Victoria
- 1837—1837:
Pitman introduces his shorthand system
- 1837—1837:
P&O Founded
- 20 Jun 1837—20 Jun 1837:
William IV dies - accession of Queen Victoria (to 1901)
- 1 Jul 1837—1 Jul 1837:
Compulsory registration of Births, Marriages & Deaths in England & Wales -
Registration Districts were formed covering several parishes; initially they had the same
boundaries as the Poor Law boundaries set up in 1834
- 13 Jul 1837—13 Jul 1837:
Queen Victoria moves into the first Buckingham Palace
- 20 Jul 1837—20 Jul 1837:
Euston Railway station opens - first in London
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| 3 | 1838 | - 1838—1838:
SA - Russell Road (Hyman's Kloof) Cemetery established in Port Elizabeth. Pietermaritzburg founded in 1838. Boers found Republic of Natal.
- Feb 1838—1838:
SA - Piet Retief and his people are murdered by Dingaan's soldiers at Dingaan's kraal and Weenen.
- 28 Jun 1838—28 Jun 1838:
Coronation of Queen Victoria at Westminster Abbey
- 16 Dec 1838—1838:
SA - Battle of Blood River fought between Zulus and Boers.
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| 4 | 1839 | - 1839—1839:
SA - Dutch Reformed Church parishes founded in Bredasdorp and Riversdale. Potchefstroom founded.
- 1839—1839:
First Opium War between Britain and China (to 1842) - Britain captures Hong Kong
- 1839—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—1839:
Charles Goodyear invented vulcanized rubber
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| 5 | 1840 | - 1840—1849:
SA - Expansion of commercial wool farmers in Karoo transforms colonial economy. Pedi migrate to work on Cape farms
- 1840—1840:
SA - The Anglican St. Katherine's Church is founded in Uitenhage.
- 1840—1840:
Population Act relating to taking of censuses in Britain
- 1840—1840:
Last convicts landed in NSW (some say 1842 or 1849, but these probably landed
elsewhere)
- 10 Jan 1840—10 Jan 1840:
Uniform Penny Postage introduced nationally
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| 6 | 1841 | - 1841—1841:
SA - Missionary David Livingstone arrives in South Africa - proceeds to Kuruman before journeying through Central Africa
- 1841—1841:
SA - Circa 1841, the Methodist Church founded in Port Elizabeth. Trekkers council set up in Potchefstroom.
- 1841—1841:
Thomas Cook starts package tours
- 10 Feb 1841—10 Feb 1841:
Penny Red replaces Penny Black postage stamp
- 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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| 7 | 1842 | - 1842—1842:
SA - Dutch Reformed Church parish founded in Prince Albert. Dick King's ride from Durban to Grahamstown.
- 1842—1843:
SA - War between the British and the Boers in Natal.
- 1842—1842:
Income Tax reintroduced in Britain
- 30 Mar 1842—30 Mar 1842:
Ether used as an anesthetic for the first time (by Dr Crawford Long in America)
- 29 Aug 1842—29 Aug 1842:
Treaty of Nanking - End of First Opium War - Britain gains Hong Kong
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| 8 | 1843 | - 1843—1843:
SA - Natal annexed as a British Colony.
- 1843—1843:
SA - Dutch Reformed Church parish founded in Richmond.
- 1843—1843:
First Christmas card in England
- 27 May 1843—27 May 1843:
The Great Hall of Euston station opened in London
- 19 Jul 1843—19 Jul 1843:
Brunel's 'Great Britain' launched
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