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Date |
Event(s) |
| 1 | 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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| 2 | 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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| 3 | 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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| 4 | 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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| 5 | 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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| 6 | 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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| 7 | 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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| 8 | 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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| 9 | 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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| 10 | 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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| 11 | 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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| 12 | 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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