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| 1 | 1613 |
- 21 Feb 1613—15 Mar 1917: The Romanov Dynasty, the last imperial dynasty to rule Russia, begins when 16 year old Mikhail Romanov is elected as Czar.Russiapedia Hillwood
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| 2 | 1820 |
- 29 Jan 1820—26 Jun 1830: George IV. Ruler of England 1820-1830. House of Hanover: Eldest son of George III, Prince Regent, from Feb 1811.HistoricUK
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| 3 | 1825 |
- 4 Jul 1825—1835: Ground is broken on the Farmington Canal and completed ten years later.CTHist FVTC
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| 4 | 1829 |
- 2 Mar 1829: The Perkins School for the Blind is incorporated in Boston originally as New England Asylum for the Blind.MassMoments Perkins
- 17 Mar 1829: The Massachusetts Horticultural Society is organized with General Henry Dearborn elected its first president..GoogleBooks CA
- 16 Aug 1829: The original "Siamese Twins", Chang and Eng Bunker, arrive in Boston.CC Muse
- 29 Sep 1829: Scotland Yard begins operation.GAF AP
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| 5 | 1830 |
- 26 Mar 1830: The first printed copies of the Book of Mormon are available for sale in Palmyra, New York.DN PBS
- 6 Apr 1830: Joseph Smith and his followers organize the Church of Christ, the Mormon Church.LDS PBS
- 28 May 1830: The Indian Removal Act is signed into law.LoC SI
- 26 Jun 1830—20 Jun 1837: William IV. Ruler of England 1830-1837. House of Hanover: 3rd son of George III, married Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen.HistoricUK
- 28 Aug 1830: The superiority of steam-power is demonstrated when the first American built locomotive, Tom Thumb, races a horse-drawn B&O rail car.FHWA B&ORRM
- 15 Sep 1830: The first railroad fatality occurs when a member of Parliament, William Huskisson, steps in front of George Stephenson's Rocket at the opening of the Liverpool & Manchester Railway.AO tNM
- 29 Nov 1830—5 Oct 1831: The November Uprising begins when Poles rebel against Russian occupation.W&W GS
- 6 Dec 1830: The United States Naval Observatory is established, first as the Depot of Charts and Instruments.USNA NASA
- 25 Dec 1830: The Best Friend of Charleston begins the first regular passenger service in America.A-R SCM
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| 6 | 1831 |
- 10 Mar 1831: The French Foreign Legion is created.FFL FFL2
- 31 Mar 1831: Both Montréal and Québec City are incorporated.BiogCA Montreal
- 21 Aug 1831: Nat Turner begins a bloody slave revolt in Virginia.ZEP
- 29 Aug 1831: Michael Faraday discovers electromagnetism.APS EDN
- 27 Dec 1831: The H.M.S. Beagle, with a crew of seventy-three men, sets sail out of Plymouth, England. On board is a young naturalist named Charles Darwin. SA
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| 7 | 1833 |
- 27 Jun 1833: Prudence Crandall is arrested.NPS CTLib
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| 8 | 1835 |
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| 9 | 1836 |
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| 10 | 1837 |
- 26 Jan 1837: Michigan becomes a state.ThoughtCo 50States.com
- 25 Feb 1837: Thomas Davenport receives a patent for the first practical DC electric motor.W I R E D MagLab
- 24 Mar 1837: Black men are granted the right to vote in Canada.BF
- 5 Jun 1837: Houston, Texas is incorporated as a city.TSHA HPOU
- 20 Jun 1837—22 Jan 1901: Victoria. Ruler of England 1837-1901. House of Hanover: Daughter of Edward, 4th son of George III; married (1840) her cousin Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, who became Prince Consort.HistoricUK
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| 11 | 1838 |
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| 12 | 1839 |
- 24 Feb 1839: William Otis receives a patent for his steam shovel, a device that will shape the world.Google Books MFSW
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| 13 | 1840 |
- 20 Jun 1840: Samuel Morse patents a system of dots and dashes used for telegraph communication - Morse Code.W I R E D SIMag
- 2 Dec 1840: William Henry Harrison is elected the 9th president of the United States of America. He dies of pneumonia on 4 Apr 1841 - the first President to die in office.PG USEA
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| 14 | 1841 |
- 20 Jan 1841: China cedes Hong Kong to Britain which remains in British hands until 1997.History.com HK
- 4 Apr 1841: John Tyler becomes the 10th president of the United States of America upon the death of President William Henry Harrison. He serves from 1841 - 1845.WH LSU
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| 15 | 1842 |
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| 16 | 1843 |
- 1 Feb 1843: MONY, the oldest continuous writer of insurance policies in the U. S. begins operation.FU 1Lib
- 19 Jul 1843: The SS Great Britain, the first iron-hulled, propeller-driven ship to cross the Atlantic, is launched in Bristol, England.Nature ASME
- 13 Oct 1843: The B'nai B'rith is founded in New York City.PM B'nai B'rith
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| 17 | 1844 |
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| 18 | 1845 |
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| 19 | 1846 |
- 4 Feb 1846—13 Jun 1846: Brigham Young and 3000 Mormons leave Nauvoo, Illinois on the first leg of their journey, heading for Utah.PBS NPS
- 25 Apr 1846—2 Feb 1848: Mexican-American War 1846-1848.AHC PBS
- 13 May 1846: President James K. Polk signs a declaration of war against Mexico.UVA USState
- 14 Jun 1846: Anglo-Californians rebel against Mexican rule in the Bear Flag Revolt.BFM NPS
- 10 Aug 1846: The Smithsonian Institute is founded.SI USNA
- 10 Sep 1846: Elias Howe Jr. patents his sewing machine.ASME SI
- 23 Sep 1846: The planet Neptune is discovered.EarthSky" Astronomy
- 30 Sep 1846: Dentist William Morton uses ether to anesthetize a patient in Boston which begins its use for general anesthesia.W I R E D ASA
- 28 Dec 1846: Iowa becomes a state.ThoughtCo 50States.com
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| 20 | 1847 |
- 4 Jan 1847: Samuel Colt makes the first sale of his revolver to the U. S. government.History.com UTX
- 13 Jan 1847: The signing of the Treaty of Cahuenga puts an end to the fighting in the Mexican-American War in California.KCET NXTGOV
- 9 Mar 1847—29 Mar 1847: The American military attack the Mexican city of Veracruz.SotS UTA
- 5 Apr 1847—24 Jul 1847: Brigham Young leads the first Mormon wagon train bound for Utah on the final leg of their journey.Utah NPS
- 5 May 1847: The American Medical Association is founded.NEJM AMJMS
- 1 Oct 1847: Maria Mitchell is the first American to record a comet sighting.NEHS Nature
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| 21 | 1848 |
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| 22 | 1849 |
- 23 Jan 1849: Elizabeth Blackwell becomes the first woman in the U. S. to receive a medical doctorate.NIH LoC
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| 23 | 1850 |
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| 24 | 1851 |
- 12 Aug 1851: Isaac Merritt Singer is granted a patent for a sewing machine.SI PG
- 22 Aug 1851: The yacht America wins the first America's Cup.LoC NYYC
- 14 Nov 1851: Moby Dick is first published in the U. S..Melville NBWM
- 24 Dec 1851: A fire at the Library of Congress destroys nearly two thirds of the books purchased from Thomas Jefferson.LoC AoC
- 29 Dec 1851: The first American YMCA is founded in the Old South Church in Boston, Massachusetts.YMCA UMN
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| 25 | 1852 |
- 16 Feb 1852: Henry and Clement Studebaker found a blacksmith and wagon building business, the company that will eventually produce that famous car.MotorTrend SILib
- 20 Mar 1852: Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin is published.NCC SIMag
- 28 Apr 1852: The first municipal electric fire alarm system using call boxes with automatic signaling to indicate the location of a fire was placed into operation in Boston, Massachusetts.ETHW CI
- 2 Nov 1852: Franklin Pierce is elected the 14th president of the United States of America, 1853 - 1857.NEHS KCET
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| 26 | 1853 |
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| 27 | 1854 |
- 28 Mar 1854—1 Apr 1856: Britain and France declare war on Russia beginning their involvement in the Crimean War.SLSA HK
- 29 Apr 1854: The Ashmun Institute, the first black college, is chartered in Pennsylvania.Lincoln Columbia
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