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| 1 | 1837 | - 20 Jun 1837—22 Jan 1901: Queen Victoria
Queen Victoria was born in 1819 and died in 1901. She reigned as sovereign for 64 years from 1837 to 1901.
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| 2 | 1868 | - 1868: Penal Transportation ends
Penal transportation to Australia officially ended in 1868. The last convict ship, the Hougoumont, departed from Britain and docked in Fremantle, Western Australia, on January 9th 1868, concluding a system that had sent approximately 165,000 convicts since 1788.
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| 3 | 1871 | - 2 Apr 1871: 1871 Census
The 1871 census was taken.
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| 4 | 1876 | - 1876: Telephone
The Scottish-born American scientist Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone.
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| 5 | 1881 | - 3 Apr 1881: 1881 Census
The 1881 census was taken.
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| 6 | 1884 | - 1884: GMT
Greenwich Mean Time (GMT), the world’s time standard, is internationally adopted at the International Meridian Conference.
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| 7 | 1891 | - 5 Apr 1891: 1891 Census
The 1891 census was taken.
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| 8 | 1899 | - 11 Oct 1899—31 May 1902: Boer War
The Boer War was fought by Britain and her Empire against the descendants of the Dutch settlers (Boers) in the Transvaal region of South Africa. The war highlighted the limitations of 19th century military methods, employing for the first time modern automatic weapons and high explosives to decimate the enemy.
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| 9 | 1901 | - 22 Jan 1901—6 May 1910: King Edward VII
King Edward VII was born in 1841 and died in 1910. He reigned as sovereign for nine years from 1901 to 1910.
- 31 Mar 1901: 1901 Census
The 1901 census was taken.
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| 10 | 1910 | - 6 May 1910—20 Jan 1936: King George V
King George V was born in 1865 and died in 1936. He reigned as sovereign for 26 years from 1910 to 1936.
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