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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 | 1845 | - 1845—1852: Great Famine
The Great Famine, also known as the Great Hunger, the Famine and the Irish Potato Famine, was a period of mass starvation and disease in Ireland from 1845 to 1852. It constituted a major historical social crisis and had a significant impact on Irish society and history. The most severely affected areas were in the western and southern parts of Ireland. Between 1845 and 1855, at least 2.1 million people left Ireland, making it one of the greatest exoduses from a single island in history.
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| 3 | 1846 | - 27 Jul 1846: Mortlake Railway Station opened
A railway station was opened in Mortlake for the first time.
- 19 Dec 1846: Anaesthesia
General anaesthesia was first successfully used in London on December 19th 1846.
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| 4 | 1851 | - 30 Mar 1851: 1851 Census
The 1851 census was taken.
- 1 May 1851—15 Oct 1851: Great Exhibition
Prince Albert's Great Exhibition took place in London.
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| 5 | 1854 | - 1854—1856: Crimean War
Crimean War was fought by an alliance of Britain, France, Turkey and Sardinia against Russian expansion into the Danube region (modern day Romania).
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| 6 | 1858 | - Jul 1858—Aug 1858: Great Stink
Soaring summer temperatures created a putrid stink in London causing disease and making life in the city intolerable.
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| 7 | 1861 | - 7 Apr 1861: 1861 Census
The 1861 census was taken.
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| 8 | 1863 | - 1863: Metropolitan Line
The world’s first underground railway, the Metropolitan Railway, opened between Paddington and Farringdon.
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| 9 | 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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| 10 | 1871 | - 2 Apr 1871: 1871 Census
The 1871 census was taken.
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| 11 | 1876 | - 1876: Telephone
The Scottish-born American scientist Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone.
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| 12 | 1881 | - 3 Apr 1881: 1881 Census
The 1881 census was taken.
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| 13 | 1884 | - 1884: GMT
Greenwich Mean Time (GMT), the world’s time standard, is internationally adopted at the International Meridian Conference.
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| 14 | 1891 | - 5 Apr 1891: 1891 Census
The 1891 census was taken.
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| 15 | 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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Dutton, Berrett & Hungerford Twigs
1844 - 1900 (56 years)
