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1 | 1877 | - 1877—1877: Edison invents microphone and phonograph
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2 | 1878 | - 1878—1878: Edison & Swan invent electric lamp
- 1878—1878: Red Flag Act in Britain limits mechanical road vehicles to 4mph
- 1878—1878: CID established at New Scotland Yard
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3 | 1879 | - 18 September 1879—18 September 1879: Blackpool illuminations switched on for first time
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4 | 1880 | - 1880—1880: Education Act: schooling compulsory for 5-10 year olds
- 1880—1880: Mosquito found to be the carrier of malaria
- 2 August 1880—2 August 1880: Greenwich Mean Time adopted throughout UK
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5 | 1881 | - 1881—1881: Postal Orders introduced
- 1881—1881: Flogging abolished in Army and Royal Navy
- September 1881—September 1881: Godalming in Surrey became the first town in England to have a public electricity
supply installed (but in 1884 it reverted to gas lighting until 1904)
- 26 October 1881—26 October 1881: Gunfight at OK Corral
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6 | 1882 | - 1882—1882: Fourth Eddystone Lighthouse completed
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7 | 1883 | - 1883—1883: Statue of Liberty presented to USA by France
- 24 May 1883—24 May 1883: Brooklyn Bridge, New York opens (crosses East River)
- 1 August 1883—1 August 1883: Parcel post starts in Britain
- 27 August 1883—27 August 1883: Eruption of Krakatoa near Java - 30,000 killed by tidal wave
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8 | 1884 | - 31 May 1884—31 May 1884: John Harvey Kellogg patents corn flakes
- 13 October 1884—13 October 1884: Greenwich made prime meridian of the world
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9 | 1885 | - 1885—1885: Carl Benz builds the 'Motorwagen', a single-cylinder motor car
- 1885—1885: Gottlieb Daimler patents the world's first motorcycle
- 1885—1885: Eastman makes first coated photographic paper
- 1885—1885: Canadian Pacific Railway completed
- March 1885—March 1885: First UK cremation in modern times took place at Woking
- 5 September 1885—5 September 1885: The first train runs through the Severn Tunnel
- 29 September 1885—29 September 1885: First electric tramcar used at Blackpool
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10 | 1886 | - 20 January 1886—20 January 1886: Mersey railway (under Mersey) opened by Prince of Wales
- May 1886—May 1886: Pharmacist John Styth Pemberton invents a carbonated beverage later named 'Coca-Cola'
- 29 May 1886—29 May 1886: Putney Bridge opens in London
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11 | 1887 | - 1887—1887: Daimler produces a four-wheeled motor car
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12 | 1888 | - 1888—1888: Convention of Constantinople guarantees free maritime passage through Suez Canal in war and peace
- 1888—1888: Jack the Ripper active in east London during the latter half of the year
- 1888—1888: County Councils set up in Britain
- 1888—1888: Dunlop invents pneumatic tyre
- 1888—1888: First box camera - George Eastman registers the trademark Kodak, and receives a patent
for his camera which uses roll film
- 20 March 1888—20 March 1888: Football League formed
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13 | 1889 | - 1889—1889: Celluloid film produced
- 1889—1889: Dock Strike - docker's won their 'Docker's Tanner' 6 old pennies
- 31 March 1889—31 March 1889: Eiffel Tower completed (to mark centenary of French Revolution)
- 14 May 1889—14 May 1889: Children's charity NSPCC launched in London
- 3 June 1889—3 June 1889: Canadian Pacific Railway completed from coast to coast
- 28 September 1889—28 September 1889: Length of a metre defined
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14 | 1890 | - 4 March 1890—4 March 1890: Forth railway bridge opens - took six years to build
- 4 November 1890—4 November 1890: City & South London Railway opens - London's first deep-level tube railway
and first major railway in the world to use electric traction
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15 | 1891 | - 1891—1891: Primary education made free and compulsory
- 18 March 1891—18 March 1891: First telephone link between London & Paris
- 4 May 1891—4 May 1891: Fictional date when Sherlock Holmes throws Moriarty over Reichenbach Falls, then disappears for 3 years! (published in 1893)
- 24 August 1891—24 August 1891: Thomas Edison patents the motion picture camera
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16 | 1892 | - 1892—1892: Electric oven invented
- 1892—1892: Shop Hours Act - limit 74 hours per week for under-18's
- 6 October 1892—6 October 1892: Alfred Lord Tennyson dies, aged 83, at his house Aldworth, near Haslemere
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17 | 1893 | - 1893—1893: Henry Ford's first car
- 1893—1893: Zip fastener invented
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18 | 1894 | - 1894—1894: Picture postcard introduced in Britain
- 1 January 1894—1 January 1894: Manchester Ship Canal opens
- 1 March 1894—1 March 1894: Blackpool Tower opens
- 30 June 1894—30 June 1894: Tower Bridge first opens
- 2 August 1894—2 August 1894: Death duties first introduced in Britain
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19 | 1895 | - 1895—1895: Sir Henry Wood starts Promenade Concerts in London
- 12 January 1895—12 January 1895: The National Trust founded in England
- 24 May 1895—24 May 1895: Henry Irving becomes the first person from the theatre to be knighted
- 28 May 1895—28 May 1895: Oscar Wilde sent to prison
- 12 July 1895—12 July 1895: First recorded motor journey of any length (56 miles) in Britain
- 17 October 1895—17 October 1895: First people in Britain to be charged with motor offences - John Henry Knight and James Pullinger of Farnham, Surrey
- November 1895—November 1895: X-rays discovered
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