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The Housemans of Nidderdale
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 1842 - 1853 (11 years) Submit Photo / Document
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| 1 | 1842 | - 1842—1842: Income Tax reintroduced in Britain
- 30 March 1842—30 March 1842: Ether used as an anesthetic for the first time (by Dr Crawford Long in America)
- 29 August 1842—29 August 1842: Treaty of Nanking - End of First Opium War - Britain gains Hong Kong
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| 2 | 1843 | - 1843—1843: First Christmas card in England
- 27 May 1843—27 May 1843: The Great Hall of Euston station opened in London
- 19 July 1843—19 July 1843: Brunel's 'Great Britain' launched
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| 3 | 1844 | - 6 June 1844—6 June 1844: YMCA founded in London by Sir George Williams
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| 4 | 1845 | - 1845—1845: Tarmac laid for first time (in Nottingham)
- 17 March 1845—17 March 1845: The rubber band patented by Stephen Perry
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| 5 | 1846 | - 10 September 1846—10 September 1846: The sewing machine is patented by Elias Howe
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| 6 | 1847 | - 1847—1847: US Mormons make Salt Lake City their centre
- January 1847—January 1847: An anesthetic used for the first time in England (James Simpson used ether to numb the pain of labour)
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| 7 | 1848 | - 1848—1848: First commercial production of chewing gum
- 24 January 1848—24 January 1848: Gold found at Sutter's Mill, California - starts the California gold rush
- 11 July 1848—11 July 1848: Waterloo railway station in London opens
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| 8 | 1849 | - 1849—1849: Florin (2 shilling coin) introduced as the first step to decimalisation - which finally
occurred in 1971!
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| 9 | 1851 | - 1851—1851: Gold discovered in Australia
- 1 May 1851—1 May 1851: Great exhibition of the works of industry of all nations ('Crystal Palace' exhibition) opened in Hyde Park
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| 10 | 1852 | - 1852—1852: Tasmania ceases to be a convict settlement
- 1852—1852: Wells Fargo established in USA
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| 11 | 1853 | - 1853—1853: Vaccination against smallpox made compulsory in Britain
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