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The Housemans of Nidderdale
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 Abt 1828 - 1833 (5 years) Submit Photo / Document
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| 1 | 1828 | - 25 October 1828—25 October 1828: St Katharine Docks in London opened (designed by Thomas Telford)
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| 2 | 1829 | - 1829—1829: London Metropolitan Police Force formed, nicknamed 'Bobbies' after Sir Robert Peel
- 1829—1829: Louis Braille invents his system of finger-reading for the blind
- 10 June 1829—10 June 1829: First Oxford/Cambridge Boat Race
- 6 October 1829—6 October 1829: George Stephenson's Rocket wins the Rainhill trials (it was the only one to
complete the trial!)
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| 3 | 1830 | - 1830—1830: Uprisings and agitation across Europe: the Netherlands are split into Holland and
Belgium
- July 1830—July 1830: Revolution in France, fall of Charles X and the Bourbons ? Louis Philippe (the
Citizen King) on the throne
- 15 September 1830—15 September 1830: George Stephenson's Liverpool & Manchester Railway opened by the Duke of
Wellington ? first mail carried by rail, and first death on the railway as William Huskisson, a
leading politician, is run over!
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| 4 | 1831 | - 1831—1831: A list of all parish registers dating prior to 1813 compiled
- 1 June 1831—1 June 1831: James Clark Ross discovers the North Magnetic Pole
- 1 August 1831—1 August 1831: 'New' London Bridge opens (replaced 1973) ? old bridge (which had existed for over 600 years) then demolished
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| 5 | 1832 | - 1832—1832: Electoral Registers introduced
- 1832—1832: Electric telegraph invented by Morse
- 7 June 1832—7 June 1832: Reform Bill passed ? Representation of the People Act
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| 6 | 1833 | - January 1833—January 1833: Britain invades the Falkland Islands
- 29 August 1833—29 August 1833: Factory Act forbids employment of children below age of 9
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