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   Date  Event(s)
1 1838 
  • 28 Jun 1838: Coronation of Queen Victoria at Westminster Abbey
2 1839 
  • First Opium War between Britain and China (to 1842) – Britain captures Hong Kong
  • Scottish blacksmith Kirkpatrick MacMillan refines the primitive bicycle, adding a mechanical crank drive to the rear wheel, thus creating the first true "bicycle" in the modern sense
  • Charles Goodyear invented vulcanized rubber
3 1840 
  • Population Act relating to taking of censuses in Britain
  • Last convicts landed in NSW (some say 1842 or 1849, but these probably landed elsewhere)
  • 10 Jan 1840: Uniform Penny Postage introduced nationally
4 1841 
  • Thomas Cook starts package tours
  • 10 Feb 1841: Penny Red replaces Penny Black postage stamp
  • 6 Jun 1841: June 6: First full census in Britain in which all names were recorded (Population 18.5M)
5 1842 
  • Income Tax reintroduced in Britain
  • 30 Mar 1842: Ether used as an anaesthetic for the first time (by Dr Crawford Long in America)
  • 29 Aug 1842: Treaty of Nanking – End of First Opium War – Britain gains Hong Kong
6 1843 
  • First Christmas card in England
  • 27 May 1843: The Great Hall of Euston station opened in London
  • 19 Jul 1843: Brunel's 'Great Britain' launched
7 1844 
  • 6 Jun 1844: YMCA founded in London by Sir George Williams
8 1845 
  • Tarmac laid for first time (in Nottingham)
  • 17 Mar 1845: The rubber band patented by Stephen Perry
9 1846 
  • 10 Sep 1846: The sewing machine is patented by Elias Howe
  

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