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| 1 | 1827 | - 1827: Englishman John Walker invents the first friction match which he names Lucifer
- 2 Mar 1827: Jan Nijhuis(Niehuis) passes away in Borne, Overijssel, Nederland.
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| 2 | 1828 | - 8 May 1828: Jean Henri Dunant, Swiss founder of the Red Cross, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d. 1910)
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| 3 | 1829 | - 1829: The Swan River Colony (later to become the cities of Perth and Fremantle) is founded in Western Australia. This secures the western 'third' of the Australian landmass for the British.
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| 4 | 1830 | - 1830: The independence of Belgium is recognized by the Great Powers
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| 5 | 1831 | - 1831: Charles Darwin embarks on his historic journey aboard the HMS Beagle.
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| 6 | 1832 | - 1832: The Treaty of London creates an independent Kingdom of Greece. Otto of Wittelsbach, Prince of Bavaria is chosen King. Thus begins the History of modern Greece.
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| 7 | 1833 | - 1833: The British Parliament passes the Slavery Abolition Act, giving all slaves in the British Empire their freedom (enacted 1834).
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| 8 | 1834 | - 1834: The South Australia Act allows for the creation of a colony there.
- 1834: The Sixth Xhosa War is characterized by severe clashes between white settlers and Bantu peoples in Cape Colony; Dutch speaking settlers colonize the area north of Orange River.
- 20 Feb 1834: Hermina Nijhuis passes away in Borne, Overijssel, Nederland.
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| 9 | 1835 | - 1835: Staedtler Company was founded by J.S. Staedtler in Nuremburg, Germany.
- Jun 1835: The Australian city of Melbourne is founded by John Batman and John Pascoe Fawkner
- 2 Jul 1835: Johannes Nijhuis is born in Borne, Overijssel, Nederland.
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| 10 | 1836 | - Feb 1836: The Alamo is surrounded by Santa Anna's army, in a 13-day ordeal.
- Feb 1836: Samuel Colt receives an American patent for the Colt revolver, the first revolving barrel multishot firearm.
- Mar 1836: The Battle of the Alamo ends; 189 Texans are slaughtered by about 1,600 Mexicans
- Oct 1836: Charles Darwin returns to Britain aboard the HMS Beagle with biological data he will later use to develop his theory of evolution
- 14 Oct 1836: Frederikus Nijhuis is born in Borne, Overijssel, Nederland.
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| 11 | 1837 | - 1837: Louis Daguerre develops the daguerreotype
Daguerreotype is a direct photographic process without the capacity for duplication.
- 12 Jan 1837: Anna Elizabeth Dik is born in Altenberge, Kreis Steinfurt, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Deustschland.
- May 1837: Samuel Morse patents the telegraph
- Jun 1837: Queen Victoria accedes to the throne of the United Kingdom
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| 12 | 1838 | - 1838: Women in Pitcairn are the first in the world to obtain and maintain the right to vote.[
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| 13 | 1839 | - 1839: The world's first commercial electric telegraph line comes into operation alongside the Great Western Railway line, from Paddington Station to West Drayton
- 1839: The Treaty of London establishes Belgium as a kingdom
- 18 Dec 1839: Mannes Stegehuis passes away in Ambt Almelo, Overijssel, Nederland.
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| 14 | 1840 | - 1840: One of the predecessor papers of the Herald Sun of Melbourne, Australia, The Port Phillip Herald, is founded.
- 1840: British colonists reach New Zealand, officially founding Wellington
- 1840: The Penny Black, the world's first postage stamp, becomes valid for the pre-payment of postage.
- 1840: Willem II becomes King of the Netherlands.
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| 15 | 1841 | - Jan 1841: The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland occupies Hong Kong. Later during the year, the first census of the island records a population of about 75,000.
- Oct 1841: A fire at the Tower of London destroys its Grand Armoury and causes a quarter of a million pounds worth of damage
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| 16 | 1842 | - 1842: In South Africa, hunter Dick King rides into a British military base in Grahamstown to warn that the Boers have besieged Durban (he had left 11 days earlier). The British army dispatches a relief force.
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| 17 | 1843 | - 1843: The world's first commercial Christmas cards are printed by Sir Henry Cole in London.
- May 1843: The first major wagon train headed for the American Northwest sets out with one thousand pioneers from Elm Grove, Missouri on the Oregon Trail.
- Dec 1843: Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol is first published.
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| 18 | 1844 | - 1844: Charles Goodyear receives a patent for vulcanization, a process to strengthen rubber
- 1844: George Williams founds the Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) in London
- 27 Nov 1844: Joanna Nijhuis passes away in Borne, Overijssel, Nederland.
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| 19 | 1845 | - 1845: The Great Irish Famine begins, as the potato crop fails.
- Mar 1845: The rubber band is invented in England.
- 1 Apr 1845: Johan Wilhelm Dik is born in Altenberge, Kreis Steinfurt, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Deustschland.
- 8 May 1845: Johanna Christina Veltrop is born in Slagharen, Hardenberg,Overijssel, Nederland.
- Jul 1845: Charles Sturt enters the Simpson Desert in central Australia.
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1827 - 1830 (3 years)
