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Date |
Event(s) |
1 | 1825 | - 4 Mar 1825—3 Mar 1829: John Quincy Adams, 6th President of the United States
John Quincy Adams
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2 | 1827 | |
3 | 1828 | - 1828: Census Australia
The first Australian Census is taken
- 22 Jan 1828—16 Nov 1830: Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, UK Prime Minister (Tory)
Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington
- 25 Oct 1828: St Katharine Docks in London opened (designed by Thomas Telford)
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4 | 1829 | - 1829: London Metropolitan Police Force formed, nicknamed "Bobbies" after Sir Robert Peel
- 1829: Louis Braille invents his sytem of finger-reading for the blind
- 1829: Australia British
The continent of Australia is claimed as a British territory
- 4 Mar 1829—3 Mar 1837: Andrew Jackson, 7th President of the United States
Andrew Jackson
- 2 May 1829: Australia
Swan River colony is formed
- 10 Jun 1829: First Oxford/Cambridge Boat Race
- 6 Oct 1829: George Stephenson's Rocket wins the Rainhill trials (it was the only one to
complete the trial!)
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