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J. L. Toole born New market hall opens in Covent Garden 1 Aug - King William IV and Queen Adelaide [who came to the Throne
in 1830], open the new `Rennie` designed` London
Bridge, and demolition begins on the Old Bridge! King's College, on the Strand, opens Royal Beulah Spa, at Norwood, opens Lowther Arcade (sited at current 440 Strand) opens Garrick Club founded at 35 King Street Exeter Hall opens at 372 Strand Royal
Strand Theatre The Reform Act Cholera epidemic Edward Cross's menagerie relocated to site south of river (currently Penton Place) then sold to Surrey Literary, Scientific and Zoological Institution Grounds of Cremorne House used as sports stadium Bermondsey Leather Market built at junction of Weston Street and Leathermarket Street Carlton Club founded First Factory Act passed. Edmund Kean dies Madame Tussaud's waxworks exhibited in former Horse Bazaar, Gray's Inn Road London Fire Establishment, first professional bridage, formed; paid for by insurance companies Kensal Green Cemetery opens Hungerford Market re-opens Riot at Coldbath Fields Houses of Parliament destroyed by fire Protests at deportation of Tolpuddle Martyrs Royal Institute of British Architects first meets Charing Cross Hospital built North London Hospital (later University College Hospital) opens Hansom cab patented Duke of York monument in Waterloo Place unveiled New Lyceum Theatre opens Madame Tussauds waxworks establish themselves in Baker Street St James's Theatre opens Deptford - Croydon Canal closes London & Greenwich railway opens, between London Bridge and Deptford Islington Cattle Market opens off Essex Road University of London founded Reform Club founded Accession of Queen Victoria London & Birmingham Railway opens its station at Euston Square West Norwood Cemetery opens Hippodrome racecourse opens in Ladbroke Grove Henry Irving born The Cists present their first petition National Gallery opens in Trafalgar Square Great Western Railway between Paddington (off Bishop's Bridge Road) and Maidenhead, opens London & Southampton Railway between Nine Elms, Vauxhall, and Woking, opens G.W Hunt born Theatre Royal, Dunlop Street, Glasgow, built Highgate Cemetery opens London & Croydon Railway, from Corbett's Lane to Croydon, opens Eastern Counties Railway, from Mile End to Romford, opens Abner Doubleday credited for inventing the game of Baseball Charles Darwin publishes his journal of research on his five year exploration aboard the Beagle Henley Regatta contested for first time First Grand National run Charles Goodyear patents Vulcanised Rubber The first self propelled bicycle is built by Scotish inventor Kilpatrick Macmillan First successful form of photography invented by Louis-Jacques-Mandé Daguerre of France 1800 1810 1820 1830 1840 1850 1860 1870 1880 1890 1900 1910
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