 1817 - 1900 (82 years)
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Date |
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| 1 | 1771 | - 1771: Right to report Parliamentary debates established in England
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| 2 | 1772 | - 1772: First Travellers' Cheques issued by the London Credit Exchange Company
- 1772: "Morning Post" first published (until 1937)
- 14 May 1772: Judge Mansfield rules that there is no legal basis for slavery in England
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| 3 | 1774 | - 13 Sep 1774: Cook arrives on Easter Island
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| 4 | 1775 | - 19 Apr 1775: Battle of Lexington: first action in American War of Independence (1775–1783)
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| 5 | 1776 | - 1776: Somerset House in London becomes the repository of records of population
- 1776: Watt and Boulton produce their first commercial steam engine
- 4 Jul 1776: American Declaration of Independence
- 7 Sep 1776: First attack on a warship by a submarine – David Bushnell's "Turtle" attacked
HMS Eagle in New York harbour. The attack was perhaps spectacular (a charge did
detonate beneath the ship), but was nevertheless unsuccessful. "Turtle" was a one man
affair, man-powered [Les Moore]
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