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| 1 | 1837 | - 1837: UK - Charles Dickens publishes Oliver Twist, drawing attention to Britain's poor.
- 1837: UK - Death of William IV
- 1837: USA - Martin van Buren president of the USA 1837-1841.
- 1837: UK - English schoolmaster Rowland Hill invents the postage stamp.
- 1837: UK - Victoria I, ruler of England to 1901. House of Hanover: Daughter of Edward, 4th son of George III
- 1837: CA - Population of Upper Canada is 397,489.
- 1837: CA - British attempts to unite the colonies of Upper and Lower Canada lead to revolt. Two separate rebellions, one in Upper and one in Lower Canada, fail to dislodge entrenched elites.
- 1837: CA - Black militia units participate in putting down the rebellion in Upper Canada.
- 1837: CA - British parliament passes Coercion Bill, seizes Lower Canada treasury.
- 1837: CA - Unlike Upper and Lower Canada, other Canadian territories move toward responsible government without rebellion. New Brunswick accepts the British offer to allow their assembly more revenue control over salaries of public servants and judges. Nova Scotia agrees to the same conditions in 1839.
- Jul 1837: UK - Births, deaths and marriages must be registered by law
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| 2 | 1838 | - 1838: UK - The Anti-Corn Law League is established. Publication of the People's Charter. The start of Chartism
- 1838: CA/US - Conflict over the New Brunswick-Maine border begins in the Aroostook River area.
- 1838: CA - The Customs House, at Montreal, is finished.
- 1838: CA - The population of Canada, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Prince Edward Island is 1,282,000.
- 1838: US - The governors of New York and Vermont forbid interference with Canadian difficulties.
- 27 May 1838: CA - As governor general and high commissioner of British North America, Lord Durham arrives to investigate the circumstances behind the Rebellions of 1837.
- 3 Nov 1838: CA - Second uprising in Lower Canada. Battle of the Windmill at Prescott, Upper Canada.
- 10 Nov 1838: CA - The rebels gain a victory at Beauharnois.
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