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 1850 - 1852 (2 years)
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| 1 | 1850 | - 1850: USA - American Joel Houghton invented the first dishwasher. He made it out of wood, and gave it a hand-turned wheel that splashed water on the dishes inside. It didn't really work, but it did get the first 'dishwasher' patent
- 1850: UK - First machine-made paper bag
- 1850: UK - Mines Inspectorate created, helps protect adult male mine workers
- 1850: USA - Millard Fillmore president of the USA 1850-1853. Vice president under Zachary Taylor, he was sworn in as president after Taylor's death.
- 1850: US - In the United States, the Fugitive Slave Act is passed. It provides that even free persons can be made a slave if suspected of being a runaway. As a result, more fugitive slaves and free Black persons come to Canada.
- 1850: CA - The site of John By's headquarters during the construction of the Rideau Canal is incorporated as Bytown (now Ottawa).
- 1850: CA - Gold discovered in British Columbia, and coal on Vancouver Island.
- 1850: CA - The Canadian government passes the Railway Guarantee Act.
- 1850: NL - Ridderschap in Drenthe afgeschaft.
- 1850: NL - Drenthe telt 82 kilometer verharde weg: het grootste deel langs de Drentsche Hoofdvaart.
- 11 Oct 1850: CA - The St. Lawrence and Atlantic Railroad opens
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| 2 | 1851 | - 1851: UK - The Great Exhibition is staged in Hyde Park. Thanks to Prince Albert, it is a great success
- 1851: UK - Window tax abolished
- 1851: USA - Patent for sewing machine issued to Isaac Singer
- 1851: UK - British Census shows 10,736,000 females, 8,155,000 of whom were aged 10 and older, largest occupational group domestic service workers, 905,000, 145,000 washerwomen, 55,000 charwomen (cleaners), 272,000 in cotton industry, 113,000 in woolen industry, 140,000 in lace, hosiery and linen
- 1851: Europe - First submarine cable, Dover to Calais
- 1851: London, UK - Reuters opens news agency
- 1851: Africa - Livingstone's explorations begin
- 1851: Australia - Population of Australia rises from 405,000 in 1851 to 1,168,000 in 1861
- 1851: CA - The United Kingdom transfers control of the colonial postal system to Canada.
- 1851: NL - Het katholieke kerkhof te Oude Pekela aangelegd.
- 25 Apr 1851: CA - Prince Edward Island wins responsible government
- 30 Aug 1851: CA - The Vancouver Island legislature meets for the first time
- Sep 1851: Melbourne, Australia - Gold fever - 19,000 immigrants land in one month, for the whole year 94,664, seven times as many as 1851
- 11 Oct 1851: CA - The St. L. & A. Railway is opened to Richmond.
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| 3 | 1852 | - 1852: UK - Death of the Duke of Wellington
- 1852: UK - Derby's first minority Conservative government
- 1852: UK - Aberdeen's coalition government is established
- 1852: NL - De postzegels worden ingevoerd.
- 15 Jan 1852: CA - Trinity College opens
- 8 Jul 1852: CA - Beginning of a fire which burns 11,000 houses in Montreal.
- Oct 1852: CA - he Bank of Montreal issues notes like the Bank of England's; denomination water-marked.
- 25 Oct 1852: CA - The Toronto Stock Exchange opens
- 8 Dec 1852: CA - Laval's Seminaire du Quebec founds Université Laval, North America's oldest French Language university.
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