19th Century 1800-1899
Alexander Graham Bell Patent 1876
Alexander Graham Bell was issued with a patent from the US Patent Office on 7th March 1876 for ‘a method of and apparatus for, transmitting vocal or other sounds, telegraphically’.
Read MoreFirst steam assisted crossing of the Atlantic 1819
The ship ‘Savannah’ left Georgia in America bound for Liverpool in the UK, on Monday, 24th May 1819. As well as sails, she was fitted with steam driven paddles and would be the first ship to attempt crossing the Atlantic under steam power. She was successful, even though steam power played only a small part…
Read MorePortsmouth cholera epidemic 1848-49
Cholera in Portsmouth, John Snow investigates the disease in London
Read MoreIsambard Kingdom Brunel born 1806
Isambard Brunel born in Portsmouth UK 1806, after the battle of Trafalger and the death of Nelson…
Read MoreThe first railway terminus at Euston 1837
Euston station was the first mainline station to be built in London. In July 1837, the London and Birmingham Railway opened it’s first terminus. It was to have been built at Camden at Chalk Farm but it was proposed that that it should be brought closer to the metropolis and an Act of parliament in…
Read MoreCharles Dickens born 1812
Novelist and philanthropist? Follow the Charles Dickens Trails via Charles Dickens and our Intrguing Snippets for a fast easy to use overview to the wider picture..
Read MoreOliver Twist published 1837
Charles Dickens was born on the 7th February 1812 in Portsmouth, Hampshire, UK. He endured a grim childhood after the imprisonment of his father and the rest of his family in Marshalsea for bad debt. Charles was sent to work in Warren’s boot blacking factory,just off the Strand in London. Here he endured terrible conditions.…
Read MoreThe new London Bridge opened 1831
The old London bridge was a bridge like no other bridge in the world. It was a thoroughfare, jammed full of houses and shops and passable only with caution and if you had time to spare. The old bridge was not able to cope with growing demands of an expanding city A new bridge was…
Read MoreDefining the English Yard 1824
The unit of measurement ‘the yard’ has been in English usage for hundreds of years. Quite how it’s length came to be a unit of measurement is lost but various theories abound, it roughly equates to a man’s stride or it has been suggested that it is the girth of a man. The need to…
Read MoreThe Athenaeum Pall Mall
The Athenaeum is a club in London’s Pall Mall. It was founded in 1824 by a chap called John Crocker. He encouraged scientists, writers and artists to join the club and amongst it’s notable members are Charles Darwin, Charles Dickens, T.S Eliot, J.M.W Turner and Keats to name but a few. The importance of ‘the…
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