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| British Monarchs | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| William IV 1830 to 1837 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| What was happening in t | world in | 1837 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Jul 1: Compulsory registration of Births, Marriages & Deaths in England & Wales | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Mar 14: Wheatstone & Cooke send first British telegraph message | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Jun 20: William IV dies – accession of Queen Victoria (to 1901) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Jul 20: Euston Railway station opens – first in London | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Pitman introduces his shorthand system | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Dickens Pickwick Papers | ||||||||||||||||||||