| 1803 |
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Sir John Doyle arrives. He develops new roads and fortified towers against the French |
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| 1804 |
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| Chateau de Rocquaine rebuilt as Fort Grey |
Fort Grey |
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| 1806 |
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| Draining of the Braye du Valle joins the Vale to the island |
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1805 - Battle of Trafalgar |
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| 1807 |
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| HMS 'Boreas' is shipwrecked with the loss of 127 lives |
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Slave Trade abolished within British Empire |
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| 1810 |
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| Quarrying & the export of granite develops as a major industry |
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| 1811 |
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| A visit to Les Vardes begins F.C Lukis's interest in archaeology, establishing the foundations for the first Guernsey Museum |
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Jane Austen, age 36, writes 'Sense and Sensibility' |
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| 1812 |
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| Major General Isaac Brock dies at the battle of Queenston Heights |
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Cylinder Printing Press invented |
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| 1815 |
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| Shipbuilding grows as a major industry with shipyards along the eastern coast of the Island |
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Battle of Waterloo |
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| 1816 |
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| First local currency (notes) produced to finance the building of the markets |
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1821 - Electric motor invented by Faraday |
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| 1830 |
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| Local coins known as doubles are introduced |
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| 1832 |
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| Cholera epidemic. 99 People die in three weeks |
Guernsey Museum |
Death of Goethe (playwright) and Rammohun Roy, father of modern India |
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| 1834 |
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| 1st Tourist Guide Book |
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1840 - First postage stamp |
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| 1843 |
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| William le Lacheur sets up 1st cargo of coffee from Costa Rica to London |
William Le Lacheur |
Irish famine |
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| 1846 |
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| First visit of Queen Victoria & Prince Albert to Guernsey |
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US conquers New Mexico and California |
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| 1848 |
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| Railway companies build ships and set up boat - train services. Tourism takes off |
Visit Guernsey |
The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo ends the Mexican War |
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| 1848 |
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| Victoria Tower built |
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Revolution sweeps Europe. Louis Napoleon Bonaparte is elected president of France. |
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| 1851 |
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| The Great Exhibition takes place in London |
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Louis-Napoleon Bonaparte stages a coup and seizes dictatorial power in France |
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| 1853 |
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| The first postal Pillar Box is introduced |
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1854 Crimean War |
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| 1855 |
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| Arrival of Victor Hugo |
Victor Hugo site |
S. Livingstone in Africa |
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| 1856 |
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| St Peter Port harbour is improved & enlarged |
Harbour Authority |
Mass production of steel |
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| 1860 |
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| The Horticultural Industry is well established. Grapes are exported to the UK |
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1861 - Louis Pasteur |
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| 1862 |
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| The Hanois Lighthouse is built |
Trinity House |
American Civil War |
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| 1866 |
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| Thomas de la Rue, famous printer, dies |
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1864 - Red Cross founded |
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| 1883 |
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| The artist Pierre -Auguste Renoir visits the Island |
Guernsey Museum |
First hydro-electric Plant |
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| 1884 |
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| Main crop tomatoes are exported to the UK for the first time |
Guernsey's horticultural history |
Unification of Italy |
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| 1899 |
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| The Stella sinks with the loss of 105 lives |
Guernsey Museum |