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1881 - 18901881 April 3: Fifth full British Census Postal Orders introduced First Boer War – Transvaal independence recognised 1882 May 6: Phoenix Park murders in Dublin Institution of 'the Ashes' in cricket 1883 Aug 1: Parcel post starts in Britain October 4: Foundation of the Boys' Brigade in Glasgow by William Smith Foundation of the Primrose League, British Conservative organisation, by
Lord Randolph Churchill Married Women's Property Act of 1882 becomes law Eruption of Krakatoa near Java – 30,000 killed by tidal wave The Orient Express began service from Paris to Istanbul 1884 The Third Reform Bill – vote given to agricultural workers Greenwich Mean Time made prime meridian of the world 1885 Carl Benz builds single-cylinder motor car In 1885 American inventor George
Eastman marketed his first box camera. It sold for $25, a considerable sum in those days.
The Kodak camera, the first camera designed to use film rolled around a spindle, came with
the film already installed. After the purchaser took 100 pictures, the camera had to be
returned to the factory, where the film was removed and processed and a new spool
installed. Cumbersome by modern standards, the camera seemed a marvel at the time.
Although photography was more than 50 years old by 1885, Eastman was the first to market a
camera simple enough for amateurs to use. Secretary for Scotland appointed January 26: Fall of Khartoum, General Gordon killed 1886 Crofters Act 1887 June 21: Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee 1888 County Councils set up in Britain The coin-operated public telephone. 1889 Celluloid film produced Eiffel Tower built (to mark centenary of French Revolution) Dock Strike – docker's won their "Docker's Tanner", 6 old
pennies 1890 London's first electric Underground March 4: Forth railway bridge opens – took six years to build |
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