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| 1 | 1814 | - George Stephenson designs a steam locomotive.
- German, Joseph von Fraunhofer invents the spectrocope for the chemical analysis of glowing objects.
- Joseph Nicéphore Niépce was the first person to take a photograph.
- The first plastic surgery is performed in England.
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| 2 | 1815 | - 23 Sep 1815 - Great September Gale of 1815. The hurricane struck with an 11 foot storm surge to Providence, Rhode Island. New London, Connecticut was also in the path of this great storm, as was Massachusetts and much of New England.
- Humphry Davy invents the miner's lamp.
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| 3 | 1816 | - 1816 was characterized as the year without any summer and frosts occurred during every month of the year.
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| 4 | 1817 | - James Monroe president of the USA 1817-1825.
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| 5 | 1819 | - René Laënnec invents the stethoscope.
- Samuel Fahnestock patents a "soda fountain."
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| 6 | 1820 | - George IV. Ruler of England 1820-1830. House of Hanover: Eldest son of George III, Prince Regent, from Feb 1811.
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| 7 | 1823 | - Mackintosh (raincoat) invented by Charles Mackintosh of Scotland.
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| 8 | 1824 | - Englishmen, Joseph Aspdin patents Portland cement, the modern building material.
- Professor Michael Faraday invents the first toy balloon.
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| 9 | 1825 | - John Quincy Adams president of the USA 1825-1829.
- This year marks the start of construction on the Ohio and Erie Canal.
- William Sturgeon invented the electromagnet.
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| 10 | 1827 | - Charles Wheatstone invents the microphone.
- John Walker invents the modern matches.
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