A Sampler of Events That Made History Between 1800 AD and 1899 AD
1827 - Dutch Trade Company NHM gets opium monopoly on Java 1870 - Construction of Brooklyn Bridge begins 1820 - Royal Astronomical Society founded in England 1832 - 1st Curling club in U.S. (Orchard Lake Curling Club) opens 1809 - Holland Brigade under Brigadier General Chasse reaches Madrid 1883 - Ontario Rugby Football Union (forerunner of CFL) forms 1847 - Michigan is 1st state to abolish capital punishment 1810 - French church annuls marriage of Napoleon I and Josephine 1842 - 1st illustrated weekly magazine in U.S. publishes 1st issue, New York City 1835 - HMS Beagle anchors off Chonos Archipelago
