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William PATERSON

Male 1831 - 1858  (27 years)

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   Date  Event(s)
1831 
  • 1831: Faraday in the first in a series of Experimental Researches in Electricity discovered the means of producing electricity from magnetism i.e. electromagnetic induction the generation of an electric field by a changing magnetic field. This is the principle of the dynamo
  • 1 Jun 1831: James Clark Ross discovers the North Magnetic Pole
1832 
  • 1832: Swan River Colony has its name changed to Western Australia.
  • 1832: Electric telegraph invented by Morse
  • Sep 1832: Yagan was captured and sent to Carnac Island. He escaped 6 weeks later by taking the boat belonging to his captors. No attempt to recapture him was made, the six weeks being considered adequate penalty.
1833 
  • 1833: Slavery Abolition Act bans slavery throughout the British Empire.
  • 11 Jul 1833: Yagan is shot dead.
1836 
  • 1836: First brewery established in Western Australia.
1839 
  • 1839: Charles Goodyear invented vulcanized rubber
1840 
  • 1840: New Zealand is founded, as the Treaty of Waitangi is signed by the Māori and British.
1841 
  • 1841: The word "dinosaur" is coined by Richard Owen.
1845 
  • 1845—1852: The Irish Potato Famine or the Great Famine was a period of mass starvation, disease and emigration, approximately 1 million people died and a million more emigrated from Ireland.
  • 17 Mar 1845: The rubber band patented by Stephen Perry
1846 
  • 10 Sep 1846: The sewing machine is patented by Elias Howe
10 1850 
  • 1 Jun 1850: Ship Scindian arrives with first convicts for Swan River Colony, numbering 75.
11 1851 
  • 1851—1861: Victorian gold rush.
12 1856 
  • 1856: Neanderthal man first identified.