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1837- 190 1 British chronology of events
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1837- 190 1 year, Queen Victoria came to power, which was the golden age of Britain. At that time, the most advanced industrial country in the world ranked first in production and trade, and pursued gunboat policy everywhere, seizing maritime hegemony, occupying colonies and plundering the wealth of other countries. The British Empire dominates the world, and its overseas rule covers Europe, Asia, Africa, the United States and Australia. Known as "not falling empire." Most of the chronicles of British events listed here are scientific inventions. It is the application of these scientific inventions that makes the British Empire dominate the world.

AD 1840

In June, Britain launched the Opium War against China.

The first stamp in the world in Britain-"Black Penny" is based on postage.

British J.P. Joule discovered the electrothermal equivalence, tested the mechanical equivalence of heat, and made contributions to the law of energy conservation and transformation.

AD 1840 ~ 1842

The second stage of the British * * * movement

A.D. 184 1 year

The first stratigraphic system table was put forward by W. Felix of Britain.

AD 1842

China and Britain signed the treaty of nanking.

J.B. Routh of England built the first superphosphate plant to produce nitrogen fertilizer.

AD 1843

In June 5438+10, China and Britain signed the Humen Treaty.

A British Byrne invented an automatic telegraph recording device that can transmit words and graphics.

AD 1845

British R.W. Thomson obtained a patent for pneumatic tires. Decades later, it was used in bicycle and car tires.

AD 1846

The abolition of corn laws by the British Parliament marked the establishment of British free trade policy. Two years later, the navigation act was abolished and free trade replaced protected trade.

AD 1848

British Kelvin proposed that the thermodynamic temperature scale and absolute zero are the lower limits of temperature.

1849 ~ 185 1 year.

When British archaeologist A.H. Layard excavated the ruins of Nineveh, the capital of the ancient new Assyrian Empire, in Mosul, Iraq, he found a large number of artistic treasures and new ones.

A large number of cuneiform characters in Banipa Library of King Assour of Assyria caused a sensation in Europe.

AD 1850

Disinfection of drinking water with bleaching powder in London, England

The first map of marine life compiled by e Forbes in Britain.

A.D. 185 1 year

Crystal Palace, built in Britain, is one of the pioneering projects of modern architecture.

The first World Expo was held in London, England.

AD 1852

Spencer, a British sociologist and philosopher, published the paper "Evolution Hypothesis" and put forward the viewpoint of social evolution for the first time.

AD 1853

The Crimean war broke out between Britain and Russia.

The Englishman W Thomson gave the circuit oscillation equation and derived the oscillation frequency, which was the beginning of the electric oscillation theory.

AD 1854

Si Nuo, an Englishman, investigated the cholera epidemic in London, proved the relationship between cholera and water sanitation, and promoted the urban public health movement.

F nightingale of Britain led a nurse to the battlefield in Crimea. After returning to Britain, she founded the world's first nursing school on 1860.

AD 1856

British Bessemer invented converter steelmaking.

AD 1856 ~ 1864

Open hearth steelmaking was invented by K.W. Siemens of Britain and P.E. Martin of France.

AD 1857

The economic crisis broke out in Britain and spread to the United States, France, Germany and other countries, forming the first world capitalist economic crisis.

AD 1857 ~ 1859

An anti-British national uprising broke out in India.

AD 1858

Crystal structure under microscope, published by H.C. Soapy in Britain, opened up a new field of micro-petrology.

AD 1859

After the Indian rebellion, the "empire" of the East India Company was incorporated into British rule.

The publication of the Origin of Species by British C.R. Darwin fully demonstrated the theory of biological evolution.

AD 1859 ~ 1890

British novelist Conan Doyle wrote 68 stories about Sherlock Holmes' private detective, which had a great influence on later mystery novels.

AD 1860

In June 5438+10, the British and French allied forces invaded China and looted and burned the Yuanmingyuan.

China Yi? Signed the Beijing Treaty with Britain, France and Russia respectively.

An Englishman, R. Marley, made a map of global seismic activity.

A.D. 186 1 year

Englishman T. Graham put forward the concept of colloid.

AD 1862

British Kelvin used heat conduction theory to calculate the age of the earth.

The first underground railway in the world was built in London, England.

AD 1864

British J.C. Maxwell put forward the basic equation of electromagnetic field and predicted that light is electromagnetic wave, which laid the foundation of electromagnetic theory of light.

AD 1865

The first cement concrete pavement was built in Furness, England.

AD 1868

Britain was the first country to set up traffic lights in London.

65438+60s.

The British Parliament Building is a masterpiece of British romantic architecture, which was designed by British architects Barre and A.W.H? Pu Zhu Jin chi design

A.D. 187 1 year

J.W.S Rayleigh of Britain put forward the scattering theory and explained why the sky is blue.

AD 1872

The British research ship Challenger made the world's first global ocean expedition, which was the beginning of modern ocean science.

1876 The British Parliament passed a resolution to add Queen Victoria as "Queen of India".

AD 1878

E.J. Muybridge, an Englishman, filmed the running posture of horses in the United States, and used photography for activity photography for the first time.

AD 1878 ~ 1879

The carbon filament lamp was invented by J.W. Swan of Britain and T.A. Edison of America respectively.

A.D. 188 1 year

F. petrie, a British archaeologist, created the "chronological method" in Egyptian archaeological excavations, and archaeologists have been using it ever since.

AD 1883

British scientist O Reynolds discovered the law of dynamic similarity in flow and put forward the dimensionless ratio "Reynolds number"

AD 1884

The British scientist W. Frais-Green made the first film camera.

An Englishman, L.E. wortmann, created a fountain pen with continuous water supply.

AD 1890

Marshall published Principles of Economics, which established the theoretical system of neoclassical economics.

AD 1892

A. British scholar Brown proposed that there should be a Mesolithic Age between the Paleolithic Age and the Neolithic Age. At this point, the division of prehistoric archaeological era is basically completed.

AD 1893

British scientist R.A. hadfield obtained a patent for using high manganese steel as wear-resistant parts.

P Manson of Britain put forward the hypothesis that malaria is spread by mosquitoes and became the founder of tropical diseases.

AD 1897

British physicist J·J· Thomson proposed that cathode rays are composed of negatively charged particles (that is, electrons), which led to the discovery of electrons.

AD 1898

In June, China and Britain signed the "Special Provisions on Expanding Hong Kong Border" and "leased" the New Territories to Britain for 99 years.

AD 1899 ~ 1902

:: Ying Bu War.

A.D. 1900

Britain and other Eight-Nation Alliance invaded Beijing, and Cixi fled with Emperor Guangxu.

A.D. 190 1 year

Queen Victoria of England died.