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| 1837 |
| | The 18-year-old Victoria comes to the throne in Britain, beginning the long Victorian era | |
| | Winterhalter Queen Victoria (detail) National Maritime Museum
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| 1837 |
| | Work begins on Charles Barry's spectacular design for London's new Houses of Parliament | |
| | Houses of Parliament, c.1851 Guildhall Library
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| c. 1837 |
| | The Whig party in Britain begin referring to themselves as Liberals | |
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| 1837 |
| | The first trains run between London and Birmingham on the railway designed by Robert Stephenson | |
| | Primrose Hill Tunnel, c.1837 Guildhall Library
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| 1837 |
| | Charles Dickens' first novel, Oliver Twist, begins monthly publication (in book form, 1838) | |
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| 1838 |
| | An Irish packet steamer, the Sirius, becomes the first steamship to cross the Atlantic, completing the journey to New York in 19 days | |
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| 1838 |
| | Brunel's Great Western, a wooden paddle-steamer, arives in New York the day after the Sirius, with the record for an Atlantic crossing already reduced to 15 days | |
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| 1838 |
| | The London Prize Ring rules disallow kicking, gouging, head-butting and biting in the sport of boxing | |
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| 1838 |
| | The People's Charter, with its six political demands, launches the Chartist movement in England | |
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| 1838 |
| | J.M.W. Turner paints an icon of British art, The Fighting Téméraire | |
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