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1	1837	2 Jun 1837—20 Jan 1901: Victoria (Alexandrina Victoria; 24 May 1819 – 22 January 1901) Victoria (Alexandrina Victoria; 24 May 1819 – 22 January 1901) was the monarch of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 20 June 1837 until her death. From 1 May 1876, she used the additional title of Empress of India. Victoria was the daughter of Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn, the fourth son of King George III. Both the Duke of Kent and the King died in 1820, and Victoria was raised under close supervision by her German-born mother Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld Dec 1837—7 Jul 1982: Hayle Wharves branch was taken out of use HAYLE WHARVES BRANCH The Hayle Wharves branch was taken out of use on 7th July 1982 - the signalbox at Hayle closed the same day. The Hayle Railway opened in December 1837 between Redruth and Hayle. Hayle station at that time being located below the current viaduct opposite the Post Office. This line came down two inclines from Camborne, one at Penponds, the other at Angarrack. Once down to almost sea level the line ran along the north side of Copperhouse creek along what is now King George V Walk. This original line crossed the creek very close to the current, though disused, rail swing bridge and continued along side Penpol Terrace to the original station site. The Hayle Railway via the Angarrack incline closed 16 Feb 1852. A new line to the West Cornwall Railway station at Hayle was opened 11 March 1852. The line along King George V walk saw further use as a branch serving an explosive works up on Mexico Towans. 1910 saw the opening of Hayle Power Station on Harvey's Towans. It was coal-fired and the coal was supplied by ship from South Wales until the station was closed in 1977. At the same time Hayle Harbour was also closed to commercial shipping, although a locally important fishing fleet, specialising mainly in shellfish. In the years between the World Wars a number of small works were established on North Quay, including a glass works, a small oil depot and an ICI plant for producing bromine –a fuel additive for high octane aviation fuel. The ICI plant used the power stations waste hot water and which also supplied the electricity. The bromine was shipped by rail across the old A30 to the main GWR railway line, thence to England. Can anybody advise what traffic might have been carried in the tanks after the ICI works closed? Andy Carlson knows, see his article after 'More Hayle Wharves Action'
2	1861	1 Apr 1861—1 Apr 1861: 1861 Census 1861 Census
3	1865	3 Jun 1865—20 Jan 1936: George V 3 Jun 1865–20 Jan 1936 George V (George Frederick Ernest Albert; 3 June 1865 – 20 January 1936) was King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Emperor of India, from 6 May 1910 through the First World War (1914–1918) until his death in 1936. George was a grandson of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert and the first cousin of Tsar Nicholas II of Russia and Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany. From 1877 until 1891 he served in the Royal Navy.
4	1867	1867: Harvey & Company bought out CCC 1867, when Harvey & Company bought the Cornish Copper Company's waterside premises
5	1868	1 Oct 1868: St Pancras station opens The Midland Railway opened St Pancras station in London
6	1871	1 Apr 1871—1 Apr 1871: 1871 Census 1871 Census
7	1877	1877: Hayle Harbour was also closed to commercial shipping Hayle Harbour was also closed to commercial shipping, although a locally important fishing fleet, specialising mainly in shellfish
8	1880	1 Oct 1880: First electric light bulbs The Edison Lamp Works began operations in New Jersey to manufacture the first electric light bulbs
9	1881	1 Apr 1881—1 Apr 1881: 1881 Census 1881 Census
10	1885	25 Sep 1885: Snowed in London. Earliest recorded winter fall
11	1891	1891—1891: 1891 Census 1891 Census
12	1899	11 Oct 1899—31 May 1902: The Second Boer War (Dutch: Tweede Boerenoorlog, Afrikaans: Tweede Vryheidsoorlog or Tweede Boereoorlog) was fought from 11 October 1899 until 31 May 1902 between the British Empire and the Afrikaans-speaking Dutch settlers of two independent Boer republics, the South African Republic (Transvaal Republic) and the Orange Free State. It ended with a British victory and the annexation of both republics to the British Empire; both would eventually be incorporated into the Union of South Africa, a dominion of the British Empire, in 1910. The conflict is commonly referred to as The Boer War but is also known as the South African War outside South Africa, the Anglo-Boer War among most South Africans, and in Afrikaans as the Anglo-Boereoorlog or Tweede Vryheidsoorlog ("Second War of Liberation" or lit. "Second Freedom War") or the Engelse oorlog (English War).[citation needed] The Second Boer War and the earlier, much less well known, First Boer War (December 1880 to March 1881) are collectively known as the Boer Wars
13	1900	7 Mar 1900: Relief of Ladysmith in Boer War
14	1901	1901—1901: 1901 Census 1901 Census 22 Jan 1901—6 Mar 1910: Edward VII (Albert Edward; 9 November 1841 – 6 May 1910) was King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and of the British Dominions and Emperor of India from 22 January 1901 until his death in 1910. He was the first British monarch of the House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, which was renamed the House of Windsor by his son, George V.
15	1910	1910—1977: Hayle Power Station 1910 saw the opening of Hayle Power Station on Harvey's Towans. It was coal-fired and the coal was supplied by ship from South Wales until the station was closed in 1977.
16	1911	1 Apr 1911—1 Apr 1911: 1911 Census 1911 Census
17	1914	Aug 1914—11 Nov 1919: WWI The Great War
18	1918	Jun 1918—Dec 1920: The 1918 flu pandemic (the "Spanish" flu) was an influenza pandemic, and the first of the two pandemics involving H1N1 influenza virus (the follow-up was the 2009 flu pandemic, an outbreak of Swine Flu). It was an unusually severe and deadly pandemic that spread across the world. Historical and epidemiological data are inadequate to identify the geographic origin. Most victims were healthy young adults, in contrast to most influenza outbreaks, which predominantly affect juvenile, elderly, or weakened patients. The flu pandemic was implicated in the outbreak of encephalitis lethargica in the 1920s. The pandemic lasted from June 1918 to December 1920, spreading even to the Arctic and remote Pacific islands. Between 50 and 100 million died, making it one of the deadliest natural disasters in human history. Even using the lower estimate of 50 million people, 3% of the world's population (1.86 billion at the time) died of the disease. Some 500 million, or 27% (~1/4), were infected
19	1927	1927: Two billion alive Two billion alive 1927: London in 1927 Tim Sparke London in 1927 from Tim Sparke 3 years ago not yet rated Incredible colour footage of 1920s London shot by an early British pioneer of film named Claude Frisse-Greene, who made a series of travelogues using the colour process his father William - a noted cinematographer - was experimenting with. It's like a beautifully dusty old postcard you'd find in a junk store, but moving. Music by Jonquil and Yann Tiersen. via http://vimeo.com/7638752#cols?utm_content=buffer7fc92&utm_source=buffer&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=Buffer
20	1930	1 Jan 1930—1 Jan 1930: 1930 – Hatfield Aerodrome is opened
21	1933	8 Jul 1933—8 Jul 1933: 1933 – King's Cup Air Race, Britain's premier aviation race is held at Hatfield. The first major air event held here is appropriately won by Captain Geoffrey de Havilland
22	1934	1 Jan 1934—1 Jan 1934: 1934 – de Havilland Aircraft Company built its new headquarters and factory and Hatfield became its main home, although their original Stag Lane site remained a key installation for several decades after the move across.
23	1935	20 Jan 1935—10 Dec 1936: Edward VIII (Edward Albert Christian George Andrew Patrick David; later The Duke of Windsor; 23 June 1894 – 28 May 1972) was King of the United Kingdom and the Dominions of the British Commonwealth, and Emperor of India, from 20 January to 11 December 1936. Before his accession to the throne, Edward was Prince of Wales and Duke of Cornwall and Rothesay. As a young man, he served in the British Armed Forces during the First World War and undertook several foreign tours on behalf of his father, George V. He was associated with a succession of older, married women but remained unmarried until his accession as king.
24	1936	5 Oct 1936—31 Oct 1936: Jarrow March 11 Dec 1936—5 Feb 1952: George VI (Albert Frederick Arthur George; 14 December 1895 – 6 February 1952) was King of the United Kingdom and the Dominions of the British Commonwealth from 11 December 1936 until his death. He was the last Emperor of India, and the first Head of the Commonwealth. As the second son of King George V, he was not expected to inherit the throne and spent his early life in the shadow of his elder brother, Edward. He served in the Royal Navy and Royal Air Force during World War I, and after the war took on the usual round of public engagements. He married Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon in 1923, and they had two daughters, Elizabeth and Margaret.
25	1939	1 Sep 1939—10 Aug 1945: WWII Second World War
26	1940	26 May 1940—4 Jun 1940: Dunkirk Little Ships Little ships of Dunkirk - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The little ships of Dunkirk were 700 private boats that sailed from Ramsgate in England to Dunkirk in France between May 26 and June 4, 1940 as part of ... Overview - Notable boats - Results - See also en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_ships_of_Dunkirk Association of Dunkirk Little Ships http://www.adls.org.uk/t1/ 3 Oct 1940—3 Oct 1940: 3 October 1940 – de Havilland factory air raid http://www.hatfield-herts.co.uk/warmem/ww2Kciv.html
27	1952	6 Feb 1952—2099: Elizabeth II Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary, born 21 April 1926^{[note 1]}) is the constitutional monarch of 16 sovereign states known as the Commonwealth realms: the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Jamaica, Barbados, the Bahamas, Grenada, Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, Tuvalu, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Belize, Antigua and Barbuda, and Saint Kitts and Nevis. As Head of the Commonwealth, she is the figurehead of the 54-member Commonwealth of Nations; as the British monarch, she is the Supreme Governor of the Church of England.
28	1960	1960: Three billion alive