Guernsey Timeline 19th Century
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| Year | Event |
|---|---|
| 1800 | Robert Porret Le Marchant appointed Bailiff |
| 1803 | Sir John Doyle appointed Lieut-Governor, and launches major programme to improve the island's defences. |
| 1806 | The Braye du Valle, a tidal channel that had divided Guernsey, reclaimed from the sea. |
| 1807 | Earl of Pembroke appointed Governor |
| 1810 | Commencement of major road-building programme. |
| 1811 | Start of export trade for Guernsey cattle |
| 1813 | Publication of The Star, Guernsey's first English-language newspaper. |
| 1815 | Guernsey Prison completed. |
| 1816 | First issue of currency notes to finance the construction of the new Meat Market. |
| 1817 | States buy Meat Market (French Halles). |
| 1818 | Rebuilding of Torteval Church |
| 1821 | Daniel de Lisle Brock appointed Bailiff. |
| 1822 | Opening of the new Meat Market |
| 1823 | Arrival of the Medina, first steamship to travel to Channel Islands. |
| 1825 | Sir John Colborne appointed Lieut-Governor |
| 1827 | Sir William Keppel appointed Governor |
| 1828 | Maj-Gen John Ross appointed Lieut-Governor |
| 1830 | Introduction of the Guernsey double coins |
| 1831 | Island militia is granted the status Royal |
| 1832 | 103 die during Cholera outbreak in St Peter Port |
| 1834 | Publication of first tourist guide book, The Channel Islands, by Henry Inglis. |
| 1836 | Death of Admiral James Saumarez |
| 1837 | Horse bus service established |
| 1839 | National School founded at St Johns |
| 1840 | Civil Registration of births and deaths start |
| 1841 | Electoral franchise extended to include all taxpayers and property owners. |
| 1842 | Maj-Gen William Napier appointed Lieut-Governor. |
| 1843 | John Guille appointed Bailiff |
| 1844 | Douzaine representatives replace Constables as States members. |
| 1845 | Peter Stafford Carey appointed Bailiff. |
| 1846-48 | Construction of Victoria Tower |
| 1848 | Maj-Gen John Bell appointed Lieut-Governor |
| 1850 | Parochial education reorganised |
| 1853 | Laying of the foundation stone of the new harbour |
| 1854 | Maj-Gen William Thomas Knollys appointed Lieut-Governor |
| 1855 | Maj-Gen George Judd Harding appointed Lieut-Governor |
| 1859 | Maj-Gen John Marcus Slade appointed Lieut-Governor |
| 1859 | Second visit of Queen Victoria |
| 1860-62 | Construction of Les Hanois Lighthouse |
| 1869 | Lieut-Gen Edward Frome appointed Lieut-Governor. |
| 1873 | St Julian's Avenue opens. |
| 1874 | Maj-Gen the Hon St George Foley appointed Lieut-Governor |
| 1882 | Société Guernesiaise established |
| 1883 | Jean de Havilland Utermarck appointed Bailiff. |
| 1884 | Edgar MacCulloch appointed Bailiff. |
| 1895 | Thomas Godfrey Carey appointed Bailiff. |
| 1897 | Guernsey Evening Press established. |
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