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1800
Count Alessandro Volta invents the battery. -
1809
Humphry Davy invents the first electric light - the first arc lamp. -
1812
Charles Dickens was born to John and Elizabeth Dickens. -
1814
The first plastic surgery is performed in England. -
1804
Richard Trevithick, an English mining engineer, developed the first steam-powered locomotive. Unfortunately, the machine was too heavy and broke the very rails it was traveling on.