Jersey Timeline 19th Century
From Jerripedia
| Year | Jersey events | World events | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1801 | Customs House established at 6 Bond Street | ||
| 1802 | First theatre opens in Regent Road | ||
| 1804 | Building of Fort Regent commences | Napoleon proclaimed Emperor of France | |
| 1805 | Vingtaine de la Ville decides to pave public roads in St Helier | Battle of Trafalgar | |
| 1809 | Jubilee of George III celebrated in Jersey | ||
| 1806 | States decides that Honorary Police should have batons de justice | ||
| 1806 | Don Road opened; it was made a public thoroughfare the following year | ||
| 1806 | 258 inhabitants of Jersey held prisoners of war in France after being captured on ships | ||
| 1809 | Fort Regent well completed by 12 miners over two years | ||
| 1810 | Opening of coast road to La Haule; New Street becomes public road | ||
| 1810 | Sunday Militia drill abolished | ||
| 1811 | Six Rues Chapel, St Lawrence, opens; old prison at Charing Cross demolished | ||
| 1812 | Storm causes considerable damage on east coast. Extensive flooding | ||
| 1813 | Jersey National School opens in Don Street, Closed in 1982 | ||
| 1814 | Foundation stone of Commercial Buildings quay laid; completed four years later | ||
| 1815 | Battle of Waterloo | ||
| 1816 | Beresford Library opens | ||
| 1817 | Burrard Street and Don Street made public roads; Gloucester Street named | ||
| 1820 | Foundation stone laid for South Pier | Accession of George IV | |
| 1822 | Government House transferred from King Street to St Saviour's Hill | ||
| 1822 | The British Press, first English language newspaper, launched | ||
| 1825 | Construction of public weighbridge ordered; Halkett Place and Waterloo Street opened to the public | ||
| 1827 | Arrival of first steamship; Post Office begins country deliveries | ||
| 1827 | Green Street Cemetry opens; Bath Street public baths open | ||
| 1829 | Work starts on construction of the Esplanade | ||
| 1829 | Last execution, Philippe Jolin, on Gallows Hill | ||
| 1830 | First lifeboat launched at Rozel | Accession of William IV | |
| 1831 | Militia becomes Royal Militia of the Island of Jersey | ||
| 1831 | Gas light used in St Helier; public elections held on a weekday for first time | ||
| 1832 | Bailiff Sir John de Veulle fights duel with Col de la Garde | ||
| 1832 | The 600-ton d'Auvergne, the largest ship built in Jersey so far, is launched | ||
| 1832 | First cholera epidemic | ||
| 1833 | Public admitted to States meetings for the first time; Royal Jersey Agricultural and Horticultural Society formed | ||
| 1833 | Town Arsenal built in Nelson Street | ||
| 1834 | Currency system changes from livre tournois to English pound sterling | ||
| 1835 | Jersey Savings Bank opens | ||
| 1835 | Royal Court Road and Hill Street paved with wood | ||
| 1836 | Horse races moved from St Aubin's Bay to Greve d'Azette beach; a zoo opens in Gloucester Street | ||
| 1837 | Plans drawn up for new harbour at St Helier | Accession of Queen Victoria | |
| 1837 | Omnibus service from St Helier to St Aubin started by William Coleman | ||
| 1839 | La Moye Quarry opens | ||
| 1840 | Salt factory at First Tower owned by George Deslandes. d'Authreau family had a sugar refinery. | ||
| 1841 | Fish market opens in Cattle Street, transferred from Halkett Place; cattle market transferred to Minden Place | ||
| 1841 | Victoria Harbour foundation stone laid | ||
| 1841 | States issue first copper coinage | ||
| 1842 | Cricket match on Grouville Common | ||
| 1842 | Omnibus Le Regulator commences regular service from town to St Aubin | ||
| 1843 | Name plates and house numbers ordered in St Helier streets | ||
| 1843 | Horse racing on Grouvillel Common for first time | ||
| 1845 | Town sewerage system introduced; country arsenals built; fire brigade formed | ||
| 1846 | Centenier George Le Cronier murdered while on duty | ||
| 1846 | Visit of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert | ||
| 1847 | Construction of St Catherine's Breakwater starts; Albert Pier foundation stone laid - completed 1853 | ||
| 1847 | Riots over price of bread | ||
| 1848 | First operation under chloroform at General Hospital | ||
| 1848 | Second cholera epidemic | ||
| 1849 | Lighthouse built at end of Gorey Pier | ||
| 1851 | Launch of the Don and The Rose, the first two steamers built in Jersey | ||
| 1852 | First street letter boxes appear in David Place, New Street, Cheapside and St Clement's Road | ||
| 1852 | Victoria College opens | ||
| 1853 | Paid police introduced | ||
| 1854 | Establishment of Police Court, Petty Debts Court and paid police force; Barque ''Evening Star'' left for Australia with 200 emigrants | ||
| 1854 | Beresford Street vegetable market opens | ||
| 1856 | Land acquired for Almorah Cemetery | ||
| 1857 | Election of first Deputies to the States | ||
| 1857 | George Henry Ingouville one of the first recipients of the Victoria Cross | ||
| 1858 | Telegraph to England established; extension of Esplanade to West Park opens | ||
| 1860 | Royal Commission suggests reform of police and judiciary which is resisted by States of Jersey; telegraph to France inaugurated | ||
| 1860 | Naval training school established at Gorey | ||
| 1863 | Fire destroys Theatre Royal in Don Road | ||
| 1864 | Masonic Temple opens; USS Kearsarge sinks confederate ship Alabama in battle off Cherbourg | ||
| 1865 | Foundation stone of St Saviour's Hospital laid, opened in 1868 | ||
| 1866 | Jersey Herd Book started | ||
| 1867 | Copper coinage changed to bronze | ||
| 1868 | St Helier's Parish Church reopens after restoration | ||
| 1869 | Canadian fishing stations of Gaspé and Pasbébiac were owned by a Jersey firm of Charles Robin and Co who had a fleet of over 450 vessels that made regular trips between Jersey and Gaspé | ||
| 1869 | Waterworks Company starts operations | ||
| 1869 | Jersey Mutual Fire Insurance Company founded | ||
| 1870 | Opening of St Helier - St Aubin railway. Gorey route followed three years later | ||
| 1870 | Transportation of criminals abolished | ||
| 1870 | Normandy and Mary collide with loss of 34 lives | ||
| 1871 | Channel Islands Great Exhibition held at Victoria College | ||
| 1873 | Founding of La Société Jersiaise | ||
| 1873 | Jersey Mercantile Bank suspends trading with liabilities over £300,000; Jersey Stock Bank suffers same fate | ||
| 1874 | Construction of Corbière Lighthouse | ||
| 1877 | New weighbridge at St Helier Harbour used for first time | ||
| 1878 | First museum of La Société Jersiaise established at Halkett House, King Street | ||
| 1880 | Jersey Ladies College opens | ||
| 1880 | Half of seawall from West Park to First Tower completed | ||
| 1881 | Militia service reduced to ten years | ||
| 1882 | New markets in Halkett Place open; La Société Jersiaise museum transfers to Morier Lane | ||
| 1886 | Jersey Banking Company collapses after its manager gambles with the bank's cash. Charles Robin and Co (see above) and Abraham de Gruchy among companies bankrupted | ||
| 1885 | Don Monument unveiled in the Parade | ||
| 1886 | Jersey Banking Company folds; new library in Royal Square opens | ||
| 1887 | Queen Victoria golden jubilee celebrations; States Chamber opens | ||
| 1888 | New slaughterhouses open at Harbour | ||
| 1889 | Discovery of gold torque | ||
| 1890 | Unveiling of Statue of Queen Victoria at the Weighbridge; Evening Post commences publication | ||
| 1891 | Grand Hotel opens | ||
| 1895 | Town Mills destroyed by fire | ||
| 1897 | Opening of Victoria Avenue | ||
| 1898 | Telephones introduced; Greenwich Mean Time adopted in Jersey | ||
| 1899 | First motor car imported by Peter Falla; compulsory education act passed |
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