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* [[1822]] - ''Diagrammes chimiques'' (chemical diagrams), a book by [[Henri Decremps]], is published
 
* [[1822]] - ''Diagrammes chimiques'' (chemical diagrams), a book by [[Henri Decremps]], is published
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* [[1823]] - [[Eugene Bosco]], credited with the invention was the [[Sand Frame]], is born
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* [[1824]] - ''Chemische Belustigungen Nürnberg'' (ie Nuremberg Chemical Amusements), a reprint of [[Chemical Amusement]], is published

Revision as of 16:22, 9 July 2010

The century of the 1800s.


Selected Magic Events By Year

(click on date to see all magic events in that year)

  • 1809 - The magician Torrini, some sources believe, performs the first version of Sawing a woman in half in front of Pope Pius VII. This, however, is greatly debated.
  • 1810 - P. T. Barnum, an American showman famous for founding the circuses that would later become the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus, in born
  • 1811 - Richard Potter performs an An Evening's Brush to Sweep Away Care, or a Medley to Please, at the Columbian Museum in Boston
  • 1814 - The first recorded performence of pulling a white rabbit from a top hat is performed by Louis Comte
  • 1817 - Wiljalba Frikell, a German magician who developed an act without the usual equipment on stage, is born
  • 1824 - Chemische Belustigungen Nürnberg (ie Nuremberg Chemical Amusements), a reprint of Chemical Amusement, is published