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* [[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. | * [[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 | |||
* [[1812]] - [[Bartolomeo Bosco]], is taken prisoner and finds his extraordinary talent for performing | |||
* [[1813]] - Alfred Sylvester, the [[Fakir of Oolu]], is born | |||
Revision as of 15:31, 15 May 2010
The century of the 1800s.
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Selected Magic Events By Year
(click on date to see all magic events in that year)
- 1800 - Library of Congress, is established and goes on to contain all magic books formally copyrighted in the US
- 1801 - Ludwig Leopold Doebler, who toured England, Austria, Germany, Russia and France with his magic, is born,
- 1802 - Rational Recreations Vol 4, by Dr. W. Hooper, is published
- 1805 - Jean Eugène Robert-Houdin, often credited as the 'father of modern magic', is born
- 1806 - Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser, who specialized in card magic and manipulations, is born
- 1808 - The New Art of Hocus Pocus Revived is published
- 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
- 1812 - Bartolomeo Bosco, is taken prisoner and finds his extraordinary talent for performing
- 1813 - Alfred Sylvester, the Fakir of Oolu, is born