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- 1801 - Richard Trevithick built a full-size steam road carriage.
- 1814 - Royal Geological Society of Cornwall founded.
- 1815 - The Davy lamp containing a candle, devised by Sir Humphry Davy.
- 1818 - Royal Institution of Cornwall
- 1832 - Royal Cornwall Polytechnic Society founded in Falmouth.
- 1834 - Augustus Smith obtains the Isles of Scilly, and evicts the inhabitants of some of the smaller islands.
- 1838 - Tin Duties Act 1838
- 1852 - Construction of the Cornwall Railway began
- 1858 The Miners Association established.
- 1858 - The Cornish Foreshore Case 1854-1858 confirmed that the Duke of Cornwall owned the rights to mines and minerals under the Cornish foreshore.
- 1859 - The Royal Albert Bridge (sometimes called the Brunel Bridge or Saltash Bridge) was opened. Two days later (May 4) the main line of the Cornwall Railway opened giving access to Cornwall from the railways of Devon.
- 1860s - Louis Lucien Bonaparte visits Cornwall.
- 1876 - Reestablishment of Cornwall as a diocese, with the see at Truro
- 1877 - Bishop Benson consecrated the first Bishop of Truro
- 1883 - Artists' colony established at Newlyn
- 1883 - Artists' colony established at Lamorna
- 1888 School of Mines was established.
- 1888 Local Government Act
- 1888 - Artists' colony established at St Ives
- 1890 - Bob Fitzsimmons of Helston is the first native Briton heavy-weight boxing champion.
- 1891 - Severe winter weather, including snowdrifts 20 feet (6.1 m) deep.
- 1896 - Stannaries Court (Abolition) Act 1896.
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