| Year | 1839 |
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| Year Summary | Monarch is Queen Victoria. Prime Minister is William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne (Whig). USA President is Martin Van Buren (D-New York). The first Henley Royal Regatta held on the River Thames. First Grand National run at Aintree, won by Jem Mason riding the 5/1 favourite <em>Lottery</em>. George Bradshaw publishes the first national railway timetable, <em>Bradshaw's Railway Time Tables and Assistant to Railway Travelling</em>. |
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