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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

* [[1814]] - The first recorded performence of pulling a white rabbit from a top hat is performed by [[Louis Apollinaire Christian Emmanuel Comte|Louis Comte]]

* [[1815]] - [[St. John Bosco]], who taught spiritual values through magic, making him an early, if not the first, performer of modern [[Gospel Magic]], is born

* [[1816]] - [[Compars Herrmann]], who pursued a career as a magician and served as a role model and inspiration for [[Alexander Herrmann]], is born

* [[1817]] - [[Wiljalba Frikell]], a German magician who developed an act without the usual equipment on stage, is born

* [[1818]] - [[Kia Khan Khruse]] is shot by a spectator during a performance of the [[Bullet Catch]]

* [[1820]] - Dennis Hendrick, performs a blindfold walk, a predecessor to the [[Blindfold Drive]]

* [[1821]] - [[John Henry Pepper]], a chemical engineer who developed the [[Pepper's Ghost illusion]], is born

* [[1822]] - ''Diagrammes chimiques'' (chemical diagrams), a book by [[Henri Decremps]], is published

* [[1823]] - [[Eugene Bosco]], credited with the invention of the [[Sand Frame]], is born

* [[1824]] - ''Chemische Belustigungen Nürnberg'' (ie Nuremberg Chemical Amusements), a reprint of [[Chemical Amusement]], is published

* [[1825]] - George Alfred Cooke, partner of [[J.N. Maskelyne]], is born

* [[1826]] - "[[Torrini]]" De Grisy, is killed when he is accidentally shot by his son, Giovanni, during a performance of the [[bullet catch]]

* [[1827]] -  Manuel de chimie amusante - A French translation of [[Chemical Amusement]], by J. Riffault, is published

* [[1828]] - [[Samuel Bellachini]], one of the most popular conjurerers in Germany in his time, is born

* [[1829]] - [[George Heubeck]], who played 8 straight years at his theater in Vienna, is born

* [[1830]] - [[John Henry Anderson]] starts his career appearing on the stage with a traveling dramatic company

* [[1831]] - The "Double-sighted Phenomenon", an eight-year-old Scottish boy, performs [[Second Sight]]

* [[1832]] - [[Thomas W. Yost]], a magic dealer and one of the early pioneers in the manufacturing magical apparatus, is born

* [[1833]] - Founding of [[Chicago]], a hub of magic

* [[1834]] - [[Ching Lau Lauro]], who started out as a juggler, adds magic and ventriloquism to his act

* [[1835]] - The [[National Theatre (Washington, D.C.)|National Theatre]], a venue for a variety of live stage productions in [[Washington, D.C.]], opens