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* [[1826]] - "[[Torrini]]" De Grisy, is killed when he is accidentally shot by his son, Giovanni, during a performance of the [[bullet catch]] | * [[1826]] - "[[Torrini]]" De Grisy, is killed when he is accidentally shot by his son, Giovanni, during a performance of the [[bullet catch]] | ||
* [[1827]] - A French translation of [[Chemical Amusement]], by | * [[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 | * [[1828]] - [[Samuel Bellachini]], one of the most popular conjurerers in Germany in his time, is born |
Revision as of 12:49, 19 July 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
- 1814 - The first recorded performence of pulling a white rabbit from a top hat is performed by 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
- 1834 - Ching Lau Lauro, who started out as a juggler, adds magic and ventriloquism to his act
- 1835 - The National Theatre, a venue for a variety of live stage productions in Washington, D.C., opens