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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.
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* [[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
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* [[1811]] - [[Richard Potter]] performs an An Evening's Brush to Sweep Away Care, or a Medley to Please, at the Columbian Museum in Boston
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* [[1812]] - [[Bartolomeo Bosco]], is taken prisoner and finds his extraordinary talent for performing
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* [[1813]] -  Alfred Sylvester, the [[Fakir of Oolu]], is born

Revision as of 20:31, 15 May 2010

The century of the 1800s.


Selected Magic Events By Year

(click on date to see all magic events in that year)

  • 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