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1800s
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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.