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1802

Hendrik van Wyn appointed first National Archivist of The Netherlands. (EK)

1804

New York Historical Society founded. (RJ)

1814

John Finlaison United Kingdom Keeper of Admiralty Records and Librarian Compiles first Naval List (WF)

1821

Portuguese Parliament Archive founded (LCB)

National Archives of Argentina founded (AS)

1822

Rhode Island Historical Society founded in Providence (PS)

1824

Historical Society of Pennsylvania founded in Philadelphia. (LJS)

1830

Indiana Historical Society founded. (RJ)

1838

Public Record Office (England & Wales) founded.

1839-1841

Respect des fonds principle developed in French National Archives. (AL)

1844

Maryland Historical Society founded.

1846

Joseph B. Felt completes arrangement of records of Massachusetts (state and colonial). (AL)

1849

Minnesota Historical Society founded. (JLM)

1852-55

Central State Archives of the Granducy of Tuscany established in Florence (Italy) and its fonds arranged by Francesco Bonaini according to the principle of provenance. (SV)

1857

State Historical Society of Iowa is formally established on February 7, when a permanent annual appropriation "for the benefit of a State Historical Society" was voted on and adopted by the Sixth General Assembly. (SJ)

1866

Archivo Historico Nacional Directora in Madrid, Spain founded. (RJ)

French army invaded the Gyujanggak Annex, one of the History Archives located in Ganghwa Island, Korea, where 6,130 volumes(1,042 kinds) of the royal treasure-class archives of Chosun Dynasty were preserved. The French army plundered 345 volumes of the archives, which are now held at the National Library of France in Paris. The French army burnt the rest of the archives as well as the archives building when they retreated.(SMLee)

1867

Public Record Office of Ireland founded. (RJ)

1872

National Archives of Canada, formerly the Public Archives of Canada established. (BC)

1878

Nebraska State Historical Society founded. (TMM)

1879

Colorado Historical Society founded. (RJ)

1881

Boston Historical Society founded. (RJ)

1882

Nov 2 - Sir Hilary Jenkinson born. (RJ)

1891

Margaret Cross Norton born. (RJ)

Vereniging van Archivarissen in Nederland (Society of Dutch Archivists) founded. (EK/CH)

National Archives of India founded. (RJ)

1893

Columbian Exposition, Chicago, IL, USA, witnessed the exhibition of a new invention--the filing cabinet (SM)

1897

The Library of Congress establishes its Manuscript Division, with a staff of four and a collection of 25,000 items.

1898

Muller, Feith, and Fruin publish Dutch Handleiding voor het ordenen en beschrijven van archieven, translated into 8 languages. English version: Manual for the Arrangement and Description of Archives (1940, reissue 2003). (RJ/EK)

National Archives of the Phillipines transferred from Spanish control under the Treaty of Paris of 1898. (RJ)

1899

Public Archives Commission of the American Historical Association established. (GM).

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