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APPENDIX III
A Chronology of Sir Philip Bin
1806
Philip Put-That-In-The Bin born to Thomas and Agnes Bin of Bin Manor, Little Itchingham, in the county of Kentlesex.
1806–27
The events of this book take place. They shall not be spoiled here. Or, if you’ve already read it, they shall not be recapped here.
1828
Mysteriously, no trace of Philip Bin’s activities exists for this year. Though in other events it is a leap year, the Duke of Wellington becomes Prime Minister, Andrew Jackson is elected President of the United States of America, Henrik Ibsen is born, London Zoo opens, Jöns Jakob Berzelius discovers the element thorium, Ányos Jedlik creates the world’s first electric motor, Mary Anning finds the first pterosaur fossil in Lyme Regis, the MCC changes the Laws of Cricket to allow round-arm bowling, Dresden University of Technology is founded and the Treaty of Turkmenchay is signed.1