A friction match, invented by John Walker, was originally called a "lucifer match." (Image by Sebastian Ritter.)

• The first horse railroad was built in 1826-27.

• The first lucifer match was made in 1829.

• The first iron steamship was built in 1830.

• The first steel pen was made in 1830.

• Omnibuses were introduced in New York in 1830.

(Taken fron the 1893 Brooklyn Daily Eagle Almanac. Some dates seem questionable.)