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The humble roller-coaster has been around for a very long time, perhaps before Columbus sailed for America even, and it's history has some significant and some quirky milestones. This answer covers the history from the 1400s to 1891. There is a lot more, including descriptions of famous roller-coasters and their installation dates at the related link below:

The earliest examples of roller-coasters were built in Russia in the 1400s and followed the contours of mountains.

The first free-standing roller-coasters were invented in France in the 1600s; they were little more than a gravity propelled sled but exciting enough when previously there was nothing.

In 1817 wheels were added to the French cars making them faster. Britain built the first looping coaster in 1840 and exported it to France.

The craze hit the US in 1873 when the Mauch Chunk Railway in Pennsylvania opened and was the worlds first complete circuit. The first switchback opened in Coney Island in 1884.

The first coaster to incorporate a chain lift was installed in San Francisco in 1885.

The switchback installed in Blackpool, England in 1891 was closed shortly after it opened because the amount of g force created by the vertical loop was snapping riders necks.

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