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| 1 | 1755 | - 1755—1827: Canal construction began
Period of canal construction began in Britain (till 1827)
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| 2 | 1808 | - 1808: Gas lighting
Gas lighting in London streets
- 13 Jul 1808: Hot Wednesday
'Hot Wednesday' - temperature of 101F in the shade recorded in London
- 20 Dec 1808: Beethoven
Beethoven premieres his Fifth Symphony, Sixth Symphony, Fourth Piano Concerto and Choral Fantasy together in Vienna
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| 3 | 1809 | - 12 Feb 1809: Charles Darwin
Birth of Charles Darwin
- 18 Sep 1809: Royal Opera House
Royal Opera House opens in London
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| 4 | 1810 | - 1810: John McAdam
John McAdam begins road construction in England, giving his name to the process of road metalling
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| 5 | 1811 | - 5 Feb 1811: Prince of Wales
Prince of Wales (future George IV) made Regent after George III deemed insane
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| 6 | 1812 | - 11 May 1812: Prime Minister, Spencer Perceval, assassinated
Prime Minister, Spencer Perceval, assassinated ? shot as he entered the House of Commons by a bankrupt Liverpool broker, John Bellingham, who was subsequently hanged
- 18 Jun 1812: Start of American 'War of 1812'
Start of American 'War of 1812' (to 1814) against England and Canada
- Oct 1812: Napoleon retreats
Napoleon retreats from Moscow with catastrophic losses
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| 7 | 1813 | - 1813: First recorded '12th of July' sectarian riots in Belfast
Ireland: First recorded '12th of July' sectarian riots in Belfast
- 1813: Jane Austen wrote 'Pride and Prejudice'
Jane Austen wrote 'Pride and Prejudice'
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| 8 | 1814 | - 1 Jan 1814: Invasion of France
Invasion of France by Allies
- 6 Apr 1814: Napoleon abdicates
Napoleon abdicates and is exiled to Elba
- 13 Aug 1814: Convention of London signed
Convention of London signed, a treaty between the UK and the Dutch
- 24 Aug 1814: The British burn the White House
The British burn the White House
- 29 Nov 1814: The Times printed by a mechanical apparatus
'The Times' first printed by a 'mechanical apparatus' (at 1100 sheets per hour)
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| 9 | 1815 | - 1815: Trial by Jury established in Scotland
Trial by Jury established in Scotland
- 1815: Davy safety lamp
Davy develops the safety lamp for miners
- 18 Jun 1815: The Battle of Waterloo
The Battle of Waterloo: Napoleon defeated and exiled to St. Helena
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| 10 | 1816 | - 1816: Income tax abolished
Income tax abolished
- 1816: Silver coins
For the first time British silver coins were produced with an intrinsic value substantially below their face value - the first official 'token' coinage
- 1816: year without a summer
Climate: the 'year without a summer' - followed a volcanic explosion of the mountain 'Tambora' in Indonesia the previous year the biggest volcanic explosion in 10000 years
- 1816: Large scale emigration to North America
Large scale emigration to North America, Trans-Atlantic packet service begins
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| 11 | 1817 | - 1817: March of the Manchester Blanketeers
March of the Manchester Blanketeers; Habeas Corpus suspended
- 1817: Constable painted 'Flatford Mill'
Constable painted 'Flatford Mill'
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| 12 | 1818 | - 1818: Manchester cotton spinners' strike
Manchester cotton spinners' strike
- 20 Oct 1818: 'Convention of 1818'
'Convention of 1818' signed between the United States and the United Kingdom
which, among other things, settled the US-Canada border on the 49th parallel for most of its length
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| 13 | 1819 | - 1819: the Dandy Horse becomes popular
Primitive bicycle, the Dandy Horse, becomes popular
- 1819: Britain returns to gold standard
Britain returns to gold standard
- 1819: Singapore founded
Singapore founded by Sir Stamford Raffles
- May 1819: SS 'Savannah'
SS 'Savannah' first steamship to cross Atlantic reaching Liverpool 20 June 1819. Voyage used both sail & steam
- 16 Aug 1819: Peterloo Massacre at Manchester
Peterloo Massacre at Manchester, a large, orderly group of 60,000 meets at St.
Peter's Fields, Manchester and demand Parliamentary Reform. Mounted troops charge on the meeting, killing 11 people and and maiming many others.
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| 14 | 1820 | - 1820: Cato Street Conspiracy
Cato Street Conspiracy - plot to assissinate British cabinet
- 1820: Spanish Inquisition
Abolition of the Spanish Inquisition
- 29 Jan 1820: George IV
Accession of George IV, previously Prince Regent
- 1 Aug 1820: Regent's Canal opens
Regent's Canal in London opens
- 17 Aug 1820: Queen Caroline
Trial of Queen Caroline to prove her infidelities so George IV can divorce her - George tries to secure a Bill of Pains and Penalties against her -Caroline is virtually acquitted because bill passed by such a small majority of Lords
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| 15 | 1821 | - 1821: Principles of electro-magnetic rotation
Faraday publishes 'Principles of electro-magnetic rotation'
- 1821: The Hay Wain
Constable paints 'The Hay Wain'
- 5 May 1821: Death of Napoleon
Napoleon Bonaparte dies on St Helena
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| 16 | 1822 | - 14 Jun 1822: Charles Babbage
Charles Babbage proposes a difference engine in a paper to the Royal Astronomical Society
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| 17 | 1823 | - 1823: Peel begins penal reforms
Peel begins penal reforms - death penalty abolished for over 100 crimes
- 1823: Rugby Football
Rugby Football 'invented' at Rugby School
- 1823: MacIntosh
Rubberised waterproof material produced by MacIntosh
- 2 Dec 1823: US President James Monroe
US President James Monroe delivers a speech establishing American neutrality in
future European conflicts (the 'Monroe Doctrine')
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| 18 | 1824 | - 1824: RSPCA
RSPCA established
- 1824: Portland cement
Portland cement patented
- 4 Mar 1824: (RNLI) founded
Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) founded (called the 'National Institution for the Preservation of Life from Shipwreck' until 1854)
- 10 May 1824: National Gallery opens
National Gallery in London opens to the public
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| 19 | 1825 | - 27 Sep 1825: Stockton to Darlington Railway
Stockton to Darlington Railway opens - world's first service of locomotive-hauled passenger trains
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| 20 | 1827 | - 1827: Ohm's Law
Ohm's Law published
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| 21 | 1828 | - 25 Oct 1828: St Katharine Docks
St Katharine Docks in London opened (designed by Thomas Telford)
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| 22 | 1829 | - 1829: London Metropolitan Police Force
London Metropolitan Police Force formed, nicknamed 'Bobbies' after Sir Robert Peel
- 1829: Louis Braille
Louis Braille invents his system of finger-reading for the blind
- 10 Jun 1829: Oxford/Cambridge Boat Race
First Oxford/Cambridge Boat Race
- 6 Oct 1829: George Stephenson's Rocket
George Stephenson's Rocket wins the Rainhill trials (it was the only one to
complete the trial!)
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| 23 | 1830 | - 1830: Uprisings and agitation across Europe
Uprisings and agitation across Europe: the Netherlands are split into Holland and Belgium
- Jul 1830: Fall of Charles X
Revolution in France, fall of Charles X and the Bourbons - Louis Philippe (the
Citizen King) on the throne
- 15 Sep 1830: Liverpool & Manchester Railway opened
George Stephenson's Liverpool & Manchester Railway opened by the Duke of Wellington - first mail carried by rail, and first death on the railway as William Huskisson, a leading politician, is run over!
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| 24 | 1831 | - 1831: A list of parish registers compiled
A list of all parish registers dating prior to 1813 compiled
- 1 Jun 1831: North Magnetic Pole
James Clark Ross discovers the North Magnetic Pole
- 1 Aug 1831: 'New' London Bridge opens
'New' London Bridge opens (replaced 1973) old bridge (which had existed for over 600 years) then demolished
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| 25 | 1832 | - 1832: Electoral Register
Electoral Registers introduced
- 1832: Electric telegraph invented
Electric telegraph invented by Morse
- 7 Jun 1832: Representation of the People Act
Reform Bill passed - Representation of the People Act
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1808 - 1832 (24 years)