1805 - 1838 (32 years)
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Date |
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1 | 1805 | - 1805: Battle of Trafalgar - Nelson Killed in Action
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2 | 1806 | - 1806: First colonists leave Britain for South Africa
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3 | 1807 | - 1807: Abolition of the slave trade in the British Empire
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4 | 1813 | - 1813: Printed Parish Registers introduced for Baptisms and Burials
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5 | 1815 | - 1815: The Corn Laws - Cereals could not be imported into Britain until the domestic price reached eighty shillings a quarter. This price meant that cereals and bread were more expensive than they needed to be and this caused considerable agitation
- 1815: Battle of Waterloo
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6 | 1819 | - 1819: First Factory Act - limiting those aged nine and above to a twelve hour day.
- 1819: Peterloo massacre in Manchester
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7 | 1820 | - 1820: George IV King of England 1820 - 1830
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8 | 1829 | - 1829: Catholic Emancipation Act passed, allowing Catholics to participate in British & political life.
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9 | 1830 | - 1830: William IV King of England 1830 - 1837
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10 | 1832 | - 1832: Introduction of Electroal Rolls
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11 | 1833 | - 1833: 2nd Factory Act - rohibited the employment of under nines in mills and further restricted the time over nines could work.
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12 | 1834 | - 1834: Abolition of the institution of slavery in the British Empire
- 1834: Poor Law Ammendment Act - Radical changes to poor relief grouping parishes into Poor Law Unions.
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13 | 1835 | - 1835: Tithe Redemtion Act
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14 | 1836 | - 1836: Following the second French Revolution influx of French Immigrants
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15 | 1837 | - 1837: Victoria Queen of England 1837 - 1901
- 1837: Civil registration of Births, Marriages & Deaths in England & Wales is introduced in the Septemper Quarter.
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16 | 1838 | - 1838: Rise of the Chartist Movement
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