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 1798 - 1825 (27 years)
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| 1 | 1798 | - 1798: 1798- 1802 First war with Napoleon - Feb-Oct: The Irish Rebellion; 100,000 peasants revolt; approximately 25,000 die - Irish Parliament abolished
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| 2 | 1800 | - 1800: Union of Great Britain and Ireland - Union Jack official British flag
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| 3 | 1801 | - 1801: First census puts the population of England and Wales at 9,168,000 - population of Britain nearly 11 million (75 per cent rural)
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| 4 | 1805 | - 1805: Battle of Trafalgar - Nelson Killed in Action
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| 5 | 1806 | - 1806: First colonists leave Britain for South Africa
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| 6 | 1807 | - 1807: Abolition of the slave trade in the British Empire
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| 7 | 1813 | - 1813: Printed Parish Registers introduced for Baptisms and Burials
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| 8 | 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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| 9 | 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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| 10 | 1820 | - 1820: George IV King of England 1820 - 1830
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