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Date |
Event(s) |
| 1 | 1801 | - 4 Mar 1801—3 Mar 1809: Thomas Jefferson, 3rd President of the United States
Thomas Jefferson
- 17 Mar 1801—10 May 1804: Henry Addington, 1st Viscount Sidmouth, UK Prime Minister (Tory)
Viscount Sidmouth
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| 2 | 1802 | - 25 Mar 1802: Treaty of Amiens signed by Britain, France, Spain, and the Netherlands
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| 3 | 1803 | - 1803: Poaching made a Capital offence in England if capture resisted
- 1803: Richard Trevithick built another steam carriage and ran it in London as the first
self-propelled vehicle in the capital and the first London bus
- 1803: Semaphore signalling perfected by Admiral Popham
- 30 Apr 1803: Louisiana Purchase: Napoleon sells French possessions in America to United States
- 12 May 1803: Peace of Amiens ends
- 23 Jul 1803: First public railway opens (Surrey Iron Railway, 9 miles from Wandsworth to
Croydon, horse-drawn)
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| 4 | 1804 | - 1804: Matthew Flinders recommends that the newly discovered country, New Holland, be renamed "Australia"
- 21 Feb 1804: Richard Trevithick runs his railway engine on the Penydarren Railway (9.5 miles
from Pen-y-Darren to Abercynon in South Wales)
- 3 Mar 1804: John Wedgwood (eldest son of the potter Josiah Wedgwood) founds The Royal
Horticultural Society
- 10 May 1804—23 Jan 1806: William Pitt 'The Younger', UK Prime Minister (Tory)
William Pitt the Younger
- 2 Dec 1804: Napoleon declares himself Emperor of the French
- 12 Dec 1804: Spain declares war on Britain
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| 5 | 1805 | - 1805: London docks opened
- 21 Oct 1805: Admiral Nelson's victory at Trafalgar
- 2 Dec 1805: Battle of Austerlitz; Napoleon defeats Austrians and Russians
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| 6 | 1806 | - 1806: Dartmoor Prison opened (built by French prisoners)
- 9 Jan 1806: Nelson buried in St Paul's cathedral, London
- 11 Feb 1806—31 Mar 1807: William Wyndham Grenville, 1st Baron Grenville, UK Prime Minister (Whig)
William Wyndham Grenville, 1st Baron Grenville
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| 7 | 1807 | - 25 Mar 1807: Parliament passes Act prohibiting slavery and the importation of slaves from 1808
- 31 Mar 1807—4 Oct 1809: William Bentinck, Duke of Portland, UK Prime Minister (Whig)
William Bentinck, Duke of Portland
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| 8 | 1808 | - 1808: Gas lighting in London streets
- 13 Jul 1808: 'Hot Wednesday'
- 20 Dec 1808: Beethoven premieres his Fifth Symphony, Sixth Symphony, Fourth Piano Concerto and Choral Fantasy together in Vienna
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| 9 | 1809 | - 12 Feb 1809: Birth of Charles Darwin
- 4 Mar 1809—3 Mar 1817: James Madison, 4th President of the United States
James Madison
- 18 Sep 1809: Royal Opera House opens in London
- 4 Oct 1809—11 May 1812: Spencer Perceval, UK Prime Minister (Tory)
Spencer Perceval
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| 10 | 1810 | - 1810: John McAdam begins road construction in England, giving his name to the process of
road metalling
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| 11 | 1811 | - 5 Feb 1811: Prince of Wales (future George IV) made Regent after George III deemed insane
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| 12 | 1812 | - 11 May 1812: Prime Minister, Spencer Perceval, assassinated
- 8 Jun 1812—9 Apr 1827: Robert Banks Jenkinson, Earl of Liverpool, UK Prime Minister (Tory)
Robert Banks Jenkinson, Earl of Liverpool
- 12 Jun 1812: War of 1812
- 18 Jun 1812: Start of American "War of 1812" (to 1814) against England and Canada
- Oct 1812: Napoleon retreats from Moscow with catastrophic losses
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| 13 | 1813 | - 1813: Ireland: First recorded "12th of July" sectarian riots in Belfast
- 1813: Jane Austen wrote "Pride and Prejudice"
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| 14 | 1814 | - 1 Jan 1814: Invasion of France by Allies
- 6 Apr 1814: Napoleon abdicates and is exiled to Elba
- 13 Aug 1814: Convention of London signed, a treaty between the UK and the Dutch
- 24 Aug 1814: The British burn the White House
- 29 Nov 1814: "The Times" first printed by a 'mechanical apparatus' (at 1,100 sheets per hour)
- 24 Dec 1814: Treaty of Ghent signed ending the 1812 war between Britain and the US
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| 15 | 1815 | - 1815: Trial by Jury established in Scotland
- 1815: Davy develops the safety lamp for miners
- 3 Mar 1815: Second Barbary War
- 18 Jun 1815: The Battle of Waterloo: Napoleon defeated and exiled to St. Helena
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| 16 | 1816 | - 1816: Income tax abolished
- 1816: For the first time British silver coins were produced with an intrinsic value substantially
below their face value
- 1816: Climate: the 'year without a summer'
- 1816: Large scale emigration to North America
- 1816: Trans-Atlantic packet service begins
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| 17 | 1817 | - 1817: March of the Manchester Blanketeers; Habeas Corpus suspended
- 1817: Constable painted "Flatford Mill"
- 4 Mar 1817—3 Mar 1825: James Monroe, 5th President of the United States
James Monroe
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| 18 | 1818 | - 1818: Manchester cotton spinners' strike
- 20 Oct 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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| 19 | 1819 | - 1819: Primitive bicycle, the Dandy Horse, becomes popular
- 1819: Britain returns to gold standard
- 1819: Singapore founded by Sir Stamford Raffles
- May 1819: SS "Savannah" first steamship to cross Atlantic, reaching Liverpool 20 June 1819 (26
days, mostly under sail)
- 16 Aug 1819: Peterloo Massacre at Manchester
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Abt 1802 - 1819 (~ 17 years)