Events and Index

EVENTS 1800-1829

1801 - first National Census held
1801 - Surrey Iron Railway, first public railway in the world to carry eneral freight, opened
1801 - Battle of Copenhagen
1801 - General Enclosure Act
1801 - Irish Parliament abolished. Ireland incorporated in the UK
1801 - invention of the electric arc lamp by Sir Humphrey Davy
1805 - Battle of Trafalgar and death of Nelson
1807 - slavery abolished in the colonies
1808 - start of Peninsular War
1809 - French driven from Portugal
1811 - Luddites attack textile machinery
1811 - Prince of Wales becomes Prince Regent due to King's insanity
1812 - French retreat from Moscow
1815 - invention of mining safety lamp by Sir Humphrey Davy
1815 - Napoleon defeated at Waterloo
1816 - Income Tax abolished
1816 - invention of phosphorous match
1816 - invention of the bicycle
1817 - potato famine in Ireland
1819 - start of "MacAdamized" roads
1819 - invention of the stethoscope
1820 - end of reign of George III. George IV King
1822 - invention of electric motor by Michael Faraday
1825 - first passenger train service (Stockton to Darlington)
1828 - Nonconformists allowed into Public Office
1828 - Duke of Wellington becomes Prime Minister
1829 - horse-drawn omnibus service introduced in London
1829 - Catholic Emancipation act
1829 - first steam locomotive built by George Stephenson