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| # | Year | Year Summary | Last Update | |
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| 81 | 1787 | Monarch is King George III. Prime Minister is William Pitt the Younger (Tory). America begins to write a new Constitution for the United States. Later, Delaware ratifies the Constitution and becomes the first U.S. state. The original Lord's Cricket Ground holds its first cricket match and Marylebone Cricket Club (the MCC) founded. | 19-Sep-2020 14:32 | |
| 82 | 1788 | Monarch is King George III. Prime Minister is William Pitt the Younger (Tory). President of the Federal Government in America is Cyrus Griffin (from January 29) as States 4 to 11 (Georgia, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Maryland, South Carolina, New Hampshire, Virginia and New York) ratify the United States Constitution. First edition of <em>The Times</em>. The MCC publishes revised <em>Laws of Cricket</em>. Robert Burns writes his version of the Scots poem <em>Auld Lang Syne</em>. | 19-Sep-2020 14:32 | |
| 83 | 1789 | Monarch is George III. Prime Minister is William Pitt the Younger (Tory). United States Constitution President (from 4th March) is George Washington (no political party-Virginia); John Adams is vice-President. Fletcher Christian leads a mutiny on HMS Bounty against Captain William Bligh in Polynesia; Captain Bligh and 18 others reach Timor after a nearly 4,000-mile journey in an open boat. | 19-Sep-2020 14:32 | |
| 84 | 1795 | The Monarch is George III. Prime Minister is William Pitt the Younger (Tory). The US President is George Washington with Vice President John Adams. | 19-Sep-2020 14:32 | |
| 85 | 1797 | Monarch is King George III. Prime Minister is William Pitt the Younger (Tory). US President is George Washington (no political party); on 4th March it is John Adams (F-Massachusetts). The copper "Cartwheel" twopence coins pressed, for the only time, at Boulton and Watt's Soho Mint, Birmingham. Bank of England notes are inconvertible to gold, it is the 'Restrictive Period'. The Bank issues the first one-pound and two-pound notes (the £1 remains in issue until 11 March 1988). Horatio Nelson is Knighted. | 19-Sep-2020 14:32 | |
| 86 | 1802 | Monarch is King George III. Prime Minister is Henry Addington (Tory) after a General election. US President is Thomas Jefferson (DR-Virginia). The Royal Military Academy at Sandhurst opens and so does the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York. William Herschel coins the term <em>asteroid</em> and <em>binary star</em>. Marie Tussaud holds its first exhibits of her wax sculptures in London. | 03-Feb-2021 12:21 | |
| 87 | 1808 | Monarch is King George III. Prime Minister is William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland (Tory). US President is Thomas Jefferson (DR-Virginia). Napoleonic Wars continue (1803–1815). | 19-Sep-2020 14:32 | |
| 88 | 1812 | (not set) | 31-Oct-2025 08:51 | |
| 89 | 1813 | Monarch was George III. Prime Minister was Lord Liverpool (Tory). "Uncle Sam" was first used to refer to U.S. (in the Troy Post of New York). Americans under General Pike capture Toronto. British invade Plattsburgh, New York. Napoleonic Wars as Prussia declares war on France. Battle at Leipzig (Napoleon vs Prussia, Austria and Russia). Peninsular War, Battle of Vitoria when British, Spanish, and Portuguese forces under Wellington defeats a French force under Joseph Bonaparte. The British government removed the British East India Company’s monopoly of trade with India. Last striking of Guinea coins, to pay Wellington's army in the Pyrenees. Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice is published anonymously in London. 1813 can be written as MDCCCXIII. | 23-Oct-2017 11:49 | |
| 90 | 1816 | George III is King but due to illness his son George is Prince Regent. Prime Minister is Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool (Tory). US President is James Madison (DR-Virginia). Sir Humphry Davy's lamp is first tested. The Coinage Act and Great Recoinage attempt to stabilise the currency by reintroduction of silver coinage for transactions under forty shillings and changing the gold coinage from the guinea valued at 21 shillings to the slightly lighter gold sovereign worth 20 shillings and defining the value of the pound sterling relative to gold. | 19-Sep-2020 14:32 | |
| 91 | 1817 | George III is King but due to illness his son George is Prince Regent. Prime Minister is Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool (Tory). James Monroe replaces James Madison as President of the USA. Last major Luddite attack is against lace-making machines in Loughborough. Waterloo Bridge opens in London. 5 July sees the Sovereign coin reintroduced. Gas lighting is trialled on stage in London's West End theatres. Jane Austen dies. Elgin Marbles displayed in British Museum. John Constable paints Flatford Mill. | 31-May-2018 11:24 | |
| 92 | 1818 | The Monarch is George III but due to illness his son George is Prince Regent. Prime Minister is Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool (Tory). US President is James Monroe (DR-Virginia). Dr James Blundell carries out the first blood transfusion using human blood. First Chubb detector lock produced. Mary Shelley publishes <em>Frankenstein</em>. | 19-Sep-2020 14:32 | |
| 93 | 1819 | <strong>In the UK:</strong> The Monarch is George III but due to illness his son George is Prince Regent. Prime Minister is Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool (Tory). Birmingham is lit by gas for the first time and used the Birmingham Gas Light and Coke Company. Queen Victoria is born (24 May) as Princess Alexandrina Victoria of Kent, Queen Regnant. A few months later (26 August) her future husband Albert is born.<br /><strong>In the USA:</strong> US President is James Monroe (DR-Virginia). Thomas Jefferson founds the University of Virginia. Spain cedes Florida to the United States. Arkansas Territory is created. SS Savannah sails from Savannah, Georgia to Liverpool, England and is the first steamship to cross the Atlantic Ocean; it took more than 29 days. Alabama is admitted as the 22nd U.S. state | 21-Apr-2022 11:05 | |
| 94 | 1820 | The Monarch is George III (until 29 January) and on his death his son, the Prince Regent, becomes George IV. Prime Minister is Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool (Tory). A General Election increases Tory party majority. James Monroe is President of the USA. HMS Beagle is launched, the ship that will take Charles Darwin on his scientific voyage. | 31-May-2018 11:26 | |
| 95 | 1821 | The Monarch is George IV, who has his Coronation. Prime Minister is Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool (Tory). James Monroe is President of the USA. The New Observer newspaper is launched, later to become The Sunday Times. John Constable completes his famous painting <em>The Hay Wain</em>. The Bank of England returns to the gold standard. The national census shows that almost half of the population is under twenty years old and the population has increased by 18% in a decade. | 31-May-2018 11:33 | |
| 96 | 1822 | (not set) | 23-Nov-2025 10:38 | |
| 97 | 1823 | The Monarch is George IV. Prime Minister is Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool (Tory).<br />The US President is James Monroe (DR-Virginia) who gives his famous Monroe Doctrine speech outlining a new policy forbidding European interference in the Americas and setting American neutrality for any future European conflicts. The Royal Academy of Music opens. Charles Macintosh patents his famous waterproof coat. By popular legend, William Webb Ellis invents rugby. The Oxford Union (Oxford United Debating Society) is established. | 03-Feb-2021 12:21 | |
| 98 | 1824 | The Monarch is George IV. Prime Minister is Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool (Tory). President is James Monroe (DR-Virginia). In the US Election no-one receives a majority and the the United States House of Representatives has to decide the winner (it is John Quincy Adams). Back in UK the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals established. Sir William Hillary founds what later becomes the Royal National Lifeboat Institution. The Rev. Professor William Buckland becomes the first person to describe a dinosaur (see <a href="https://coinsnotebook.com/2020-50-pence-coin-megalosaurus/">The 2020 50 Pence Coin - Megalosaurus</a>). The Weights and Measures Act abolishes use of many traditional measures in favour of Imperial units. | 19-Sep-2020 14:32 | |
| 99 | 1825 | The Monarch is George IV. Prime Minister is Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool (Tory). USA President is John Quincy Adams, replacing James Monroe. Work on the new London Bridge, designed by John Rennie, begins. Scottish adventurer Gregor MacGregor's scam causes the first modern stock market crash. The world's first modern railway, the Stockton and Darlington Railway, opens and George Stephenson drives the first train. The first horse-drawn omnibuses appear in London. Reconstruction of Buckingham Palace by architect John Nash. Michael Faraday isolates benzene. Retired brewer Richard Cox cultivates the first Cox's Orange Pippin apple. London is estimated to overtake Peking as the world's largest city. British première of Beethoven's Symphony No. 9. | 04-Jun-2018 14:19 | |
| 100 | 1826 | The Monarch is King George IV. Prime Minister is Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool (Conservative) and continues after a June General Election. US President is John Quincy Adams. Thomas Telford builds the Menai Suspension Bridge and the Conway Suspension Bridge, both in Wales. Ludwig van Beethoven is still composing great music. | 19-Sep-2020 14:32 |