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1824
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Update Yeardata: 1824
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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.
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This was last updated on 19-Sep-2020 13:32:45