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1829
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Update Yeardata: 1829
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The Monarch is George IV. Prime Minister is Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington (Tory). US President is John Quincy Adams, then 4th March Andrew Jackson becomes the seventh President of the United States. A duel is fought between the Prime Minister (the Duke of Wellington) and George Finch-Hatton, 10th Earl of Winchilsea; they deliberately both shoot off-target and honour is satisfied without injury. Robert Peel establishes the <em>Metropolitan Police Service</em>, they have nicknames of bobbies and peelers. George Stephenson's steam locomotive, <em>The Rocket</em>, beats John Ericsson's <em>Novelty</em> in a trial. Oxford University win the first inter-university Boat Race. In America, the Georgia Gold Rush begins.
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