Currency Reform
Campaigns in Birmingham for monetary reform after wartime economic distress.
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Thomas Attwood Biography and Timeline
Follow Thomas Attwood through 7 dated historical records for Great Britain.
Thomas Attwood, historical timeline
A chronological timeline drawn from matching World History Database records.
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1813–2012Years on this page
1813
1830
Birmingham Political Union
Founds the Birmingham Political Union to campaign for parliamentary reform.
1831
Newhall Hill Meeting
Leads mass reform meetings at Newhall Hill during the Reform Bill crisis.
Role range: 1831-1832
1832
Election for Birmingham
Attwood is elected as one of Birmingham's first Members of Parliament.
Member of Parliament
Becomes one of Birmingham’s first MPs after parliamentary reform.
1833
Parliamentary Representation
Attwood represents Birmingham in Parliament after the borough gains two seats.
Role range: 1832-1839
2012
Political Reform History Interpretation
The Birmingham history galleries included the political reform era associated with Thomas Attwood and the Birmingham Political Union.
Records, sources and methodology
These dates and descriptions come from the historical_events database. Exact duplicate records have been collapsed. Names are grouped by the country, Name 2 and Name 1 fields; records with missing Name 2 cannot be reliably assigned to an individual biography. Check the underlying sources before formal citation.