Coinage Act
The Coinage Act establishes gold as Britain's principal monetary standard.
Role range: 1812-1823
Historical biography archive · Updated 2026-11-03
Nicholas Vansittart Biography and Timeline
Follow Nicholas Vansittart through 4 dated historical records for Great Britain.
Nicholas Vansittart, historical timeline
A chronological timeline drawn from matching World History Database records.
4Distinct records
1 of 1Page
1816–1821Years on this page
1816
Coinage Act
The Coinage Act establishes gold as the sole standard measure of value in Great Britain.
Role range: 1812-1823
Coinage Act
The Coinage Act makes gold the principal monetary standard and introduces the sovereign, giving legal form to Britain's postwar gold standard.
Role range: 1812-1823
1821
Gold Convertibility Restored
The Bank of England resumes unrestricted convertibility at the pre-war parity, completing Britain's return to the gold standard after the Restriction Period.
Role range: 1812-1823
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.