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Great Britain in 1819

Historical records for Great Britain in 1819, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.

11Records
11Events
9Named people
5Places
8Categories

Historical records

May

24 May 1819Birth of VictoriaVictoria

Kensington · House / House of Saxe-Coburg

Birth of Victoria, to Edward Duke of Kent & Mary daughter of the Duke of Saxe-Coburg

June

12 June 1819Birth of Charles KingsleyCharles Kingsley

Arts / Literature

Birth of Charles Kingsley

July

2 July 1819Cash Payments ActRobert Peel

London · Economy / Banking

Peel sponsors legislation directing a phased resumption of Bank of England gold payments.

2 July 1819Resumption of Cash PaymentsRobert Peel

London · Government / Tory Government

Peel sponsors legislation directing the Bank of England to resume gold convertibility.

August

25 August 1819Death of James WattJames Watt

Birmingham · Science / Engineering

James Watt dies at Heathfield in Handsworth after a celebrated engineering career.

Other Events

1819IvanhoeWalter Scott

Arts / Literature

Publication of "Ivanhoe"

1819Member of ParliamentJames Thomas Brudenell Cardigan, 7th

Marlborough · Politics / Tory Party

Elected Member of Parliament for Marlborough

1819Prometheus UnboundPeter Bysshe Shelley

Arts / Literature

Publication of "Prometheus Unbound"

1819Reform MeetingGeorge Edmonds

Birmingham · Politics / Reform

Speaks for parliamentary reform as Birmingham reformers respond to national agitation.

1819Rule of SingaporeThomas Stamford Raffles

Singapore · Government / Tory Party Government

Founds Singapore

1819SingaporeThomas Stamford Raffles

Singapore · Government / Tory Party Government

Founds Singapore

Names involved

Charles KingsleyGeorge EdmondsJames Thomas Brudenell Cardigan, 7thJames WattPeter Bysshe ShelleyRobert PeelThomas Stamford RafflesVictoriaWalter Scott

Places involved

BirminghamKensingtonLondonMarlboroughSingapore

Provenance

This page is generated from stored World History Database records matching the exact country and year shown above. Exact duplicate display records are collapsed. Records without a month are listed after the monthly sections. Source provenance varies by record; formal academic citation should be checked against the relevant primary source, archive or specialist historical reference.