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William Hayden

Male 1743 - 1817  (74 years)


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   Date  Event(s)
1 1383 
  • 1383—99 9999: Regular series of wills starts in Prerogative Court of Canterbury
2 1630 
  • 1630—1750: Renaissance Period - Art and Antiques
  • 1630—1750: Baroque Period (Art and Antiques)
3 1636 
  • 1636—1755: PRE-DEPORTATION PERIOD
4 1680 
  • 1680—1770: Chinoiserie Period (Art and Antiques)
5 1727 
  • 1727—1760: King George II
    King George II ( 1727 - 1760 ) {\n}{\n}1727 - George succeeds his father, George I.{\n}1732 - A royal charter is granted for the founding of Georgia in America.{\n}1737 - Death of George's wife, Queen Caroline.{\n}1738 - John and Charles Wesley start the
  • 6 Nov 1727—25 Oct 1760: George II
    House of Hanover: Only son of George I, married Caroline of Brandenburg
6 1730 
  • 1730—1750: Rococo Period (Art and Antiques)
7 1743 
  • 16 Jun 1743—16 Jun 1743: (June 27 in Gregorian calendar): Battle of Dettingen - last time a British sovereign (George II) led troops in battle
8 1744 
  • 1744—1744: Tune 'God Save the King' makes its appearance
  • 1744—1744: Church of Scotland split over taking of Burgess' Oath
    - Burghers and Anti Burghers{\n}First Methodist Conference
  • 1744—1748: King George's War
    French Colonies vs Great Britain
  • 1744—1744: War of the Austrian Succession (King George's War)
    European war sets England against France
  • 4 Sep 1744—9 Apr 1744: Great Britain declares war against France
    New France vs British in Nova Scotia
  • 3 Nov 1744—11 Mar 1744: France declares war against England
    New France vs British in Nova Scotia
9 1745 
  • 1745—1745: Jacobite rebellion in Scotland ('The Forty-five')
  • 1745—1745: Jacobite rebellion in Scotland (The Forty-Five)
    August - Bonnie Prince Charlies (The Young Pretender) lands in the western Highlands - raises support among Episcopalian and Catholic clans - The Pretender's army invades Perth, Edinburgh and England as far as Derby
  • 1745—1745: Louisbourg taken from France
    Louisbourg captured by Gov. William Shirley of Massachusetts
  • 1745—1745: Scots support James' son Charles Edward Stuart as the king of Great Britain.
    Called the second Jacobite rebellion.
  • 1745—1745: E.G. von Kleist invents the leyden jar, the first electrical capacitor
  • 19 Aug 1745—19 Aug 1745: Bonnie Prince Charlie (The Young Pretender) lands in the western Highlands - raises support among Episcopalian and Catholic clans - The Pretender's army invades Perth, Edinburgh, and England as far as Derby
10 1746 
  • 1746—1746: English defeat the forces of Charles Edward Stuart in the Battle of Culloden.
    After this battle, the English executed many clan chiefs and outlawed kilts and bagpipes. These restrictions were removed in 1782.
  • 16 Apr 1746—16 Apr 1746: Battle of Culloden - last battle fought in Britain - 5,000 Highlanders routed by the Duke of Cumberland and 9,000 loyalists Scots - Young Pretender Charles flees to Continent, ending Jacobite hopes forever - the wearing of the kilt prohibited
  • 4 1746—16 Apr 1746: Battle of Culloden
    16th April - last battle fought in Britain - 5000 Highlanders routed by the Duke of Cumberland and 9000 loyalists Scots - Young Pretender Charles flees to Continent, ending Jacobite hopes forever - the wearing of the kilt prohibited
11 1747 
  • 1747—1747: Act for Pacification of the Highlands
  • 1747—1747: Abolition of Heritable Jurisdictions in Scotland
  • 1747—1747: Abolition of Heritable Jurisdictions in Scotland
    Act of Pacification of the Highlands
12 1748 
  • 1748—1756: Couontess Huntington's (Calvanistic) Methodist Connexion founded
  • 1748—1748: Treaty of Aix-de-Chapelle ends French-British war
    returns Louisbourg to France
13 1749 
  • 1749—1749: Founding of Halifax
    The English found Halifax and bring 2,576 English settlers to populate and settle the land.
  • 1749—1749: Britain founds Halifax
    2,576 English settlers brought to Halifax to counter French presence at Louisbourg
  • 27 Apr 1749—27 Apr 1749: First performance of Handel's Music for the Royal Fireworks (in Green Park, London)
  • 8 1749—15 Aug 1749: Treaty signed to renew the 1725 Indian Treaties
    N.S. Gov. Cornwallis and Malecites sign treaty
14 1750 
  • 1750—1805: Neo-Classical Period (Art and Antiques)
  • 1750—1770: Gothic Revival Period (Art and Antiques)
  • Feb 1750—Feb 1750: Series of earthquakes in London and the Home Counties cause panic with predictions of an apocalypse (Feb/Mar)
  • 16 Nov 1750—16 Nov 1750: Original Westminster Bridge opened (replaced in 1862 due to subsidence)
15 1751 
  • Mar 1751—Mar 1751: Chesterfield's Calendar Act passed - royal assent to the bill was given on 22 May 1751 - decision to adopt Gregorian Calendar in 1752: In and throughout all his
16 1752 
  • 1752—1752: Benjamin Franklin invents the lightning conductor
  • 1752—1752: Julian Calendar dropped and Gregorian Calendar adopted
    in England (3rd September) - making this September 14th - "Give us back our 11 days!"{\n}Year standard to end 31st December (previously March 24)
  • 1752—1752: Census of Ile St-Jean
    Sieur de la Rocque census of Prince Edward Island
  • 1752—1752: Benjamin Franklin invents the lightening rod
  • 1 Jan 1752—1 Jan 1752: Beginning of the year 1752 [Scotland had adopted January as the start of the year in 1600, and some other countries in Europe had adopted the Gregorian calendar as early as 1582]
  • 3 Sep 1752—3 Sep 1752: Julian Calendar dropped and Gregorian Calendar adopted in England and Scotland, making this Sep 14
  • 11 1752—22 Nov 1752: Treaty signed to renew the 1725 Indian Treaties
    N.S. Gov. Cornwallis and Micmac sign treaty
  • 3 1752—23 Mar 1752: First newspaper printed in Canada
    The Halifax Gazette begins publication
17 1753 
  • 1753—1753: Private collection of Sir Hans Sloane forms the basis of the British Museum
  • 1753—1753: Earliest Inghamite registers
  • 1753—1753: French defeat George Washington's military campaign
  • 1 May 1753—1 May 1753: Publication of ?Species Plantarum' by Linnaeus and the formal start date of plant taxonomy
18 1754 
  • 1754—1754: First British troops not belonging to the East India Company despatched to India
  • 1754—1754: In the General Election, the Cow Inn at Haslemere, Surrey caused a national scandal by subdividing the freehold to create eight votes instead of one
  • 1754—1754: Hardwicke Act (1753): Banns to be called, and Printed Marriage Register forms to be used - Quakers & Jews exempt
  • 1754—10 Feb 1763: The French and Indian War
    The French and Indian War The French and Indian War
  • 1754—1754: Hardwicke Act (1753
    Banns to be called and Printed Marriage Register forms to be used{\n}Quakers and Jews Exempt{\n}First British troops not belonging to the East India Company despatched to India{\n}First printed Annual Army Lists
  • 1754—1754: French and Indian War
    France & Indians fight British
19 1755 
  • 1755—1755: Period of canal construction began in Britain (till 1827)
  • 1755—1755: Publication of Dictionary of the English Language' by Dr Samuel Johnson
  • 1755—1763: DEPORTATION PERIOD
  • 1755—1827: Publication of Dictionary of the English Language by Dr, Johnson
    Period of canal construction began in Britian
  • 1755—1755: Postal Service established
    British establish service in Halifax, Nova Scotia
  • 1755—1763: The Great Expulsion
    Over 10,000 Acadians forced from their Nova Scotia homes by British Governor Charles Lawrence
  • 1755—1755: Samuel Johnson publishes the first English language dictionary
  • 9 Feb 1755—2 Sep 1755: Deportation of the Acadian population
    The Acadian Diaspora/Deportation begins and will go on for years. On this date in 1755, Colonel John Winslow proclaimed the Deportation Order.
  • 2 Dec 1755—2 Dec 1755: Second Eddystone Lighthouse destroyed by fire
20 1756 
  • 1756—1756: The Seven Year War with France (Pitt's trade was) begins
  • 1756—1763: French and Indian War
    Also known as Seven Years War. French Colonies vs Great Britain
  • 1756—Feb 1763: Europe's Seven Years' War - North America's French-Indian war
    Montcalm commands French troops against British and Indians in North America
  • 15 May 1756—15 May 1756: The Seven Years War with France (Pitt's trade war) begins
  • Jun 1756—Jun 1756: Black Hole of Calcutta - 146 Britons imprisoned, most die according to British sources
21 1757 
  • 1757—1757: The foundation laid for the Empire of India
  • 1757—1757: India - The Nawab of Bengal tries to expel the British -
    but is defeated at the battle of Plassy {\n}The East India Company forces are led by Robert Clive{\n}Black Hole of Calcutta{\n}The foundation laid for the Empire of India
  • 1757—1757: John Campbell invents the sextant
  • 14 Mar 1757—14 Mar 1757: Admiral Byng shot at Portsmouth for failing to relieve Minorca
  • 23 Jun 1757—23 Jun 1757: The Nawab of Bengal tries to expel the British, but is defeated at the battle of Plassey (Palashi, June 23) - the East India Company forces are led by Robert Clive
22 1758 
  • 1758—1758: India stops being merely a commercial venture - England begins dominating it politically - The East India Company retains its monopoly although it ceased to trade
  • 1758—1758: Deportation of the Acadians at Ile Ste Jean (PEI)
    Acadians who had gone to Ile Ste Jean/Prince Edward Island earlier in agreement with the British Government, or who had fled there later, are deported to France. A group escapes to Malpèque and is not discovered. Later they will be part of the founding fa
  • 1758—1758: Acadians on Ile Royale/Cape Breton are deported to France
  • 1758—1758: India stops being merely a commercial venture
    England begins dominating itpolitically{\n}The East India Comp-any retains its monopoly although is ceased to trade
  • 1758—1758: Acadian deportation
    Cape Breton and Prince Edward Island's Acadians deported to France -- three ships of Acadians sink. Other Acadians flee
  • 1758—1758: British capture Fort Louisburg
    French power declines
  • 1758—1758: Dolland invents a chromatic lens
23 1759 
  • 1759—1759: Wesley builds 356 Methodist chapels
  • 1759—1759: British Museum opens to the public in London (15th Jan)
    March The first predicted retunr of Halley's comet{\n}Welsey builds 356 Methodist Chapels
  • 1759—1761: Cherokee War
    English Colonists vs Cherokee Indians
  • 15 Jan 1759—15 Jan 1759: British Museum opens to the public in London
  • 16 Oct 1759—16 Oct 1759: Third Eddystone Lighthouse (John Smeaton's) completed
  • 9 1759—13 Sep 1759: Battle of the Plains of Abraham
    General James Wolfe defeats Montcalm but both die (New France Ends--British North America begins)
24 1760 
  • 1760—1760: Carron Iron Works in operation in Scotland
  • 1760—1820: King George III
    King George III ( 1760 - 1820 ) {\n}{\n}1760 - George becomes king on the death of his grandfather, George II.{\n}1762 - The Earl of Bute is appointed Prime Minister. Bute proves so unpopular that he needs to have a bodyguard.{\n}1763 - Peace of Paris end
  • 1760—1760: George II dies (25th October)
    George III Hanover, his grandson becomes king{\n}The date conventionally marks the start of the so-called "first Industrial Revolution"{\n}Carron Iron Works in operation in Scotland{\n}5th May First use of hangman's drop - last nobleman to be executed (La
  • 5 May 1760—5 May 1760: First use of hangman's drop
  • 2 Oct 1760—10 Feb 1760: British capture Quebec
  • 3 Oct 1760—25 Jun 1761: Peace treaties between Micmac and British
    Micmac recognize British dominion over Nova Scotia
  • 25 Oct 1760—25 Oct 1760: George II dies - George III Hanover, his grandson, becomes king. The date conventionally marks the start of the so-called first Industrial Revolution'
  • 2 1760—23 Feb 1760: Treaty signed to end war
    Malecites & Passamaquoddys sign treaty acknowledging King George III as Sovereign
  • 10 1760—29 Jan 1820: George III
    House of Hanover: Grandson of George II, married Charlotte of Mecklenburg
25 1761 
  • 1761—1761: Englishmen, John Harrison invents the navigational clock or marine chronometer for measuring longitude
  • 16 Jan 1761—16 Jan 1761: British capture Pondicherry, India from the French
26 1762 
  • 1762—1762: Cigars introduced into Britain from Cuba
  • 1762—1762: Earliest Unitarian registers
    France surrenders Canada and Florida{\n}Cigars introduced into Britain from Cuba
27 1763 
  • 1763—1763: Treaty of Paris - gives back to France everything Pitt fought to obtain - (Newfoundland [fishing], Guadaloupe and Martininque [sugar], Dakar [gum]) - but English displaces French as the international language
  • 1763—1763: Treaty of Paris
    Treaty of Paris. The Seven Years War between France and England ends. All of France's North American possessions now belong to England.
  • 1763—1884: POST-DEPORTATION PERIOD
  • 1763—1763: Treaty of Paris
    gives back to France everything Pitt fought to obtain - Newfoundland (fishing), Guadaloupe and Martinique (sugar), Dakar (gum) - but English displaces French as the International Language
  • 1763—1763: Treaty of Paris
    Britain controls North American French colonies (except St. Pierre & Micquelon)
28 1764 
  • 1764—1764: Mozart produces his first symphony at age eight
  • 1764—1764: James Hargeaves invents the Spinning Jenny (but destroyed 1768)
  • 1764—1764: Lloyd's Register of shipping first prepared
  • 1764—1764: Practice of numbering houses introduced to London
  • 1764—1764: Lloyd's Register of shipping first prepared
  • 1764—1764: James Hargreaves invents the spinning jenny
  • 8 1764—1862: Indian treaties transferring land to Britain
29 1765 
  • 1765—1765: The potato becomes the most popular food in Europe
  • 1765—1765: First Acadians settle in Louisiana
  • 1765—1765: Stamp Act passed
  • 22 Mar 1765—22 Mar 1765: Stamp Act passed - imposed a tax on publications and legal documents in the American colonies (repealed the following year)
30 1766 
  • 1766—1766: Start of 'composite' national records on rainfall in the UK
  • 5 Dec 1766—5 Dec 1766: Christie's auction house founded in London by James Christie
31 1767 
  • 1767—1767: Newcomen's steam pumping engine perfected by James Watt
  • 1767—1767: First Iron railroads built for mines by John Wilkinson
    Newcomen's steam pumping engine perfected by James Watt
  • 1767—1767: Census of Nova Scotia
    Nova Scotia census adds religion and ethnic-origin questions
  • 1767—1767: Joseph Priestley invents carbonated water - soda water
32 1768 
  • 1768—1768: Richard Arkwright patents the spinning frame
  • 9 Jan 1768—9 Jan 1768: Philip Astley starts his circus in London
  • 6 Dec 1768—6 Dec 1768: The first edition of the Encyclopaedia Britannica' published in Edinburgh by William Smellie
33 1769 
  • 1769—1769: Capt James Cook maps the coast of New Zealand
  • 1769—1769: Arkwright invents water frame (textile production)
  • 1769—1769: Arkwright invents water frame (textile production)
  • 1769—1769: Ile St. Jean (Prince Edward Island) separated
    Ile St. Jean separated from the Colony of Nova Scotia
  • 1769—1769: James Watt invents an improved steam engine
  • 6 Sep 1769—6 Sep 1769: David Garrick organises first Shakespeare festival at Stratford-upon-Avon
34 1770 
  • 1770—1770: Clyde Trust created to convert the River Clyde, then an insignificant river, into a major thoroughfare for maritime communications
  • 1770—1770: Hargreave's jenny invented (textile production)
    28th April - James Cook discovers New South Wales{\n}Clyde Trust created to convert the River Clyde, then an insignificant river, into a major thoroughfare for maritime communications
  • 28 Apr 1770—28 Apr 1770: Capt James Cook lands in Australia (Botany Bay) ? Aug 21: formally claims Australia for Britain
35 1771 
  • 1771—1771: Right to report Parliamentary debates established in England
  • 1771—1772: Samuel Hearne reaches the Arctic via land travel
36 1772 
  • 1772—1772: Morning Post' first published (until 1937)
  • 1772—1772: First Travellers' Cheques issued by the London Credit Exchange Company
  • 1772—1772: Jundge Mansfield rules that there is no legal basis for slavery (14th May)
    in England{\n}First Navy Lists published
  • 14 May 1772—14 May 1772: Judge Mansfield rules that there is no legal basis for slavery in England
37 1773 
  • 1773—1773: Census of Acadians in France
    The 2,370 Acadians in France are enumerated.
  • 1773—1858: East India Company governs Hindustan
  • 1773—1773: Boston Tea Party (16 December)
38 1774 
  • 1774—1774: Georges Louis Lesage patents the electric telegraph
  • 13 Sep 1774—13 Sep 1774: Cook arrives on Easter Island
  • 6 1774—22 Jun 1774: Québec Act
    Britain extends Québec border to include present-day Ontario and grants religious freedom to Catholics
39 1775 
40 1776 
  • 1776—1776: Somerset House in London becomes the repository of records of population
  • 1776—1776: Watt and Boulton produce their first commercial steam engine
  • 1776—1776: Acadians fight in the Eddy Rebellion
    22 Acadians under the command of Captain Isaie Boudreau fight under Colonel Jonathan Eddy (the Eddy Rebellion) in an effort to retake Fort Cumberland.
  • 1776—1776: American Declaration of Independence (July 4th)
  • 1776—1776: North West Company formed
    Fur traders amalgamate to compete with the Hudson's Bay Company
  • 1776—1776: David Bushnell invents a submarine
  • 4 Jan 1776—1 Apr 1776: First United Empire Loyalists arrive
    UEL refugees arrive in Halifax, Nova Scotia
  • 4 Jul 1776—4 Jul 1776: American Declaration of Independence
  • 7 Sep 1776—7 Sep 1776: First attack on a warship by a submarine - David Bushnell's ?Turtle' attacked HMS Eagle in New York harbour. The attack was perhaps spectacular (a charge did detonate beneath the ship) but was nevertheless unsuccessful. 'Turtle' was a one man Affair ma
41 1777 
  • 1777—1777: Samuel Miller of Southampton patents the circular saw.
42 1778 
  • 1778—1778: Captain James Cook explores West Coast
    Captain Cook lands at Nootka Sound, Vancouver Island
43 1779 
  • 1779—1779: First Spinning Mills operational in Scotland
  • 1779—1779: First iron bridge built, over the Severn by John Wilkinson
  • 1779—1779: Marc Isambard Brunel opens the first steamdriven sawmill at Chatham Dockyard in Kent
  • 1779—1779: Crompton's mule invented (Textile production)
    First iron bridge built, over the Severn by John Wilkinson{\n}First Spinning Mills operational in Scotland
  • 1779—1779: Industrial Revolution begins to affect Scotland.
  • 1779—1779: Samuel Crompton invents the spinning mule
  • 14 Feb 1779—14 Feb 1779: Capt James Cook killed on Hawaii
  • 23 Sep 1779—23 Sep 1779: Naval engagement between Britain and USA off Flamborough Head
  • 9 1779—22 Sep 1779: Treaty signed with Micmac to protect British settlers
    Micmac alliance against U.S.A
44 1780 
  • 1780—1780: About this time the word 'Quiz' entered the language, said to have been invented as a wager by Mr Daly, a Dublin theatre manager
  • 1780—1780: Fountain pen invented
  • 1780—1780: The English Reform Movement - until now, only landowners and tenants (freeholders with 40 shillings per year or more) allowed to vote, and in open poll books
  • 1780—1780: Male Servants Tax
  • 1780—1780: 4th May First Derby run at Epsom
    2nd-8th June - Gordon Riots - Parl;iament passes a Roman Catholic relief measure - for days, London is at the mercy of a mob and destruction is widespread{\n}Earliest Wesleyan registers{\n}Male Servants Tax{\n}The English Reform Movement - until now, only
  • 1780—1780: Benjamin Franklin invents bi-focal eyeglasses
  • 1780—1780: Gervinus invents the circular saw
  • 4 May 1780—4 May 1780: First Derby run at Epsom (some say 2nd June)
  • 2 Jun 1780—2 Jun 1780: Jun 2- 8: The Gordon Riots - Parliament passes a Roman Catholic relief measure - for days, London is at the mercy of a mob and destruction is widespread
45 1781 
  • 1781—1781: First UEL settlers in Niagara
    Loyalists from Butler's Rangers settle in Niagara area
46 1782 
  • 1782—1782: James Watt patents his steam engine
  • 1782—1782: Gilbert's Act establishes outdoor poor relief - the way of life of the poor beginning to alter due to industrialisation - New factories in rapidly expanding towns required a workforce that would adjust to new work patterns
  • 1782—1782: Gilbert's Act establishes outdoor poor relief -
    t5he way of life of the poor beginning to alter due to a workforce that would adjust to new work patterns{\n}James Watt patents his steam engine
  • 1 Jan 1782—1 Jan 1782: Massive Loyalist migration from U.S. begins
    Loyalists head to Nova Scotia (New Brunswick) as outcome of war determined
47 1783 
  • 1783—1783: Duty payable on Parish Register entries (3d per entry - repealed 1794) - led to a fall in entries!
  • 1783—1783: Duty on Parish Register entries (3d per entry - repealed 1794)
    Montgolfier brothers launch first hot-air balloon{\n}3rd Sept. Treaty of Versailles (England/US)
  • 1783—1783: Eastern Canada - U.S.A. border established
    border set from the Atlantic to Lake-of-the-Woods
  • 1783—1783: Englishmen, Henry Cort invents the steel roller for steel production
  • 1783—1783: Louis Sebastien demonstrates the first parachute
  • 1783—1783: Joseph Michel Montgolfier and Jacques Etienne Montgolfier invent the hot-air balloon
  • 1783—1783: Benjamin Hanks patents the self-winding clock
  • 9 Mar 1783—3 Sep 1783: Treaty of Versailles
    Britain Loses War With U.S & British North America Defined
  • 3 Sep 1783—3 Sep 1783: Treaty of Versailles (Britain/US)
  • 3 Nov 1783—3 Nov 1783: Last public execution at Tyburn in London (John Austin, a highwayman)
  • 4 1783—26 Apr 1783: Loyalist migration from New York
    7,000 Loyalists sail to Nova Scotia (including New Brunswick) as outcome of war determined
48 1784 
  • 1784—1784: Invention of threshing machine by Andrew Meikle
  • 1784—1784: First golf club founded at St Andrews
  • 1784—1784: Wesley breaks with the Church of England
  • 1784—1784: Pitt's India Act - the Crown (as opposed to officers of the East India Company) has power to guide Indian politics
  • 1784—1784: Pitt's India Act -
    the Crown (as opposed to officers of the East India Company) has power to guide Indian politics{\n}Wesley breaks with Church of England{\n}First edition of The Times (called The Daily Universal Register for 3 years){\n}2 nd Aug. First Mail coaches in Engl
  • 1784—1784: Grand River Reserve created
    Indian chief Joseph Brant leads 4,000 indians from U.S. to Six Nations' Reservation
  • 1784—1789: Mass migration of Loyalists
    Migration starts with 6,000 Americans & 1,000 Iroquois led by Joseph Brant. Total reaches 10,000 by end of decade
  • 1784—1784: Andrew Meikle invents the threshing machine
  • 1784—1784: Joseph Bramah invents the safety lock
  • 2 Aug 1784—2 Aug 1784: First mail coaches in England (4pm Bristol / 8am London)
  • 8 1784—16 Aug 1784: Cape Breton Island created
    Cape Breton Island separated from Nova Scotia
  • 8 1784—16 Aug 1784: New Brunswick created
    New Brunswick created from part of Nova Scotia
49 1785 
  • 1785—1785: Sunday School Society founded to educate poor children (by 1851, enrols more than 2 million)
  • 1785—2 Apr 1795: Northwest Indian War
    Northwest Indian War Northwest Indian War
  • 1785—1785: Acadians sail from France to Louisiana
    Acadians numbering 1,600 sail from France to settle in Louisiana. Some of their relatives had gone there earlier. They will become known as Cajuns.
  • 1785—1785: Sunday School Society founded to educate poor children (by 1851, enrols more than 2 million)
  • 1785—1785: Charles Augustus Coulomb invents the torsion balance
  • 1785—1785: Blanchard invents a working parachute
  • 1785—1785: Edmund Cartwright invents the power loom
  • 1785—1785: Claude Berthollet invents chemical bleaching
  • 1 Jan 1785—1 Jan 1785: John Walter publishes first edition of The Times (called The Daily Universal Register for 3 years)
50 1786 
  • 1786—1786: John Fitch invents a steamboat
51 1787 
  • 1787—1787: MCC (Marylebone Cricket Club) established at Thomas Lord's ground in London
  • 1787—1787: Earliest known Swedenborgian (Church of the New Jerusalem or Jerusalemite) registers
  • 1787—1787: The first population census of genealogical value was taken
  • 12 Jul 1787—7 Dec 1787: Delaware
    1st State
  • 12 Jul 1787—7 Dec 1787: Delaware ratified U.S. Constitution
    The vote was Unanimous.
  • 12 Dec 1787—12 Dec 1787: Pennsylvania
    2nd State
  • 12 Dec 1787—12 Dec 1787: Pennsylvania ratified U.S. Constitution
    The vote was 46-23.
  • 7 1787—18 Feb 1803: Ohio Territory Organized
  • 12 1787—18 Dec 1787: New Jersey
    3rd State
  • 12 1787—18 Dec 1787: New Jersey ratified U.S. Constitution
    The vote was unanimous.
  • 9 1787—28 Sep 1787: New Constitution sent to for ratification
    The Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia proposed, debated and drafted the new U.S. Constitution during hte summer of 1787. Ratification by nine states was required for the Constitution to take effect. James Madison was the primary author.
52 1788 
  • 1788—1788: Gibbon completes Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire'
  • 1788—1788: King George III's mental illness occasions the Regency Crisis - Edmund Burke and Charles James Fox attack ministry of William Pitt - trying to obtain full regal powers for the Prince of Wales
  • 1788—1788: Law passed requiring that chimney sweepers be a minimum of 8 years old (not enforced)
  • 1788—1788: First slave carrying act, the Dolben Act of 1788, regulates the slave trade - stipulates more humane conditions on slave ships
  • 1788—1788: First steamboat demonstrated in Scotland
  • 1788—1788: 26th January, First convicts (and free settlers) arrive in New Soputh Wales
    First steamboat demonstration in Scotland (but see 1802){\n}Law passed requiring that chimney sweepers be minimum of 9 years old (not enforced)\First slave carrying act, The Dolben Act of 1788, regulates the slave trade - stipulated more humane conditions
  • 1788—1788: The Scarce Year
    Upper Canada's 1787 crop failures result in famine
  • 1788—1788: The abolition of the "stavnsbaand" (compulsory residence by the peasant and farming classes.)
  • 26 Jan 1788—26 Jan 1788: First convicts (and free settlers) arrive in New South Wales (left Portsmouth 13 May 1787) ? the 'First Fleet'; eleven ships commanded by Captain Arthur Phillip
  • 1 Feb 1788—2 Jan 1788: Georgia
    4th State
  • 1 Feb 1788—2 Jan 1788: Georgia ratified U.S. Constitution
    The vote was unanimous.
  • 2 Jun 1788—6 Feb 1788: Massachusetts
    6th State
  • 2 Jun 1788—6 Feb 1788: Massachusetts ratified U.S. Constitution
    The vote was 187-168.
  • 1 Sep 1788—9 Jan 1788: Connecticut
    5th State
  • 1 Sep 1788—9 Jan 1788: Connecticut ratified U.S. Constitution
    The vote was 128-40.
  • 6 1788—21 Jun 1788: New Hampshire
    9th State
  • 6 1788—21 Jun 1788: New Hampshire ratified U.S. Constitution
    The vote was 57-47.
  • 6 1788—21 Jun 1788: United States Constitution in effect
  • 5 1788—23 May 1788: South Carolina
    8th State
  • 5 1788—23 May 1788: South Carolina ratified U.S. Constitution
    The vote was 149-73.
  • 7 1788—24 Jul 1788: New York ratified U.S. Constitution
    The vote was 30-27.
  • 6 1788—25 Jun 1788: Virginia
    10th State
  • 6 1788—26 Jun 1788: New York
    11th State
  • 6 1788—26 Jun 1788: Virginia ratified U.S. Constitution
    The vote was 89-79.
  • 4 1788—28 Apr 1788: Maryland
    7th State
  • 4 1788—28 Apr 1788: Maryland ratified U.S. Constitution
    The vote was 63-11.
53 1789 
54 1790 
  • 1790—1790: Forth and Clyde Canal opened in Scotland
  • 1790—1790: Forth and Clyde Canal opened in Scotland
  • 1790—1790: The United States issued its first patent to William Pollard of Philadelphia for a machine that roves and spins cotton
  • 5 1790—31 May 1796: Tennessee Territory Organized
  • 5 1790—29 May 1790: Rhode Island
    13th State
  • 5 1790—29 May 1790: Rhode Island ratified U.S. Constitution
    The vote was 34-32.
55 1791 
  • 1791—1791: Establishment of the Ordnance Survey of Great Britain
  • 1791—1791: John Bell, printer, abandons the long s' (the 's' that looks like an 'f')
  • 1791—1791: Sugar prices rise steeply
    John Bell, printer, abandons the "long s" (the 's' that looks like an 'f'){\n}Establishment of the Ordinance Survey of Great Brittain{\n}4th December - First publication of The Observer - oldest Sunday newspaper
  • 1791—1791: John Barber invents the gas turbine
  • 1791—1791: Early bicycles invented in Scotland
  • 3 Apr 1791—4 Mar 1791: Vermont
    14th State
  • 6 Oct 1791—10 Jun 1791: Constitutional Act
    Lower Canada (now Québec) and Upper Canada (now Ontario) established
  • 4 Dec 1791—4 Dec 1791: First publication of The Observer - world's oldest Sunday newspaper
  • 1 1791—24 Jan 1791: District of Columbia
    President George Washington selects a site that includes portions of Maryland and Virginia. It becomes the seat of government 1 Dec 1800
56 1792 
  • 1792—1792: Coal-gas lighting invented by William Murdock, an Ayrshire Scot
  • 1792—1792: Boyle's Street Directory published
  • 1792—1792: Repression in Britain (restrictions on freedom of the press) - Fox gets Libel Act through Parliament, requiring a jury and not a judge to determine libel
  • 1792—1792: Repression in Britian (restrictions on freedom of the press)
    Fox gets Libel Act through Parliament, requiring a jury and not a judge to determine libel{\n}Boyle's Street Directory published{\n}1st October - Introduction of Money Orders in Britain{\n}Coal-gas lightening invented by William Murdock, and Ayshire Scot{
  • 1792—1792: George Vancouver exploration
    exploration of Pacific Coast
  • 1792—1792: William Murdoch invents gas lighting
  • 1792—1792: The first ambulance
  • 6 Jan 1792—1 Jun 1792: Kentucky
    15th State
  • 1 Oct 1792—1 Oct 1792: Introduction of Money Orders in Britain
  • 1 Dec 1792—1 Dec 1792: King's Proclamation drawing out the British militia
57 1793 
  • 1793—1793: 11th February - England declares war on France (1793-1802)
    Execution of Louis XVI{\n}15th April - £5 notes first issue by the Bank of England
  • 1793—20 Jul 1793: Alexander MacKenzie crosses Canada by land
    first crossing of Canada by land and exploration of Pacific Coast
  • 11 Feb 1793—11 Feb 1793: Britain declares war on France (1793-1802)
  • 15 Apr 1793—15 Apr 1793: ?5 notes first issued by the Bank of England
  • 7 Sep 1793—9 Jul 1793: Upper Canada's Abolition Act
    Forbade any new slaves, and gave freedom to children of slaves at least 25 years of age if born after 1793
58 1794 
  • 1794—1794: Abolition of Parish Register duties
  • 1794—1794: Abolition of Parish Register duties
    Battle of Glorious First of June{\n}6th october - The prosecutor for Britain, Lord Justice Eyre, charges reformers with High Treason - he argued that, since reform of parliament would lead to revolution and revolution to executing the King, the desire for
  • 1794—1794: Eli Whitney patents the cotton gin
  • 1794—1794: Welshmen, Philip Vaughan invents ball bearings
  • 3 Apr 1794—4 Mar 1794: 11th Amendment passed by Congress
  • 6 Oct 1794—6 Oct 1794: The prosecutor for Britain, Lord Justice Eyre, charges reformers with High Treason - he argued that, since reform of parliament would lead to revolution and revolution to executing the King, the desire for reform endangered the King's life and was theref
59 1795 
  • 1795—1795: The Famine Year
  • 1795—1795: Foundation of the Orange Order
  • 1795—1795: Speenhamland Act proclaims that the Parish is responsible for bringing up the labourer's wage to subsistence level - towards the end of the eighteenth century, the number of poor and unemployed increased dramatically - price increases during the Napoleo
  • 1795—1795: Pitt and Grenville introduce The Gagging Acts' or 'Two Bills' (the Seditious Meetings and Treasonable Practices Bills) - outlawed the mass meeting and the political lecture.
  • 1795—1795: Consumption of lime juice made compulsory in Royal Navy
  • 1795—1795: The Famine Year
    Foundation of the Orange Order{\n}Speenhamland Act proclaims that the Parish is responsible for bringing up the labourer's wage to substitence level{\n}Towards the end of the eighteenth century, the number of poor and umemployed increased dramatically - p
  • 1795—1795: Francois Appert invents the preserving jar for food
  • 2 Jul 1795—7 Feb 1795: 11th Amendment ratified
60 1796 
  • 1796—1796: Pitt's Reign of Terror': More treason trials - leading radicals emigrate
  • 1796—1796: Legacy Tax on sums over ?20 excluding those to wives, children, parents and grandparents
  • 1796—1796: Holden's Triennial Directory published
    Pitt's "Reign of Terror" - more treason trials - leading radicals emigrate
  • 1796—1796: Town of York (Toronto) becomes capital of Upper Canada
  • 1796—1796: Edward Jenner creates a smallpox vaccination
  • 6 Jan 1796—1 Jun 1796: Tennessee
    16th State
  • 14 May 1796—14 May 1796: Dr Edward Jenner gave first vaccination for smallpox in England
61 1797 
  • 1797—1797: England in Crisis, Bank of England suspends cash payments
  • 1797—1797: Mutinies in the British Navy at Spithead and Nore
  • 1797—1797: Tax on newspapers (including cheap, topical journals) increased to repress radical publications
  • 1797—1797: The first copper pennies were produced ('cartwheels') by application of steam power to the coining press
  • 1797—1797: England in Crisis
    Bank of England suspends cash payments{\n}26th February - First £1 note issued by Bank of England{\n}Apr-Jun Mutinees in the British Navy at Spithead and Nore{\n}Tax on Newspapers (including cheap, topical journals) increased to repress radical publicatio
  • 1797—1797: A British inventor, Henry Maudslay invents the first metal or precision lathe
  • 1797—1797: Wittemore patents a carding machine
  • 22 Feb 1797—22 Feb 1797: French invade Fishguard, Wales; last time UK invaded; all captured 2 days later
  • 26 Feb 1797—26 Feb 1797: First ?1 (and ?2) notes issued by Bank of England
  • 4 Mar 1797—4 Mar 1801: John Adams
    John Adams U.S. Presidency John Adams U.S. Presidency
  • 3 Apr 1797—4 Mar 1801: John Adams
62 1798 
  • 1798—1798: First planned human experiment with vaccination, to test theories of Edward Jenner
  • 1798—1800: Franco-American Naval War
    United States vs France
  • 1798—1798: Feb-Oct The Irish Rebellion, -
    100,000 peasants revolt, approximately 25,000 die - Irish Parliament abolished{\n}First planned human experiment with Vaccination, to test theories of Edward Jenner.
  • 1798—1798: Marriage Act
    allows marriages to be legally performed by the Church of Scotland and Anglican, Catholic, Presbyterian, Calvinist and Lutheran Churches
  • 1798—1798: Prince Edward Island created
    Ile St. Jean renamed to Prince Edward Island
  • 1798—1798: Aloys Senefelder invents lithography
  • 1798—1798: The first soft drink invented
  • 9 Jan 1798—30 Sep 1800: Franco-American War
    Franco-American War Franco-American War
  • Feb 1798—Feb 1798: The Irish Rebellion; 100,000 peasants revolt; approximately 25,000 die - Irish Parliament abolished (Feb-Oct)
  • 4 Jul 1798—9 Dec 1817: Mississippi Territory Organized
  • 1 Aug 1798—1 Aug 1798: Battle of the Nile (won by Nelson)
63 1799 
  • 1799—1799: Foundation of Royal Military College Sandhurst by the Duke of York
  • 1799—1799: Foundation of the Royal Institution of Great Britain
  • 1799—1799: 9th January - Pitt brings in 10% income tax
    12th July - Repressive legislation in Britain against political associations and combinations{\n}Foundation of Royal Military College Sandhurst by the Duke of York{\n}Foundation of the Roayl Institution of Great Britain{\n}Post Office New Annual Directory
  • 1799—1799: Alessandro Volta invents the battery
  • 1799—1799: Louis Robert invents the Fourdrinier Machine for sheet paper making
  • 9 Jan 1799—9 Jan 1799: Pitt brings in 10% income tax, as a wartime financial measure
  • 12 Jul 1799—12 Jul 1799: 'Combination Laws' in Britain against political associations and combinations
  • 15 Jul 1799—15 Jul 1799: ?Rosetta Stone' discovered in Egypt made possible the deciphering (in 1822) of Ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics
64 1800 
  • 1800—1800: Volta makes first electrical battery
    Volta makes first electrical battery
  • 1800—1800: Herschel discovers infra-red light
    Herschel discovers infra-red light
  • 1800—1800: High pressure steam
    Use of high pressure steam pioneered by Richard Trevithick (1771-1833)
  • 1800—1800: Royal College of Surgeons founded
    Royal College of Surgeons founded
  • 1800—1800: First Electric Light
    Electric light first produced by Sir Humphrey Davy
  • 1800—1800: Count Alessandro Volta invents the battery
  • 1800—1800: Frenchmen, J.M. Jacquard invents the Jacquard Loom
  • 2 Jul 1800—2 Jul 1800: Parliamentary Union
    Parliamentary union of Great Britain and Ireland
  • 5 Jul 1800—10 Dec 1816: Indiana Territory Organized
    Effective date 4 Jul 1800
65 1801 
  • 1801—1801: Elgin Marbles brought from Athens to London
    Elgin Marbles brought from Athens to London
  • 1801—1801: Grand Union Canal opens in England
    Grand Union Canal opens in England
  • 1801—1805: Tripolitan War
  • 1801—1805: Barbary Wars
    Also fought in 1815. United States vs Morocco, Algiers, Tunis and Tripoli
  • 1 Jan 1801—1 Jan 1801: Union Jack becomes the official British flag
    Union Jack becomes the official British flag
  • 4 Mar 1801—4 Mar 1809: Thomas Jefferson
    Thomas Jefferson U.S. Presidency Thomas Jefferson U.S. Presidency
  • 10 Mar 1801—10 Mar 1801: First Census
    First census puts the population of England and Wales at 9,168,000. Population of Britain nearly 11 million (75% rural)
  • 1 Apr 1801—4 Jan 1805: First Barbary War
    First Barbary War First Barbary War
  • 3 Apr 1801—4 Mar 1809: Thomas Jefferson
  • 24 Dec 1801—24 Dec 1801: First passenger Train
    Richard Trevithick built the first self-propelled passenger carrying road loco
66 1802 
  • 25 Mar 1802—25 Mar 1802: Treaty of Amiens signed by Britain, France, Spain, and the Netherlands ? the 'Peace of Amiens' as it was known brought a temporary peace of 14 months during the Napoleonic Wars ? one of its most important cultural effects was that travel and correspondenc
67 1803 
  • 1803—1803: Semaphore signaling perfected by Admiral Popham
  • 1803—1803: Poaching made a Capital offense in England if capture resisted
  • 1803—1803: Richard Trevithick built another steam carriage and ran it in London as the first self-propelled vehicle in the capital and the first London bus
  • 12 1803—9 Dec 1803: 12th Amendment passed by Congress
  • 30 Apr 1803—30 Apr 1803: Louisiana Purchase: Napoleon sells French possessions in America to United States
  • 12 May 1803—12 May 1803: Peace of Amiens ends ? resumption of war with France ? The Napoleonic Wars (1803-18l5)
  • 23 Jul 1803—23 Jul 1803: First public railway opens (Surrey Iron Railway, 9 miles from Wandsworth to Croydon, horse-drawn)
  • 2 1803—19 Feb 1803: Ohio
    17th State
68 1804 
  • 1804—1804: Matthew Flinders recommends that the newly discovered country, New Holland, be renamed 'Australia'
  • 1804—1804: Richard Trevithick, an English mining engineer, developed the first steam-powered locomotive
  • 1804—1804: Freidrich Winzer (Winsor) was the first person to patent gas lighting
  • 21 Feb 1804—21 Feb 1804: Richard Trevithick runs his railway engine on the Penydarren Railway (9.5 miles from Pen-y-Darren to Abercynon in South Wales) this hauled a train with 10 tons of iron and 70 passengers. It was commemorated by the Royal Mint in 2004 in the form of A ?2 c
  • 3 Mar 1804—3 Mar 1804: John Wedgwood (eldest son of the potter Josiah Wedgwood) founds The Royal Horticultural Society
  • 2 Dec 1804—2 Dec 1804: Napoleon declares himself Emperor of the French
  • 12 Dec 1804—12 Dec 1804: Spain declares war on Britain
  • 6 1804—15 Jun 1804: 12th Amendment ratified
69 1805 
  • 1805—1805: London docks opened
  • 3 Mar 1805—29 Apr 1812: Louisiana Territory Organized
    Effective date 4 July 1805
  • 21 Oct 1805—21 Oct 1805: Admiral Nelson's victory at Trafalgar
  • 1 Nov 1805—25 Jan 1837: Michigan Territory Organized
    Effective date 30 Jun 1805
  • 2 Dec 1805—2 Dec 1805: Battle of Austerlitz; Napoleon defeats Austrians and Russians
70 1806 
  • 1806—1806: Dartmoor Prison opened (built by French prisoners)
  • 1806—1806: Le Canadien newspaper founded
    First Québec nationalist newspaper
  • 9 Jan 1806—9 Jan 1806: Nelson buried in St Paul's cathedral, London
71 1807 
  • 25 Mar 1807—25 Mar 1807: Parliament passes Act prohibiting slavery and the importation of slaves from 1808 ? but does not prohibit colonial slavery
  • 3 1807—25 Mar 1807: British abolish slave trade
72 1808 
  • 1808—1808: Gas lighting in London streets
  • 1808—1808: Simon Fraser to Vancouver
    Fraser explores the river to the Pacific
  • 13 Jul 1808—13 Jul 1808: 'Hot Wednesday' ? temperature of 101?F in the shade recorded in London
  • 20 Dec 1808—20 Dec 1808: Beethoven premieres his Fifth Symphony, Sixth Symphony, Fourth Piano Concerto and Choral Fantasy together in Vienna
73 1809 
  • 1809—1809: Humphry Davy invents the first electric light - the first arc lamp
  • 12 Feb 1809—12 Feb 1809: Birth of Charles Darwin
  • 2 Mar 1809—2 Dec 1818: Illinois Territory Organized
    Effective date 1 Mar 1809
  • 4 Mar 1809—4 Mar 1817: James Madison
    James Madison U.S. Presidency James Madison U.S. Presidency
  • 3 Apr 1809—4 Mar 1817: James Madison
  • 18 Sep 1809—18 Sep 1809: Royal Opera House opens in London
74 1810 
  • 1810—1810: John McAdam begins road construction in England, giving his name to the process of road metalling
  • 1810—1810: German, Frederick Koenig invents an improved printing press
  • 1810—1810: Peter Durand invents the tin can
75 1811 
  • 1811—1811: David Thomson charts Columbia River
    Thomson explores and charts Columbia River to the coast
  • 5 Feb 1811—5 Feb 1811: Prince of Wales (future George IV) made Regent after George III deemed insane
  • 11 Jul 1811—7 Nov 1811: Battle of Tippecanoe
    Indian defeat causes Tecumseh to align with British
76 1812 
  • 1812—1815: War of 1812
    United States vs Great Britain
  • 1812—1812: A printed format for parish registers begins
  • 6 Apr 1812—9 Aug 1821: Missouri Territory Organized
    Effective date 7 Dec 1812
  • 8 Apr 1812—4 Aug 1812: Battle of Brownstown
    Ohio Militia from Detroit defeated by Tecumseh's Indians
  • 11 May 1812—11 May 1812: Prime Minister, Spencer Perceval, assassinated ? shot as he entered the House of Commons by a bankrupt Liverpool broker, John Bellingham, who was subsequently hanged
  • 12 Jun 1812—16 Feb 1815: War of 1812
    War of 1812 War of 1812
  • 18 Jun 1812—18 Jun 1812: Start of American 'War of 1812' (to 1814) against England and Canada
  • Oct 1812—Oct 1812: Napoleon retreats from Moscow with catastrophic losses
  • 10 1812—13 Oct 1812: Battle of Queenston Heights
    General Brock killed but U.S. forces defeated after heavy fighting
  • 8 1812—14 Aug 1812: Surrender of Fort Detroit
    General Brock commanding British & Canadian forces with Tecumseh's Indians cause U.s. forces to surrender
  • 6 1812—24 Dec 1814: War of 1812
    United States declares war on Great Britain (and Canada)
  • 11 1812—20 Nov 1812: Battle of Lacolle Mills
    Two groups of U.S forces fight each other by mistake
  • 9 1812—21 Sep 1812: Raid on Gananoque
    U.S. forces enter town, destroy food supplies and remove ammunition
  • 11 1812—28 Nov 1812: Battle of Frenchman's Creek
    U.S forces from Black Rock (Buffalo, NY) invade Fort Erie and are repulsed
  • 8 1812—29 Aug 1812: Earl of Selkirk establishes Red River Colony (Winnipeg)
  • 4 1812—30 Apr 1812: Louisiana
    18th State. Counties known as Parishes.
77 1813 
  • 1813—1813: Jane Austen wrote 'Pride and Prejudice'
  • 1813—1813: Ireland: First recorded '12th of July' sectarian riots in Belfast
  • 1813—1814: Creek War
    United States vs Creek Indians
  • 12 1813—Dec 1813: U.S forces reoccupy Queenston and Chippawa (Niagara)
    Canadian Volunteers (traitors) send Loyalists to U.S. prisons
  • 8 Feb 1813—2 Aug 1813: Battle of Fort Stephenson
    British/Canadian/Indian forces fail in attempt to take fort from U.S. forces
  • 10 May 1813—5 Oct 1813: Battle of the Thames
    U.S. (Harrison) defeats British/Indian forces - Tecumseh dies
  • 6 Jun 1813—6 Jun 1813: Battle of Stoney Creek
    confused fighting results in heavy losses on both sides
  • 6 Aug 1813—8 Jun 1813: Battle of Forty Mile Creek
    U.S forces routed and retreat to Fort George
  • 6 Aug 1813—8 Jun 1813: Skirmish of Butler's Farm (Two Mile Creek)
    U.S Lt. Eldridge and his men ambushed by combined British/Canadian/Indian forces
  • 9 Sep 1813—9 Sep 1813: Battle for Lake Erie
    U.S. naval squadron of 9 ships defeats British 6-ship flotilla
  • 9 Oct 1813—10 Sep 1813: Battle of Lake Erie (Put-in-Bay)
    U.S. navy defeats British ships and takes control of Lake Erie
  • 12 Oct 1813—10 Dec 1813: Burning of Newark (Niagara-on-the-Lake)
    Canadian Volunteers (traitors) and U.S militia burn Newark to the ground
  • 11 Nov 1813—11 Nov 1813: Battle of Crysler's Farm
    U.S forces defeated in attempted invasion of Lower Canada. U.S. forces defeated near Morrisburg by combined Canadian-British forces.
  • 2 1813—22 Feb 1813: Battle of Ogdensburg, NY
    Glengarry Light Infantry attack and take Ogdensburg
  • 6 1813—24 Jun 1813: Battle of Beaver Dam
    Laura Secord warns British of impending attack resulting in surrender of U.S forces at Thorold
  • 5 1813—27 May 1813: Capture of Fort George
    U.S. forces invade Niagara
  • 10 1813—26 Oct 1813: Battle of Chateauguay
    U.S forces defeated in attempted invasion of Lower Canada
  • 4 1813—2 May 1813: Battle of Fort York (Toronto)
    U.S. forces take fort and occupy York for 5 days, plundering and destroying the town by burning
  • 5 1813—24 Jun 1813: Battles of Niagara frontier
    U.S. forces advance into Upper Canada
78 1814 
  • 1814—1814: At the Treaty of Kiel, Denmark is compelled to cede Norway to Sweden
  • 1814—1814: George Stephenson designs the first steam locomotive
  • 1814—1814: Joseph Nicéphore Niépce was the first person to take a photograph
  • 1814—1814: German, Joseph von Fraunhofer invents the spectrocope for the chemical analysis of glowing objects
  • 1814—1814: The first plastic surgery is performed in England
  • 1 Jan 1814—1 Jan 1814: Invasion of France by Allies
  • 7 Mar 1814—3 Jul 1814: Capture of Fort Erie
    British forces manning Fort Erie surrender to overwhelming U.S. odds
  • 3 Apr 1814—20 Aug 1814: U.S. raids into Western Upper Canada
    U.S. forces raid western Lake Erie communities
  • 6 Apr 1814—6 Apr 1814: Napoleon abdicates and is exiled to Elba
  • 7 May 1814—5 Jul 1814: Battle at Chippawa
    U.S. forces take over entire Niagara frontier
  • 13 Aug 1814—13 Aug 1814: Convention of London signed, a treaty between the UK and the Dutch
  • 24 Aug 1814—24 Aug 1814: The British burn the White House
  • 29 Nov 1814—29 Nov 1814: 'The Times' first printed by a 'mechanical apparatus' (at 1100 sheets per hour)
  • 24 Dec 1814—24 Dec 1814: Treaty of Ghent signed ending the 1812 war between Britain and the US
  • 8 1814—17 Sep 1814: Siege at Fort Erie
    British forces fail in their attempt to recover Fort Erie from U.S. forces
  • 7 1814—19 Jul 1814: Battle for Prarie du Chien
    British forces comprised mainly of Indians capture U.S. garrison
  • 7 1814—18 Jul 1814: Burning of St. Davids
    U.S. militia capture St. Davids then loot and burn most buildings
  • 10 1814—20 Oct 1814: Battle of Cook's Mills (Lyons Creek)
    The last battle on Canadian soil
  • 12 1814—24 Dec 1814: Treaty of Ghent
    End of United States - British war of 1812
  • 7 1814—26 Jul 1814: Battle of Lundy's Lane
    The fiercest battle of the U.S.-British war
  • 3 1814—30 Mar 1814: Battle of Lacolle Mills
    U.S. forces defeated in attempted invasion
79 1815 
  • 1815—1815: Trial by Jury established in Scotland
  • 1815—1815: Davy develops the safety lamp for miners
  • 1815—1815: Humphry Davy invents the miner's lamp
  • 2 1815—Feb 1815: British incentive to emigrate to Upper Canada
    Britain encourages 5,000 settlers to leave Britain
  • 3 Mar 1815—24 Sep 1816: Second Barbary War
    Second Barbary War Second Barbary War
  • 18 Jun 1815—18 Jun 1815: The Battle of Waterloo: Napoleon defeated and exiled to St. Helena
80 1816 
  • 1816—1816: Trans-Atlantic packet service begins
  • 1816—1816: Large scale emigration to North America
  • 1816—1816: Climate: the 'year without a summer' ? followed a volcanic explosion of the mountain 'Tambora in Indonesia the previous year the biggest volcanic explosion in 10000 years
  • 1816—1816: Income tax abolished
  • 1816—1816: For the first time British silver coins were produced with an intrinsic value substantially below their face value ? the first official 'token' coinage
  • 12 Nov 1816—11 Dec 1816: Indiana
    19th State
81 1817 
  • 1817—1817: Constable painted 'Flatford Mill'
  • 1817—1817: March of the Manchester Blanketeers; Habeas Corpus suspended
  • 1817—1898: Indian Wars
  • 1817—1817: Census of Nova Scotia
    Nova Scotia census adds place-of-birth question
  • 3 Mar 1817—13 Dec 1819: Alabama Territory Organized
  • 4 Mar 1817—4 Mar 1825: James Monroe
    James Monroe U.S. Presidency James Monroe U.S. Presidency
  • 3 Apr 1817—3 Mar 1825: James Monroe
  • 12 Oct 1817—10 Dec 1817: Mississippi
    20th State

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