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| 1 | 1383 | - 1383—99 9999: Regular series of wills starts in Prerogative Court of Canterbury
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| 2 | 1750 | - 1750—1805: Neo-Classical Period (Art and Antiques)
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| 3 | 1755 | - 1755—1827: Publication of Dictionary of the English Language by Dr, Johnson
Period of canal construction began in Britian
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| 4 | 1760 | - 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
- 10 1760—29 Jan 1820: George III
House of Hanover: Grandson of George II, married Charlotte of Mecklenburg
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| 5 | 1763 | - 1763—1884: POST-DEPORTATION PERIOD
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| 6 | 1764 | - 8 1764—1862: Indian treaties transferring land to Britain
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| 7 | 1773 | - 1773—1858: East India Company governs Hindustan
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| 8 | 1787 | - 7 1787—18 Feb 1803: Ohio Territory Organized
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| 9 | 1798 | - 4 Jul 1798—9 Dec 1817: Mississippi Territory Organized
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| 10 | 1800 | - 5 Jul 1800—10 Dec 1816: Indiana Territory Organized
Effective date 4 Jul 1800
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| 11 | 1801 | - 1801—1805: Tripolitan War
- 1801—1805: Barbary Wars
Also fought in 1815. United States vs Morocco, Algiers, Tunis and Tripoli
- 4 Mar 1801—4 Mar 1809: Thomas Jefferson
 Thomas Jefferson U.S. Presidency
- 1 Apr 1801—4 Jan 1805: First Barbary War
 First Barbary War
- 3 Apr 1801—4 Mar 1809: Thomas Jefferson
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| 12 | 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
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| 13 | 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
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| 14 | 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
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| 15 | 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
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| 16 | 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
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| 17 | 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
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| 18 | 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
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| 19 | 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
- 3 Apr 1809—4 Mar 1817: James Madison
- 18 Sep 1809—18 Sep 1809: Royal Opera House opens in London
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| 20 | 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
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| 21 | 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
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| 22 | 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
- 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.
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1802 - 1812 (10 years)