1816 - 1818 (2 years)
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| 1 | 1383 | - 1383—99 9999: Regular series of wills starts in Prerogative Court of Canterbury
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| 2 | 1755 | - 1755—1827: Publication of Dictionary of the English Language by Dr, Johnson
Period of canal construction began in Britian
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| 3 | 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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| 4 | 1763 | - 1763—1884: POST-DEPORTATION PERIOD
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| 5 | 1764 | - 8 1764—1862: Indian treaties transferring land to Britain
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| 6 | 1773 | - 1773—1858: East India Company governs Hindustan
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| 7 | 1798 | - 4 Jul 1798—9 Dec 1817: Mississippi Territory Organized
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| 8 | 1800 | - 5 Jul 1800—10 Dec 1816: Indiana Territory Organized
Effective date 4 Jul 1800
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| 9 | 1805 | - 1 Nov 1805—25 Jan 1837: Michigan Territory Organized
Effective date 30 Jun 1805
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| 10 | 1809 | - 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
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| 11 | 1812 | - 6 Apr 1812—9 Aug 1821: Missouri Territory Organized
Effective date 7 Dec 1812
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| 12 | 1815 | |
| 13 | 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
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| 14 | 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
- 3 Apr 1817—3 Mar 1825: James Monroe
- 12 Oct 1817—10 Dec 1817: Mississippi
20th State
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| 15 | 1818 | - 1818—1818: Manchester cotton spinners' strike
- 1818—1819: First Seminole War
- 1818—1818: The 49th parallel becomes border
Canada-US border officially set from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains
- 12 Mar 1818—3 Dec 1818: Illinois
21st State
- 20 Oct 1818—20 Oct 1818: 'Convention of 1818' signed between the United States and the United Kingdom
which, among other things, settled the US-Canada border on the 49th parallel for most of its
length
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Second Barbary War