Important Dates in British History - a timeline
Here are events from 1819 that have shaped Britain and its peoples and affected its history. If you feel we have left something out please don't hesitate to let us know.
More dates from British history
On this day:
Normans Invade Ireland - 1169, Great Exhibition opens - 1851, TUC meets to agree on a General Strike - 1926, Sutton Hoo Dig Begins - 1939, Betting Shops Legal - 1961, Last UK Concert by Beatles - 1966, Tony Blairs 'New Labour' sweeps to power - 1997, Millennium May Day Protests - 2000
Famous and historic events from 1819
1st Paddleship steamer crosses Atlantic
Ivanhoe Published
Opening of the Burlington Arcade
Peterloo Massacre
Raffles Founds Singapore
Famous Britons born in 1819
Arthur Clough
Charles Halle
Charles Kingsley
Ernest Charles Jones
George Eliot
John Adams
John Ruskin
Prince Albert
Queen Victoria
Ralph Robert Wheeler Lingen
Sir Henry Tate
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