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:
St Augustine Introduces Julian Calendar to England - 0597, William the Conqueror crowned - 1066, Domesday Book Commissioned - 1085, First Christmas Tree in Britain - 1800, Mrs Beeton Published - 1861, End of the Soviet Union - 1991
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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