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4 April – Huddersfield Narrow Canal completed by opening of Standedge Tunnel under the Pennines, the longest (5,413 yards (4,950 m)), deepest and highest canal tunnel in Britain. [6] 27 May – The second national Census reveals that the population of England and Wales has increased in ten years by over a million to 10.1 million. [7]
Officially, the Regency began on 5 February 1811 and ended on 29 January 1820 but the "Regency era", as such, is generally perceived to have been much longer. The term is commonly, though loosely, applied to the period from c. 1795 until the accession of Queen Victoria on 20 June 1837. [7]
1811–1820: Victorian era: 1837–1901: Edwardian era: 1901–1914: First World War: 1914–1918: Interwar Britain: 1919–1939: Second World War: 1939–1945: Post-war Britain (political) 1945–1979: Post-war Britain (social) 1945–1979
The Georgian era was a period in British history from 1714 to c. 1830–1837, named after the Hanoverian kings George I, George II, George III and George IV. The definition of the Georgian era is also often extended to include the relatively short reign of William IV , which ended with his death in 1837.
This is a timeline of British history, comprising important legal and territorial changes and political events in the United Kingdom and its predecessor states. To read about the background to these events, see History of England, History of Wales, History of Scotland, History of Ireland, Formation of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and History of the United Kingdom
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History of Great Britain by period (10 C) ... English Renaissance (7 C, 20 P) Renaissance in Scotland (2 C, 21 P) Regency era (3 C, 27 P) V. Victorian era (19 C, 135 P)
The Trial of Queen Caroline by George Hayter.. 8 January – General Maritime Treaty ("General Treaty for the Cessation of Plunder and Piracy by Land and Sea, Dated February 5, 1820") signed between the sheikhs of Abu Dhabi, Sharjah, Ajman, Umm Al Quwain and Ras Al Khaimah (later constituents of the Trucial States) in the Arabian Peninsula and the United Kingdom.