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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
Battle of Flodden Field: Invading England, King James IV of Scotland and thousands of other Scots were killed in a defeat at the hands of the English. 1516 18 February Mary I, the future queen of England (r. 1553-1558), is born to parents Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon. 1521: Lutheran writings begin to circulate in England. 1527 21 May
This is a timeline of the 19th century. Napoleon's retreat from Russia in 1812. The war swings decisively against the French Empire. ... Peterloo Massacre in England.
The following is a timeline of the history of London in the 19th century, the capital of England and the United Kingdom. 1800 to 1809
This article presents a timeline of events in the history of the United Kingdom from 1800 AD until 1899 AD. For a narrative explaining the overall developments, see the related History of the British Isles .
The 19th century saw rapid technological development with a wide range of new inventions. This led Great Britain to become the foremost industrial and trading nation of the time. [ 70 ] Historians have characterised the mid-Victorian era (1850–1870) as Britain's 'Golden Years', [ 71 ] [ 72 ] with national income per person increasing by half.
This Timeline of the British Army 1800–1899 lists the conflicts and wars the British Army were involved in. French Revolutionary Wars ended 1802; Second Anglo-Maratha War 1802–1805; Napoleonic Wars 1802–1813; War of 1812 1812-1815; Hundred Days 1815 (The return of Napoleon Bonaparte) Anglo-Nepalese War 1813–1816; Third Anglo-Maratha War ...
The 19th century was an era of rapidly accelerating scientific discovery and invention, with significant developments in the fields of mathematics, physics, chemistry, biology, electricity, and metallurgy that laid the groundwork for the technological advances of the 20th century. [4]