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Historical timeline
1692 - 1750
1751 - 1800
1801 - 1850
1851 - 1900
1901 - 1950
1951 - Today
| Event | Date | Event |
| Union with Ireland |
1801 | First Census in U.K. |
| Spain declares war on Britain | 1804 | |
| Battle of Trafalgar |
1805 | Thomas meets Harriot Mellon |
| End of Holy Roman Empire | 1806 | |
| 1807 | Slave Trade abolished in British Empire | |
| Peninsular War begins | 1808 | |
Birth of Chopin |
1810 | Francis Burdett arrested and put in Tower |
| 1812 | War with U.S.A. | |
| East India company monopoly abolished | 1813 | |
Stephenson's steam engine |
1814 | Birth of Angela Burdett |
| 1815 | Davy's Safety Lamp | |
| Launch of HCS Thomas Coutts | 1816 | |
| Elgin Marbles acquired for British Museum | ||
| Sovereigns first issued | 1817 | |
| Death of William Bligh | ||
| 49th parallel established | 1818 | |
| 1819 | Singapore founded | |
| Accession of George IV | 1820 | |
| 1821 | Death of Napoleon on St Helena | |
Harriot Coutts 50% partner/Coutts & Co |
1822 | Death of Thomas Coutts |
| 1823 | Brighton Chain pier opened | |
| Death of Byron | 1824 | National Gallery founded |
| First railway – Stockton to Darlington | 1825 | Trade Unions legalised |
Edmund Antrobus Senior dies |
1826 | Last State lottery in U.K. First crossing of the Atlantic under steam |
Harriot Coutts marries Duke of St Albans |
1827 | A Dickie & WM Coulthurst made partners Death of Beethoven |
| Accession of William IV | 1830 | Darwin’s survey |
| French Foreign Legion founded | 1831 | |
| 1832 | Morse’s electric telegram | |
| Slavery abolished in British Empire | 1833 | Dickie dies |
Houses of Parliament burn down |
1834 | Tolpuddle Martyrs |
| 1836 | Battle of the Alamo | |
Death of Coutts Trotter |
1837 | Accession of Victoria Registration of births, marriages and deaths |
Grace Darling |
1838 | Edward Marjoribanks Junior partner |
| 1840 | Takeover of Hammersley's Bank | |
| Hong Kong acquired by Britain | 1841 | Exchequer Bills forgery scandal |
| First Public Library opens | 1842 | |
Launch of “Great Britain” |
1843 | H.L. Antrobus partner |
Deaths of Sir Francis and Lady Burdett |
1844 | Bank Charter Act First Co-op Society |
| Bank of Ireland founded | 1845 | Major railway speculation |
| Ether used in operation | 1846 | |
| 1847 | British Museum opened at Bloomsbury site | |
| Communist Manifesto published | 1848 | Gold discovered in California |
Attempt on Queen Victoria’s life |
1849 | Britain annexes Punjab Invention of the safety pin |
| Tennyson becomes Poet Laureate | 1850 | |