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1 giorno fa · On 1 January 1801, the first day of the 19th century, the Great Britain and Ireland joined to form the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland . The legislative union of Great Britain and Ireland was brought about by the Act of Union 1800, creating the "United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland".
2 giorni fa · Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (Franz August Karl Albert Emanuel; 26 August 1819 – 14 December 1861) was the husband and consort of the British monarch, Queen Victoria. They were married from 10 February 1840 until his death in 1861.
- 10 February 1840 – 14 December 1861
- 14 December 1861 (aged 42), Windsor Castle, England
2 giorni fa · The Peterloo Massacre of 1819 resulted in 18 deaths and several hundred injured. In industrial districts in 1819, factory workers demanded better wages, and demonstrated. The most important event was the Peterloo Massacre in Manchester , on 16 August 1819, when a local militia unit composed of landowners charged into an orderly crowd ...
4 apr 2024 · John Ruskin (born February 8, 1819, London, England—died January 20, 1900, Coniston, Lancashire) was an English critic of art, architecture, and society who was a gifted painter, a distinctive prose stylist, and an important example of the Victorian Sage, or Prophet: a writer of polemical prose who seeks to cause widespread cultural and social c...
3 apr 2024 · Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles. Born: July 6, 1781, at sea, off Port Morant, Jam. Died: July 5, 1826, London, Eng. (aged 44) Title / Office: governor (1818-1823), Bengkulu. governor (1811-1816), Java. Founder: Singapore.
8 apr 2024 · The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica. Last Updated: Apr 8, 2024 • Article History. Percy Bysshe Shelley. Category: Arts & Culture. Born: Aug. 4, 1792, Field Place, near Horsham, Sussex, Eng. Died: July 8, 1822, at sea off Livorno, Tuscany [Italy] (aged 29) Notable Works: “A Defence of Poetry” “A Philosophical View of Reform” “Adonais”
11 apr 2024 · In response to fears of revolution from 1789 to 1848, the British government and local authorities prohibited mass working-class political meetings and societies. Protesters faced the privatisation of public space. The 'Peterloo Massacre' of 1819 marked a turning point.
