 Text search
 Related images
 HistoryWorld
 Link
 Map
Click the icons to visit linked content. Hover to see the search terms. |
|  |
| | | | | | | |
|
| 1819 |
| | | The Sikh maharajah of the Punjab, Ranjit Singh, conquers Kashmir, beginning a century and a half of Sikh dominance in the region | |
| |
|
| 1819 |
| | | William Cobbett brings back to England the bones of Thomas Paine, who died in the USA in 1809 | |
| |
|
| 1819 |
| | | Spain sells Florida to the USA for $5 million, in return for the waiving of any American claim to Texas | |
| |
|
| 1819 |
| | | Kew bridge is sold to George Robinson for £22,000 | |
|  | The second Kew Bridge, in 1892, by C.W. Fothergill
Kew Bridge Steam Museum
|
|
|
| 1819 |
| | | McCulloch v. Maryland defines the tax relationship between the US government and the states | |
| |
|
| 1819 |
| | | Magistrates order troops to fire on a crowd in Manchester, in what becomes known as the Peterloo massacre | |
| |
|
| 1819 |
| | | Bolívar marches his army across the Andes, captures Bogotá and proclaims the republic of Gran Colombia | |
| |
|
| 1819 |
| | | Byron begins publication in parts of his longest poem, Don Juan an epic satirical comment on contemporary life | |
| |
|
| 1819 |
| | | The United Kingdom formally adopts the gold standard for its currency, after using it on a de facto basis since 1717 | |
| |
|
| 1819 November 22 |
| | | Mary Anne Evans (known now as George Eliot) is born in the parish of Chilvers Coton in Warwickshire | |
| |
|
| | | | | |
| |