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| c. 1819 |
| | | John Rennie completes a cast-iron bridge with the world's longest span, crossing the Thames at Vauxhall | |
|  | Southwark Bridge, by Westall, c.1828
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| 1819 |
| | | Walter Scott publishes Ivanhoe, a tale of love, tournaments and sieges at the time of the crusades | |
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| 1819 |
| | | J.M.W. Turner makes the first of several visits to Venice, and discovers a rich seam of inspiration | |
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| 1820 |
| | | The British king George III dies after 59 years on the throne – a longer reign than any of his predecessors | |
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| 1820 |
| | | On the death of his father, George III, the Prince Regent succeeds to the British throne as George IV | |
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| 1820 |
| | | Washington Irving tells the story of the long sleep of Rip Van Winkle in his Sketch Book | |
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| 1820 |
| | | The Eastern Question, concerning Turkey's ability to control its vast empire, becomes a persistent nineteenth-century theme | |
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| 1820 |
| | | French physicist André Marie Ampère begins his researches into the links between electricity and magnetism | |
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| 1820 |
| | | English poet John Keats publishes Ode to a Nightingale, inspired by the bird's song in his Hampstead garden | |
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| 1820 |
| | | The Missouri Compromise, admitting Maine and Missouri to the union, keeps the balance between 'free' and 'slave' states in the US senate | |
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