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Mary Anne Evans (known now as George Eliot) is born in the parish of Chilvers Coton in Warwickshire
The Sikh maharajah of the Punjab, Ranjit Singh, conquers Kashmir, beginning a century and a half of Sikh dominance in the region
William Cobbett brings back to England the bones of Thomas Paine, who died in the USA in 1809
Spain sells Florida to the USA for $5 million, in return for the waiving of any American claim to Texas
Kew bridge is sold to George Robinson for £22,000
McCulloch v. Maryland defines the tax relationship between the US government and the states
Magistrates order troops to fire on a crowd in Manchester, in what becomes known as the Peterloo massacre
Bolívar marches his army across the Andes, captures Bogotá and proclaims the republic of Gran Colombia
Byron begins publication in parts of his longest poem, Don Juan an epic satirical comment on contemporary life
The United Kingdom formally adopts the gold standard for its currency, after using it on a de facto basis since 1717
John Rennie completes a cast-iron bridge with the world's longest span, crossing the Thames at Vauxhall
Walter Scott publishes Ivanhoe, a tale of love, tournaments and sieges at the time of the crusades
J.M.W. Turner makes the first of several visits to Venice, and discovers a rich seam of inspiration
The British king George III dies after 59 years on the throne – a longer reign than any of his predecessors
On the death of his father, George III, the Prince Regent succeeds to the British throne as George IV
Washington Irving tells the story of the long sleep of Rip Van Winkle in his Sketch Book
The Eastern Question, concerning Turkey's ability to control its vast empire, becomes a persistent nineteenth-century theme
French physicist André Marie Ampère begins his researches into the links between electricity and magnetism
English poet John Keats publishes Ode to a Nightingale, inspired by the bird's song in his Hampstead garden
The Missouri Compromise, admitting Maine and Missouri to the union, keeps the balance between 'free' and 'slave' states in the US senate
A second liberal revolution in Spain ends with Ferdinand VII a prisoner of the Cortes in Cadiz
English poet Percy Bysshe Shelley publishes Ode to the West Wind, written mainly in a wood near Florence
7-year-old Henry Wadsworth Longfellow has a poem published in a newspaper in his home town of Portland, Maine
The newly independent republic of Argentina takes possession of Las Islas Malvinas (the Falklands)
The first big influx of British settlers, numbering some 5000, arrives at Cape Town in South Africa
