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Events relating to england
English poet John Keats dies in Rome at the age of twenty-five
English radical William Cobbett begins his journeys round England, published in 1830 as Rural Rides
English author William Hazlitt publishes Table Talk, a two-volume collection that includes most of his best-known essays
During his coronation George IV has the doors of Westminster Abbey closed against his queen, Caroline
George Canning becomes the British foreign secretary for the second time, in Lord Liverpool's government
A Rugby schoolboy, William Webb Ellis, picks up the football and runs with it in rugby union's founding myth
The Combination Acts of 1799 and 1800, outlawing trade unions in Britain, are repealed
12-year-old Charles Dickens works in London in Warren's boot-blacking factory
The Joint-Stock Companies Act introduces regulations to protect investors in Britain
Active (later called Locomotion) is the engine on the first passenger railway, between Stockton and Darlington
Scottish engineer Thomas Telford completes two suspension bridges in Wales, at Conwy and over the Menai Strait
George Canning becomes the British prime minister, but dies five months later
English artist Samuel Palmer moves to Shoreham, in Kent, for the most inspired years of his career
The Duke of Wellington becomes British prime minister, heading the Tory government at a time when reform is urgently needed
The Metropolitan Police, set up in London by Robert Peel, become known as 'bobbies' from his first name
The Emancipation Act, enabling Daniel O'Connell to take his seat at Westminster, at last removes the restrictions on Catholics in UK public life
German composer Felix Mendelssohn visits the Hebrides and see's Fingal's Cave, later the theme of his Hebrides Overture
Oxford and Cambridge compete against each other in the first university boat race, held at Henley
The locomotive Rocket, built by George and Robert Stephenson, defeats two rivals in the Rainhill trials, near Liverpool
William IV succeeds his brother George IV as the British king
The death of the last infant cousin senior to her in the royal succession makes Victoria heir to the British throne
Earl Grey becomes British prime minister at the head of a Whig government committed to reform
George Stephenson's railway between Liverpool and Manchester opens, with passengers pulled by eight locomotives based on Rocket
Old London Bridge is demolished after more than six centuries, ending the chance of frost fairs on the Thames
Old Sarum, the most notorious of Britain's rotten boroughs, has just seven voters but returns two members to parliament
