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1831 - 18401831 First Reform Bill introduced by Lord George Russell A list of all parish registers dating prior to 1813 compiled British Association founded Faraday discovers electro-magnetic induction 1832 June 7: Reform Bill passed – Representation of the People Act –
dramatic effects for grossly underrepresented places like Scotland (the number
of Scottish people allowed to vote increased from 4,000 to 65,000 out of 2.5
million people) – changed voting from an aristocratic privilege to a middle
class right, but by later standards not much was accomplished – approximately
doubled the electorate to about 800,000 voters out of a total population in
Ireland, Scotland, England, and Wales of around 24 million (1831 census), and
increasing by 1 million a year Electoral Registers introduced Electric telegraph invented by Morse 1833 Factory Act forbids employment of children below age of 9 1834 Slavery abolished in British possessions Poor Law amendment, tightening up relief March 18: 'Tolpuddle Martyrs' transported for Trades Union activities December 23: Hansom Cab patented by Joseph Hansom 1835 Christmas becomes a national holiday Earliest Universalist registers Municipal Corporations Act Word 'socialism' first used First surviving photograph taken by William Fox Talbot June 18: William Cobbett dies 1836 First Potato famine in Ireland Economic downturn that lasts until 1842 Tithe Commutation Act – tithe maps created as a by-product over the
next 15 years or so Newspaper tax reduced from 4 pence to one penny 1837 March 14: Wheatstone & Cooke send first British telegraph message June 20: William IV dies – accession of Queen Victoria (to 1901). When
Victoria ascended the throne she was eighteen years and one month old. July 1: Compulsory registration of Births, Marriages & Deaths in
England & Wales July 20: Euston Railway station opens – first in London 1838 First Ocean Steamers to the U.S. Chartism, a working-class movement for the extension of the franchise,
comes into existence – 6-point charter: universal suffrage, secret ballot,
annual elections, payment of Members, no property qualification for MPs, equal
electoral districts 1838-1849 The Chartist Movement 1839 Bicycle invented Chartist riots 1840 January 10: Uniform Penny Postage introduced nationally Last convicts landed in NSW (some say 1842 or 1849) Population Act relating to taking of censuses in Britain In Britain, first postage stamps are
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