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Event
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Topics
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1839 |
Birth of Walter Pater. |
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1839 |
Issue of first Factory Inspectors' Report. |
*Industrial Revolution |
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1839 - 1840 |
William Mackpiece Thackeray, Catherine. |
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1839 - 1840 |
First Afghan War. |
*Colonialism |
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1839 - 1851 |
Felicia Hemans, Works of Mrs. Hemans (7 vols.) published over 12 years (includes Memoir by her sister and critical reviews of her work). |
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1839 - 1855 |
Faraday, Experimental Researches in Electricity. |
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Feb 1839 |
Chartist Convention meets in London. |
*Chartism |
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July 1839 |
Winthrop Praed dies. |
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Aug 6, 1839 |
William Lovett put on trial for seditious libel. |
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Aug 12, 1839 |
Chartist of National Holiday celebration unsuccessful. |
*Chartism |
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Aug 17, 1839 |
Postal Duties Act passes (see 10 Jan. 1840). |
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Nov 23, 1839 |
Queen Victoria announces her engagement to Prince Albert. |
*House of Hanover |
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1840 |
Queen Victoria marries Prince Albert. |
*House of Hanover |
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1840 |
Reform: William Lovett released from jail. |
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1840 |
Houses of Parliament completed by Barry and Pugin. |
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1840 |
William Mackpiece Thackeray, Paris Sketch Book. |
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1840 |
William Harrison Ainsworth, The Tower of London. |
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1840 |
Barham, Ingoldsby Legends (first series). |
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1840 |
Robert Browning, Sordello. |
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1840 |
Alfred Bunn, The Stage: Both Before and Behind the Curtain. |
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1840 |
Eliza Cook, Melaia and Other Poems. |
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1840 |
George Darley, Thomas à Becket, a Dramatic Chronicle in Five Acts. |
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1840 |
Charles Darwin, Voyage of the H.M.S. Beagle. |
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1840 |
R. H. Horne, History of Napoleon (with Mary Gillies), Gregory VII, Regrets of Memory. |
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1840 |
Charles Dickens, Master Humphrey's Clock begins serial publication. |
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