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1831 |
Lucia Elizabeth Mathews (né Bartolozzi) becomes first woman manager of a theater (the Olympic theater); she becomes known as Mme.
Vestries. |
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1831 |
Rise of Disciplines: British Association for the Advancement of Science founded in York. |
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1831 |
The Quarterly Journal of Education begins. |
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1831 |
Carlyle, Characteristics. |
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1831 |
British census indicates population of 24 million. |
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1831 |
Ireland: start of "national" system of education. |
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1831 |
Ashton Warner, d. 1831, Negro Slavery Described by a Negro: Being the Narrative of Ashton Warner, a Native of St. Vincent's. With an Appendix Containing the Testimony of Four Christian Ministers, Recently Returned from the Colonies, on the System of Slavery as It Now Exists, ed. Simon Strickland |
*Abolition |
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1831 - 1833 |
Cholera epidemic from 1831 to 1833, thought to arise from "miasma" (see "Oct. 1831). |
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Mar 1, 1831 |
Lord John Russell introduces "The Great Reform Bill" in the House of Commons. |
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Apr 20, 1831 |
Reform Bill defeated; Parliament dissolved; country houses armed with cannons against mob violence. |
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June 1831 |
Macaulay reviews Thomas Moore's Byron (1830) in Edinburgh Review. |
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June 14, 1831 |
Newly elected pro-reform, predominantly Whig House of Commons. |
*Whig Party |
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June 24, 1831 |
Whigs introduce Reform Bill into new Parliament. |
*Whig Party |
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Sept 22, 1831 |
Reform Bill passes in House of Commons. |
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Oct 1831 |
Cholera breaks out in slums of Sunderland (50,000 dead in the next 15 months). |
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Oct 8, 1831 |
Reform Bill defeated in the House of Lords. |
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Oct 10, 1831 |
Nottingham Castle burnt by a mob. |
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Nov 5, 1831 |
Guy Fawkes Day: mini effigies of Bishops burnt. |
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Nov 21, 1831 |
Government proclamation prohibits meetings by National Union of Working Classes. |
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Dec 12, 1831 |
Lord John Russell introduces new Reform Bill in the House. Gladstone attacks Reform Bill in Oxford Union debate. |
*Parlimentary Reform |
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1832 |
English Reform and Abolition: Reform Bill (see 7 May and 7 June below) invigorates abolition. |
*Parlimentary Reform
*Abolition |
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1832 |
Benjamin Disraeli stands for election to Parliament as radical at High Wycombe, is defeated, is again defeated in general election. |
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1832 |
George Grote elected to Parliament; sits until 1841. |
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1832 |
Sadler's Committee on Child Labor reports. |
*Child Labor |
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1832 |
Byron (posthumously), The Works of Lord Byron: with his Letters and Journals, and his Life, by Thomas Moore, Esq., published by John Murray in 17 volumes until 1834. |
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