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Slavery was banned in the british colonies in 1807
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introduced wide-ranging changes to the electoral system of England and Wales.
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She inherited the throne at age 18
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was a period of starvation, disease and mass emigration between 1845 and 1852[2] during which the population of Ireland was reduced by 20 to 25 percent.[3] Approximately one million of the population died and a million more emigrated from Ireland's shores.[4] The proximate cause of famine was a potato disease commonly known as late blight.[5]
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The 1832 Reform Act proved that change was possible.
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Public hangings were banned in 1868
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Britain starts using secret ballot for voting
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Queen Victoria died on 21 January 1901 at the age of 81. She had been the Queen of Great Britain for 63 years, presiding over the industrialization of Britain and the expansion of the British Empire overseas. But perhaps her most lasting influence was on the values of the time: the Victorian age became synonymous with prudish gentility and repression.
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