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Catholic Emancipation Act is Passed by Congress
This is when the Catholic Emancipation Act is passed by Parliament. The Roman Catholic Relief Act 1829 was passed by the Parliament of the UK on March 24th, 1829. It was the culmination of the process of Catholic Emancipation throughout the nation. -
Great Reform Act is Passed by British
This is when the great reform act is passsed by british parliament. The Representation of the People Act 1832 ( known as the Reform Act 1832 as The Great Reform Act) was an Act of Parliament that introduced wide-ranging changes to the electoral system of England and Wales. -
Second Reform Act is Passed
This is when the great reform act is passsed by british parliament. The Representation of the People Act 1832 ( known as the Reform Act 1832 or as The Great Reform Act) was an Act of Parliament that introduced wide-ranging changes to the electoral system of England and Wales. -
Slavery is banned in Britan
This is when slavery is banned in all british colonies. In 1772, Lord Mansfield's judgement in the Somersett's Case emancipated a slave in England, which helped launch the movement to abolish slavery. While slavery was unsupported by law in England and Scotland and no authority could be exercised on slaves entering English or Scottish soil, this did not yet apply to the rest of the British Empire. -
Queen Victoria Asends to the Throne
This is when queen Victoria ascends to the throne. Queen Victoria was the monarch of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 20 June 1837 until her death. -
Irish Potato Famine begins
During the summer of 1845, a disease devastated Ireland's potato crop, the main food of the Irish diet. A few days after potatoes were dug from the ground, they began to turn into a slimy, decaying, blackish "mass of rottenness." People originally thought that this was the cause of smoke from trains, but it was later proved to be vapours from underground volcanos -
Britian Ends Public Hangings
This is when britsh parliament ends all public hangings. Capital punishment in the United Kingdom was used from the creation of the state in 1707 until the practice was abolished in the 19th century. -
Use of Secret Ballot in Great Britain passes
This is when the use of secret ballot in great britain passes. The secret ballot is a voting method in which a voter's choices in an election are anonymous. -
Queen Victoria Dies
This is when queen Victoria dies. Queen Victoria was the monarch of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 20 June 1837 until her death. -
All Women Gain Right To Vote
This is when All women 30 and older gain the right to vote in Great Britain. Women's suffrage in the United Kingdom was a national movement that began in 1872. Women were not prohibited from voting in the United Kingdom until the 1832 Reform Act and the 1835 Municipal Corporations Act.
