British Politics 1789 - 1900 By Christopher Wyvill 1789 French Revolution 1793 Aliens Act 1794 Habeas Corpus Amendment Act 1795 Seditious Meetings Act & Treasonable Offences Act 1795 London Corresponding Society Demonstration 1796 Irish Rebellion 1797 Defence of the Realm Act 1797 French Landing in Fishguard 1797 Spithead Naval Mutiny 1798 Incitement to Mutiny Act & Taxes and Regulations on Newspapers 1798 United Irishmen Rebellion 1799 Income Tax Act, Combination Acts & LCS and United Irishmen Banned 1800 Combination Acts (again) 1801 Habeas Corpus Amendment Act (again) 1801 Food Riots in Lancashire, Yorkshire and Nottingham Period: 1811 to 1817 Luddites 1815 Corn Laws 1816 Spa Fields Meeting 1817 Gagging Acts 1817 March of the Blanketeers 1817 Derbyshire Rising 1819 Lord Liverpool's Factory Act & Six Acts 1819 Peterloo Massacre 1820 Truck Act 1820 Cato Street Conspiracy Period: 1820 to 1830 Navigation Laws & Penal Code Reform 1823 Reciprocity of Duties Act & Jails Act 1824 Repeal of the Combination Laws 1825 Amending Act 1828 Modification of the Corn Laws & Repeal of the Test and Corporations Act 1829 Catholic Emancipation Act & Metropolitan Police Act 1830 Swing Riots 1831 Merthyr Rising 1832 Great Reform Act 1833 Abolition of the Slave Trade 1833 Lord Grey's Education Act 1833 Lord Grey's Factory Act 1834 Poor Law Amendment Act 1834 Tamworth Manifesto 1835 Municipal Corporations Act 1836 Registration of Births, Deaths and Marriages 1836 Tithe Commutation Act 1839 Rebecca Riots 1839 Newport Rising 1840 Penny Post 1842 Peel's Mines Act 1842 Plug Plot 1844 Bank Charter Act, Companies Act & Peel's Factory Act 1846 Repeal of the Corn Laws 1848 Public Health Act 1848 Kennington Common 1868 Public Schools Act 1870 Forster's Education Act 1870 War Office Act 1870 Army Enlistment Act 1871 Trade Union Act 1871 Universities Tests Act 1871 Purchasing of Commissions Act 1871 Elementary Education Act 1871 Income Tax Act 1871 Criminal Law Amendment Act 1872 Ballot Act 1872 Licensing Act 1875 Artisans Dwellings Act