Regency Period

By tiffanysherman

  • Jane Austen Born

  • 1st Edition of The Times of London

  • Triple Alliance is Formed

  • GW elected as first President of the US

  • France Adopts the Declaration of the Rights of Man

  • Vindication of the Rights of Men Published

  • Ann Radcliffe’s The Romance of the Forest Published

  • The French Royal Family Captured

  • 1st Issue of "The Observer" is Published

  • Mozart Dies

  • Denmark 1st Country to Outlaw Slavery

  • Gas Lighting Invented

  • Day 1 of the French Revolutionary Calendar

  • The Reign of Terror Begins in France

  • Queen Marie Antoinette of France is Executed

  • First Draft of Pride & Prejudice

  • Parliament Passes World’s 1st Income Tax

  • Rosetta Stone Discovered

  • The Dutch East India Company Ends

  • U.S. Library of Congress is Founded

  • the Act of Union with Ireland Creates the UK

  • The Treaty of London is Signed

  • Parliament Repeals the British Income Tax of 1799

  • Wordsworth Publishes Westminster Bridge

  • The Napoleonic Code Adopted as French Civil Law

  • William Blake publishes Milton

  • Ann & Jane Taylor Publish Nursery Rhymes

  • The Dutch Surrender Cape Town to the British

  • Napoleon attacks Russia

  • Napoleon Defeats Russian Troops

  • Regency Act Passed by Parliament

  • Napoleon's Son Born (King of Rome)

  • Percy Bysshe Shelley Kicked Out of Oxford

  • Prince of Wales

    The Prince of Wales began his nine year tenure as a regent.

  • Luddite Movement Began

  • 90-day Embargo on Trade with US

  • British Prime Minister Assassinated

  • US Declares War on Britian

  • British Defeat US Forces at Battle of Rasin River

  • Pride and Prejudice Published

  • British Forces Invade US and Take Fort Niagara

  • Treaty of Paris is Signed

  • Burning of Washington

  • Failed Bombardment of Fort McHenry

  • Times of London Gets Steam-Driven Printing Press

  • Treaty of Ghent Signed

  • Napolean Escaped Elba

  • Napolean Final Exile

  • Income Tax Abolished England

  • Parliament Passed Coercion Acts

  • Jane Austen Dies

  • Vaccination Against Small Pox