Regency Period By tiffanysherman Dec 18, 1775 Jane Austen Born Jan 1, 1788 1st Edition of The Times of London Aug 13, 1788 Triple Alliance is Formed Apr 30, 1789 GW elected as first President of the US Aug 26, 1789 France Adopts the Declaration of the Rights of Man Nov 1, 1790 Vindication of the Rights of Men Published Mar 27, 1791 Ann Radcliffe’s The Romance of the Forest Published Jun 20, 1791 The French Royal Family Captured Dec 4, 1791 1st Issue of "The Observer" is Published Dec 5, 1791 Mozart Dies Jan 1, 1792 Denmark 1st Country to Outlaw Slavery Jan 1, 1792 Gas Lighting Invented Sep 22, 1792 Day 1 of the French Revolutionary Calendar Sep 5, 1793 The Reign of Terror Begins in France Oct 16, 1793 Queen Marie Antoinette of France is Executed Jan 1, 1796 First Draft of Pride & Prejudice Jan 9, 1799 Parliament Passes World’s 1st Income Tax Jun 15, 1799 Rosetta Stone Discovered Jan 1, 1800 The Dutch East India Company Ends Mar 27, 1800 U.S. Library of Congress is Founded Jan 1, 1801 the Act of Union with Ireland Creates the UK Sep 20, 1801 The Treaty of London is Signed Apr 6, 1802 Parliament Repeals the British Income Tax of 1799 Sep 3, 1802 Wordsworth Publishes Westminster Bridge Mar 21, 1804 The Napoleonic Code Adopted as French Civil Law Jan 1, 1805 William Blake publishes Milton Jan 1, 1806 Ann & Jane Taylor Publish Nursery Rhymes Jan 10, 1806 The Dutch Surrender Cape Town to the British Feb 1, 1807 Napoleon attacks Russia Jun 14, 1807 Napoleon Defeats Russian Troops Feb 5, 1811 Regency Act Passed by Parliament Mar 20, 1811 Napoleon's Son Born (King of Rome) Mar 25, 1811 Percy Bysshe Shelley Kicked Out of Oxford Jun 19, 1811 Prince of Wales The Prince of Wales began his nine year tenure as a regent. Nov 1, 1811 Luddite Movement Began Apr 4, 1812 90-day Embargo on Trade with US May 11, 1812 British Prime Minister Assassinated Jun 18, 1812 US Declares War on Britian Jan 23, 1813 British Defeat US Forces at Battle of Rasin River Jan 28, 1813 Pride and Prejudice Published Dec 18, 1813 British Forces Invade US and Take Fort Niagara May 30, 1814 Treaty of Paris is Signed Aug 24, 1814 Burning of Washington Sep 13, 1814 Failed Bombardment of Fort McHenry Nov 29, 1814 Times of London Gets Steam-Driven Printing Press Dec 24, 1814 Treaty of Ghent Signed Feb 26, 1815 Napolean Escaped Elba Oct 15, 1815 Napolean Final Exile Mar 18, 1816 Income Tax Abolished England Mar 4, 1817 Parliament Passed Coercion Acts Jul 18, 1817 Jane Austen Dies May 14, 2014 Vaccination Against Small Pox