The regency period

The Regency Period

By jessicamoreshead

  • George III's madness started the First Regency crisis.

    The first Regency Crisis is brought about by George’s III’s first bout of madness.

  • A Regency Bill is introduced in Parliament.

  • Louis XVI accepts a constitutional monarchy.

  • The Priestly Riots take place in Birmingham.

  • Louis XVI and his family are arrested and held as prisoners.

  • Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette are executed.

  • Lord Howe defeats the French fleet.

  • Famine in England is brought on by bad harvests.

  • Princess Charlotte is born to the Prince and Princess of Wales.

  • Nelson knighted after Battle of St. Vincent.

  • Nelson is victorious at the Battle of the Nile.

  • World's first income tax was established.

  • Napoleon invades Italy.

  • The Act of Union creates the United Kingdom.

  • Peace with France.

  • Napoleon negotiates the Louisiana Purchase with the United States.

  • Napoleon crowns himself Emperor of France.

  • The Battle of Trafalgar brings about death of Nelson.

  • Lord Grenville becomes Prime Minister.

  • Parliament passes the Slave Trade Act, ending slave trade.

  • Napoleon invades Spain.

  • The Duke of York involved in scandal.

  • Treaty of Paris ends the war between France and Sweden.

  • The Regency Act is passed by Parliament.

  • The Prime Minister is assassinated.

  • British forces are busy in the wars on the Spanish Peninsula and in America.

  • Napoleon is defeated and exiled to Elba.

  • Napoleon escapes from Elba.

  • The income tax is abolished in Britain.

  • Post-war economic depression and mass unemployment stir riots and protests throughout England.

  • Queen Charlotte dies.

  • The Peterloo Massacre inspires political protest and government restraints.

  • George IV becomes king.