Imgres 1

United Kingdom 1800 to 1900

By cpeter

  • United K. and Ireland established with one monarch and one parliament; Catholics excluded from voting

  • War of 1812 begins between America and Britain

    War of 1812 begins between America and Britain

  • Burning of the white house

    Burning of the white house

  • War of 1812 ends with Treaty of Ghent in 1815

    War of 1812 ends with Treaty of Ghent in 1815

  • First railroad built in England

  • Slavery abolished in British Empire

    Slavery abolished in British Empire

  • Potato blight leads to Irish famine

  • Alfred Nobel invents dynamite

    Alfred Nobel invents dynamite

  • Economic crisis in europe

    Economic crisis in europe

    The construction of the Suez Canal, which opened in 1869, was one of the causes of the Panic of 1873, because the goods from the Far East were carried in sailing vessels around the Cape of Good Hope and were stored in British warehouses, but sailing vessels were not adaptable for use through the Suez Canal, because the prevailing winds of the Mediterranean Sea blow from west to east
  • Britain invades and conquers Egypt.

    Britain invades and conquers Egypt.