AQA History A-Level Industrialisation Dates

• Henry VIII broke from the Catholic Church and established the independent Church of England in 1534.
• 1783


  William Pitt appointed Prime Minister
• 1786


  Pitt introduces sinking fund
• 1786


  Pitt signs Anglo-French trade treaty
• 14 July 1789


  Start of the French Revolution in Paris, caused fear and unrest in Britain
• 1790


  Publication of 'Reflections of the Revolution in France' by Edmund Burke condemning the revolutionaries
• 1791


  Publication of Tom Paine's 'The Rights of Man' in support of the revolution
• 1793


  Britain became involved in the French Revolutionary Wars
• 1798


  Irish Rebellion led by Wolfe Tone
• 1798


  Introduction of income tax for the first time, as a war measure
• 1799/1800


  Combination Acts introduced to prevent groups of workers combining to demand better wages and conditions
• 1800


  Act of Union with Ireland passed through parliament
• 1801


  First official census puts population of Great Britain and Ireland at over 15 million
• 1805


  Nelson's victory at Trafalgar
• 1806


  Death of William Pitt
• 1807


  William Wilberforce campaigning achieves abolition of slave trade by Britain
• 1811


  Prince of Wales made Regent, because of deteriorating mental health of George III
• 1811-12

  Luddite riots were an indication of textile workers' anger at low wages and social distress
• 1815


  Wellington's victory over Napoleon at Waterloo marked the end of the Napoleonic Wars
• 1815


  Passing of the Corn Laws to protect home grown wheat against the import of cheap foreign corn
• 1819


  The Peterloo Massacre
• 1819


  Lord Liverpool's government passes the repressive Six Acts
• 1823


  Reform of the Penal Code, cutting number of crimes punishable by death
• 1824


  Repeal of the Combination Acts
• 1828


  Repeal of the Test and Corporation Acts
• 1829


  Granting of Catholic Emancipation
• 1829


  Introduction of the first Metropolitan Police Force
• 1830


  Opening of the Liverpool to Manchester railway line
• 1832


  The first Parliamentary Reform Act, challenges the political dominance of the landed aristocracy
• 1833


  Abolition of Slavery throughout the British Empire
• 1833


  Factory Act limited hours children could work
• 1834


  Trial of the Tolpuddle martyrs
• 1834


  Robert Peel's Tamworth Manifesto defines Conservatism
• 1834


  Poor Law Amendment Act, established a workhouse system for poor relief
• 1835


  Municipal Corporations Act leads to a complete overhaul of local government
• 1836


  Registration of Births, Deaths and Marriages Act
• 1837


  Queen Victoria succeeds to the throne
• 1838


  Publication of the Six Points of the People's Charter and start of Chartist Movement
• 1842


  Prime Minister Robert Peel's budget introduced peacetime income tax
• 1842


  Mines Act prohibits underground employment for women and children