1785. "Industrial Revolution"; Canals; Watt's Steam Engine (S563)
1796. Vaccination introduced (S537)
1799. First Savings Bank (S621)
*1800. Great Britain and Ireland united (S562)
1805. Battle of Trafalgar (S557)
1807. Steam Navigation begins (S565)
1812. War with America (S558)
1815. Battle of Waterloo (S559)
1819. The Six Acts (S571)
1829. Catholic Emancipation (S573)
1830. First Passenger Railway (S584)
*1832. Great Suffrage Reform (S582)
*1835. Municipal Reform (S599)
1837-1911. Colonial Expansion (S618)
*1838-1848. Rise of Chartrists (S591)
1839. Postage Reform (S590)
1845. First Telegraph (S614)
1845. Irish Famine (S593)
1846. Repeal of the Corn Laws (S594)
1857. Rebellion in India (S597)
1858. Jews enter Parliament (S599)
1859. Darwin's Evolution (S606)
1861. The Trent Affair (S598)
1866. Permanent Atlantic Cable (S595)
1867. Second Suffrage Reform (S600)
1869. Partial Woman Suffrage (S599)
1869. Free Trade established (S594)
1870. The Education Act (S602)
*1870. Civil Service Reform (S609)
1870. Irish Land Act (S603)