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1758
 
   
Liverpool-born artist George Stubbs sets up in London as a painter, above all, of people and horses      
Stubbs A Gentleman driving a Lady in a Phaeton 1787
National Gallery, London

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c. 1770
 
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The triangular trade, controlled from Liverpool, ships millions of Africans across the Atlantic as slaves       
1812
 
    
After the death of Perceval, Lord Liverpool begins a 15-year spell as Britain's prime minister       
1822
 
    
George Canning becomes the British foreign secretary for the second time, in Lord Liverpool's government       
1829
 
     
The locomotive Rocket, built by George and Robert Stephenson, defeats two rivals in the Rainhill trials, near Liverpool        
Stephenson's Rocket (replica)
National Archives, Kew
1830
 
     
George Stephenson's railway between Liverpool and Manchester opens, with passengers pulled by eight locomotives based on Rocket        
Satire on the steam locomotive, c.1845
Guildhall Library