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Events relating to england
English engineer George Stephenson builds his first locomotive, the Blucher, and runs it at the Killingworth colliery
The Times, England's oldest daily newspaper, becomes the first to print on a steam press
Britain and the United States sign the Treaty of Ghent, ending the War of 1812
English chemist Humphry Davy invents a safety lamp that shields the naked flame and prevents explosions in mines
Scottish engineer John McAdam builds the first macadamized road, in the Bristol region of southwest England
The first news of the victory at Waterloo is given to the British government by a private citizen, Nathan Mayer Rothschild
Wellington is presented with a twice-life-size nude marble statue, by Canova, of his vanquished enemy Napoleon
English architect John Nash designs the exotic Royal Pavilion in Brighton for the Prince Regent
Jane Austen dies in Winchester, and is buried in the cathedral
On the death of Princess Charlotte, not one of seven princes has an heir to succeed to the British throne in the next generation
Percy Bysshe Shelley publishes probably his best-known poem, the sonnet Ozymandias
Two of Jane Austen's novels, Northanger Abbey and Persuasion, are published in the year after her death
Mary Shelley publishes Frankenstein, or the Modern Prometheus, a Gothic tale about giving life to an artificial man
William Cobbett brings back to England the bones of Thomas Paine, who died in the USA in 1809
Magistrates order troops to fire on a crowd in Manchester, in what becomes known as the Peterloo massacre
Byron begins publication in parts of his longest poem, Don Juan an epic satirical comment on contemporary life
The United Kingdom formally adopts the gold standard for its currency, after using it on a de facto basis since 1717
Walter Scott publishes Ivanhoe, a tale of love, tournaments and sieges at the time of the crusades
The British king George III dies after 59 years on the throne – a longer reign than any of his predecessors
On the death of his father, George III, the Prince Regent succeeds to the British throne as George IV
English poet John Keats publishes Ode to a Nightingale, inspired by the bird's song in his Hampstead garden
English poet Percy Bysshe Shelley publishes Ode to the West Wind, written mainly in a wood near Florence
French painter Théodore Géricault begins a two-year visit to Britain
English painter John Constable acquires a house in Hampstead, a region of London that features frequently in his work
English author Thomas De Quincey publishes his autobiographical Confessions of an English Opium-Eater
