Britain between 1846-1867 - Statistics

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Lord John Russell becomes PM for the first time	1846	0%
Aided by John Fielden in its passage, this Factory Act regulates 10 hour days	1847	0%
The Public Health Act is passed, due to a large cholera outbreak (short-term) as well as Chadwick and Shaftesbury's work	1848	0%
Russell's government establish a Board of Health, as part of public health reform	1848	0%
A rising in Ireland occurs, caused by Young Ireland	1848	0%
Yet another Chartist petition fails, emphasising parliamentary reluctance to extend the franchise	1848	0%
The Navigation Acts are repealed	1849	0%
The phrase 'High Farming' is coined	1849	0%
The Irish Potato Famine comes to an end	1849	0%
By this year, the process of enclosure is virtually complete	1850	0%
This Factory Act closes a loophole in the previous 10 hour act, sanctioning a 60-hour week for 18-18 year olds	1850	0%
The Bessemer process is created, a cheap and efficient way of making steel	1850	0%
This decade sparks a revival in trade unionism	1850s	0%
The Conservative party abandon protection in order to attract industry and commerce	1850s	0%
William Gladstone's tariff reforms between these two decades help stimulate Free Trade	1850s-1860s	0%
The National Public Schools' Association and the National Education League champion a permissive education act	1850s-1860s	0%
Lord John Russell's first ministry comes to an end, replaced by Lord Derby	1852	0%
The Whig-Peelite coalition begins its three-year rule	1852	0%
The Earl of Aberdeen becomes PM, replacing Derby	1852	0%
The Smallpox Act makes smallpox vaccinations compulsory, as germ theory proves disease prevention possible	1853	0%
Lord Palmerston becomes PM, replacing Aberdeen	1855	0%
The Radicals, Whigs and Peelites combine as part of the Liberal Party	1857	0%
The Great Stink of this year begins, motivating Parliament's decision to accept Joseph Bazalgette's proposal for sewers	1858	0%
Derby returns to cabinet for his second time as PM	1858	0%
The General Health Board is dissolved	1858	0%
Fenianism begins in Ireland	1858	0%
The Irish Republic Brotherhood is set up in Ireland	1858	0%
Lord Palmerston begins his second administration, replacing Derby as PM	1859	0%
The Whig-Peelite and Liberal coalition rules for the next 6 years	1859	0%
'Self-Help' is published	1859	0%
Charles Darwin's 'On the Origin of Species' is published. This leads to a substantial decline in religion	1859	0%
Demographic changes pushes reform onto the political agenda	1860	0%
The modern Conservative Party accepts industrial capitalism	1860	0%
The real wages of farm labourers begin rise	1860	0%
Radical MP John Bright begins to increase his influence on Gladstone	1860s	0%
Gladstone introduces Post Office banks	1861	0%
Pasteur releases his Germ Theory, arguing that microorganisms cause disease, not vice versa	1861	0%
The Cooperative Wholesale Society is set up	1863	0%
The first London Underground line opens	1863	0%
Giuseppe Garibaldi, hero of the Italian unification movement, visits London to spur forward interest in British political reform	1864	0%
Lord John Russell becomes PM for the second time	1865	0%
The Whigs, Peelites, Liberals and Radicals become the ruling coalition	1865	0%
Bazalgette's sewer system is first opened in London	1865	0%
Leading union men in the London Trades Council meet and start a campaign for reform	1866	0%
Lord Derby returns to office, his third time as PM	1866	0%
Upon his retirement, Russell hands over leadership of the Liberal Party to Gladstone	1866	0%
Disraeli becomes leader of the Conservatives in the commons	1866	0%
This Reform Bill proposes a relaxation of the voting qualification to give skilled workers and smallholders the vote	1866	0%
A group of Liberals throw out this proposed Reform Bill, claiming that reform would give the vote to the 'ignorant'	1866	0%
In retaliation to parliament's rejection of Gladstone's Reform Bill, the Reform League organise demonstrations nationwide	1866	0%
A violent outbreak near Hyde Park after after a Reform League meeting is prevented, although causes significant alarm	1866	0%
The Treasury attempts to boost house-building, offering loans to local authorities	1866	0%
Thomas Kelly organises the Fenian Rising, leading to disturbances across England and Ireland	1867	0%
Lancaster is disenfranchised, having spent £14,000 to bribe its 1400 voters in a general election	1867	0%
Lord Derby retires, leaving Benjamin Disraeli as PM	1867	0%
Palmerston dies in Arkansas, aged 80	18 October 1865	0%
The Great Exhibition takes place at the Crystal Palace	1 May 1851-15 Oct 1851	0%
Sir Robert Peel dies, aged 62. He is said to have fallen from, and been stumbled on top of, by his horse, consequently breaking his collarbone and fatally rupturing his subclavian vessels.	2 July 1850	0%
The Reform Union is formed	April 1864	0%
This Reform Act extends the franchise. A mix of pragmatism and political strategy, it gives skilled workers the vote	August 1867	0%
The Reform League is set up	February 1865	0%
The public works legislation phases out	March 1847	0%
The second massive Reform League meeting takes place in London	May 1867	0%

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