 1782 - 1787 (5 years)
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Date |
Event(s) |
| 1 | 1782 | - 1782: Gilbert's Act establishes outdoor poor relief the way of life of the poor beginning to
alter due to industrialisation New factories in rapidly expanding towns required a workforce
that would adjust to new work patterns
- 1782: James Watt patents his steam engine
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| 2 | 1783 | - 1783: Duty payable on Parish Register entries (3d per entry repealed 1794) led to a fall in
entries!
- 3 Sep 1783: Treaty of Versailles (Britain/US)
- 3 Nov 1783: Last public execution at Tyburn in London (John Austin, a highwayman)
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| 3 | 1784 | - 1784: Pitt's India Act the Crown (as opposed to officers of the East India Company) has
power to guide Indian politics
- 1784: Wesley breaks with the Church of England
- 1784: First golf club founded at St Andrews
- 1784: Invention of threshing machine by Andrew Meikle
- 2 Aug 1784: First mail coaches in England (4pm Bristol / 8am London)
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| 4 | 1785 | - 1785: Sunday School Society founded to educate poor children (by 1851, enrols more than 2
million)
- 1 Jan 1785: John Walter publishes first edition of The Times (called The Daily Universal
Register for 3 years)
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| 5 | 1787 | - 1787: MCC (Marylebone Cricket Club) established at Thomas Lord's ground in London
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