Editing Regency era (section)

== Events ==

; 1811:George Augustus Frederick, Prince of Wales,<ref>{{cite web|title= George IV (r. 1820–1830) |url=http://www.royal.gov.uk/HistoryoftheMonarchy/KingsandQueensoftheUnitedKingdom/TheHanoverians/GeorgeIV.aspx|publisher=The Royal Household|access-date=12 April 2015}}</ref> began his nine-year tenure as [[Prince regent|regent]] and became known as ''The Prince Regent''. This sub-period of the [[Georgian era]] began the formal Regency. The [[Duke of Wellington]] held off the French at [[Fuentes de Oñoro]] and [[Battle of Albuera|Albuhera]] in the [[Peninsular War]]. The Prince Regent held the [[Carlton House Fête]] at 9:00&nbsp;p.m. 19 June 1811, at [[Carlton House, London|Carlton House]] in celebration of his assumption of the Regency. [[Luddite]] uprisings. Glasgow weavers riot.
; 1812: [[Assassination of Spencer Perceval|Prime Minister Spencer Perceval was assassinated]] in the [[House of Commons of the United Kingdom|House of Commons]]. The final shipment of the [[Elgin Marbles]] arrived in England. [[Sarah Siddons]] retired from the stage. Shipping and territory disputes started the [[War of 1812]] between the United Kingdom and the United States. The British were victorious over French armies at the [[Battle of Salamanca]]. Gas company ([[Gas Light and Coke Company]]) founded. Charles Dickens, English writer and social critic of the [[Victorian era]], was born on 7 February 1812.
; 1813: ''[[Pride and Prejudice]]'' by [[Jane Austen]] was published. [[William Hedley]]'s [[Puffing Billy (locomotive)|Puffing Billy]], an early [[steam locomotive]], ran on smooth rails. [[Quakers|Quaker]] prison reformer [[Elizabeth Fry]] started her ministry at [[Newgate Prison]]. [[Robert Southey]] became [[Poet Laureate]].
; 1814: Invasion of France by allies led to the [[Treaty of Paris (1814)|Treaty of Paris]], ended one of the [[Napoleonic Wars]]. Napoleon abdicated and was exiled to [[Elba]]. The Duke of Wellington was honoured at [[Burlington House]] in London. British soldiers [[Burning of Washington|burn the White House]]. Last [[River Thames Frost Fair]] was held, which was the last time the river froze. [[Gas lighting]] introduced in London streets.[[File:De Slag bij Waterloo Rijksmuseum SK-A-1115.jpeg|thumb|upright=1.2|''[[The Battle of Waterloo (Pieneman painting)|The Battle of Waterloo]]'' by [[Jan Willem Pieneman]], 1824. Wellington at the [[Battle of Waterloo]]]]
; 1815:[[Napoleon I of France]] defeated by the [[Hundred Days|Seventh Coalition]] at the [[Battle of Waterloo]]. Napoleon was exiled to [[St. Helena]]. The English [[Corn Laws]] restricted corn imports. [[Sir Humphry Davy]] patented the [[Miner's safety lamp|miners' safety lamp]]. [[John Loudon Macadam]]'s [[Macadam|road construction method]] adopted.
; 1816: Income tax abolished. A "[[year without a summer]]" followed a [[1815 eruption of Mount Tambora|volcanic eruption in Indonesia]]. [[Mary Shelley]] wrote ''[[Frankenstein]]''. [[William Cobbett]] published his newspaper as a pamphlet. The British returned [[Indonesia]] to the Dutch. [[Regent's Canal]], London, phase one of construction. [[Beau Brummell]] escaped his creditors by fleeing to France.
; 1817: [[Antonin Carême]] created a spectacular feast for the Prince Regent at the [[Royal Pavilion]] in Brighton. The death of [[Princess Charlotte of Wales (1796–1817)|Princess Charlotte]], the Prince Regent's daughter, from complications of childbirth changed [[Obstetrics|obstetrical practices]]. Elgin Marbles shown at the [[British Museum]]. [[Captain Bligh]] died.
; 1818: [[Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz|Queen Charlotte]] died at [[Kew]]. Manchester cotton spinners went on strike. Riot in [[Stanhope, County Durham]] between lead miners and the [[Bishop of Durham]]'s men over Weardale game rights. [[Piccadilly Circus]] constructed in London. ''[[Frankenstein]]'' published. [[Emily Brontë]] born.
; 1819:[[Peterloo Massacre]]. Princess Alexandrina Victoria (future [[Queen Victoria]]) was christened in [[Kensington Palace]]. ''[[Ivanhoe]]'' by [[Walter Scott]] was published. [[Sir Stamford Raffles]], a British administrator, founded [[Singapore]]. First steam-propelled vessel (the [[SS Savannah|SS ''Savannah'']]) crossed the Atlantic and arrived in Liverpool from [[Savannah, Georgia]].
; 1820: Death of George III and the accession of ''The Prince Regent'' as George IV. The [[House of Lords]] passed a bill to grant George IV a divorce from [[Caroline of Brunswick|Queen Caroline]], but because of public pressure, the bill was dropped. [[John Constable]] began work on ''[[The Hay Wain]]''. [[Cato Street Conspiracy]] failed. [[Royal Astronomical Society]] founded. ''[[Venus de Milo]]'' discovered.