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1800. 8 January: The first soup kitchens are opened in London. [1] 13 January: The Royal Institution is granted a royal charter. [2] 22 March: The Company of Surgeons is granted a royal charter to become the Royal College of Surgeons in London. [2] 15 May: George III survives 2 assassination attempts in London.
Racegoers attending Royal Ascot in England before the First World War. The social season, or season, refers to the traditional annual period in the spring and summer when it is customary for members of the social elite of British society to hold balls, dinner parties and charity events. Until the First World War, it was also the appropriate ...
c. 16,000 BC. During the Last Glacial Maximum, Ireland is covered in ice sheets. c. 12,000 BC. A narrow channel forms between Prehistoric Ireland and southwest Scotland [1] c. 10,000 BC. Carbon-dating on bear bones indicate the presence of Paleolithic people in County Clare. [2] c. 8000 BC.
For a given epidemic or pandemic, the average of its estimated death toll range is used for ranking. If the death toll averages of two or more epidemics or pandemics are equal, then the smaller the range, the higher the rank. For the historical records of major changes in the world population, see world population. [3] [4]
July Revolution in France. The Belgian Revolution in the United Kingdom of the Netherlands led to the creation of Belgium. Greater Colombia dissolved and the nations of Colombia (including modern-day Panama), Ecuador, and Venezuela took its place. November Uprising in Poland against Russia; it fails.
The 19th century was an era of rapidly accelerating scientific discovery and invention, with significant developments in the fields of mathematics, physics, chemistry, biology, electricity, and metallurgy that laid the groundwork for the technological advances of the 20th century. [4]
Events. Assassination attempt against King George III, 15 May 1800. January – Maria Edgeworth 's first extended work of fiction, the pioneering historical novel Castle Rackrent, is published anonymously in London. 8 January – first soup kitchens open in London. [2]
Pre-1800, when the area was much more forested and the ecology much more resilient, 4.4-11.9 million acres (1.8-4.8 million hectares) of forest and shrubland burned annually. [1] California land area totals 99,813,760 or roughly 100 million acres, so since 2000, the area that burned annually has ranged between 90,000 acres, or 0.09%, and ...