1807             abolition of the slave trade

1828             repeal of the Test and Corporations Act

1829             Catholic Emancipation

1832             Reform Act

1833             abolition of slavery

                    Factory Act

1834             New Poor Law

1835             Municipal Corporations Act

                    Municipal Reform Act

1837             Accession of Queen Victoria

1838             founding of the Anti-Corn Law League

1839-1848     Chartist agitation

1844             Factory Act

1846             repeal of the Corn Law

1847             Factory Act

1848             establishment of a national Board of Health