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| 1701 | George I |  |
| London Act of Settlement, settles succession if William III, Mary II or Anne have no heirs |
| London The Act of Settlement excludes Catholics from the throne, including James II |
| 1701 | Sophia Dorothea of Zell | |
| The Act of Settlement passes the crown on the death of Anne to Sophia |
| 1707 | Anne | |
| 1st May London The Scottish Parliament refuses the succession, the Act of Succession is passed |
| 1714 | George I | |
| London The Act of Settlement recognizes George I's succession as King of Britain & Ireland |
| 1716 | Walpole, Robert | |
| 26th April Extends the life of Parliament to 7 years |
| 1722 | Walpole, Robert | |
| 17th Oct Suspended due to fears of a Jacobite uprising |
| 1727 | Walpole, Robert | |
| The Winner of the favor of George II when he increases the Civil List by œ100,000 |
| 1728 | Walpole, Robert | |
| 6th May Disenfrachises the Irish Roman Catholics |
| 1733 | Walpole, Robert | |
| 11th April London Attempts to tackle smuggling |
| 11th April London Drops scheme to impose internal tax rather than duties on tobacco & wine |
| 1752 | Pelham-Holles | |
| 1st Jan London Officially New Years day for the 1st time, until now the year had begun 25th March |
| 14th Sep London Britain & its colonies adopt the Gregorian calendar by decree of Parliament |
| 14th Sep London The 14th Sept follows the 2nd Sept |
| 1761 | Anson, George | |
| London Reforms the Navy |
| 1764 | Grenville, George Nugent Temple | |
| London An attempt by Grenville to levy taxes in the American colonies to pay for their upkeep |
| London A tax imposed on the British colonies to pay for their upkeep |
| 1765 | Grenville, George Nugent Temple | |
| London Due to the Kings mental condition a regency bill is drawn up |
| London The stamp tax leads to a cry of "no taxation without representation" from America |
| 1770 | North, Frederick | |
| Repeals the Townshend Acts, except duty on tea, in response to unrest in America |
| 1772 | George III | |
| London If a monarch wishes to marry age over 25 notice must be given to the Privy Council |
| 1772 | North, Frederick | |
| 10th May London The East India Co can sell directly, competing with American smugglers |
| 10th May London The East India Co goes bankrupt so mercantalist burdens are lifted |
| 1783 | Pitt the Younger, William | |
| Forwards plans for modifying the East India Charter but is defeated |
| Forwards plans for Parliamentary reform but is defeated |
| 1784 | Pitt the Younger, William | |
| Introduces a Parliamentary reform bill which is defeated by 248 votes to 174 |
| Passes legislation establishing a new constitution for the East India Company |
| 1785 | Pitt the Younger, William | |
| Fails to create a commercial union of the British Isles |
| 1787 | Pitt the Younger, William | |
| Passes an Act regulating the Slave Trade |
| 1789 | George IV | |
| London Pitt passes a Bill introducing a restricted form of Regency controlled by Parliament |
| 1791 | Wesley, John | |
| After Wesley's death Methodists become nonconformist |
| 1792 | Pitt the Younger, William | |
| 1st assertion collective cabinet responsibility |
| 1792 | Wilberforce, William | |
| 2nd April Henry Dundas , Home Secretary, proposes a compromise of so-'gradual abolition' over a number of years, passsed by 230 to 85 votes, but the compromise is la clever ploy to indefinitly delay final abolition |
| 1798 | Pitt the Younger, William | |
| Forces George III to drop Catholic Emancipation after the rebellion of Ireland |
| 1799 | Wilberforce, William | |
| The Slave Trade Regulation Act is passed to further reduce overcrowding on slave ships |
| 1800 | Stewart | |
| London Passes Pitt's measures for union with Ireland through the House of Commons |
| 1802 | Addington, Henry | |
| London The Health & Morals of Apprentices Act, 1st textile workhouse children regulations |
| 1806 | Grey, Charles | |
| London Passes a Bill through Parliament abolishing the slave trade |
| 1806 | Wilberforce, William | |
| The Foreign Slave Trade Act is quickly passed and the tactic proves successful, the new legislation effectively prohibited two-thirds of the British slave trade |
| 1807 | Grenville, George Nugent Temple | |
| 25th Mar London Royal Assent is given to an Act abolishing slavery |
| 1807 | Wilberforce, William | |
| 25th Mar The Slave Trade Act receives the royal assent |
| 1809 | Cartwright, John | |
| London Cartwight's radical proposals for electoral reform are rejected by Parliament |
| London Proposes annual Parliaments & constituencies of equal size |
| London Proposes a wider franchise to include all householders & taxpayers |
| 1810 | Fry, Elizabeth | |
| Dedicates her life to prison reform |
| 1811 | George III | |
| 11th Feb London Parliament can appoint the future George IV as Regent due to the health of George III |
| 1811 | Perceval, Spencer | |
| London An Enforcement Bill makes participation in the slave trade a transportable offence |
| 1824 | Hume, Joseph | |
| 21st June London Workers can organize as the Combination Acts are repealed, supported by Joseph Hume |
| 1824 | Owen, Robert | |
| Supports free progressive education |
| Supports the abolition od slavery |
| 1825 | Banks Jenkinson, Robert | |
| 16th July London An Act allows workers to combine & secure wages & hours, they cannot strike |
| 1825 | Temple, Henry John | |
| London Votes in favour of Catholic Emanicipation |
| 4th Dec London "The Protestants will support me as a Tory & the Whigs as a Catholic" |
| 1828 | Wellesley, Arthur | |
| 9th May London The Test & Corporation Acts dating from Charles II are repealed |
| 15th July London Corn prices are based on a sliding scale compared with domestic prices |
| 15th July London Reduces high prices caused by the Corn Law of 1815 |
| 1829 | O'Connell, Daniel | |
| London The Catholic Association achieves its aim of religious toleration |
| 1829 | Peel, Robert | |
| 19th June London Legislates for the foundation of the Metropolitan Police Force |
| 1829 | Temple, Henry John | |
| London Speaks against the Bill to suppress O'Connell's Catholic Association |
| 1829 | Wellesley, Arthur | |
| London Pushed through Parliament by Wellington, allows Catholics the vote & sit in Parliament |
| London Requires Catholic MP's to take an oath of loyalty |
| 5th Mar London The Roman Catholic Relief Bill passes through the House of Commons |
| 13th April London The Catholic Emancipation Act, becomes law & the vote is extended to Catholics |
| 16th April London Reform for Roman Catholic subjects receives Royal assent |
| 1831 | Grey, Charles | |
| 1st Mar Introduces the Reform Bill, it passes its 2nd reading by 1 vote but is then defeated |
| 21st Sep The 2nd Reform Bill passes through the Commons |
| 8th Oct 1st Reform Bill is defeated by the Lords |
| 8th Oct The 2nd Reform Bill is defeated by the Lords by 41 votes |
| 8th Oct William IV asks Grey not to resign but refuses to pass the Bill by creating new peers |
| 1831 | Russell | |
| 12th Mar Introduces the 3rd Reform Bill to the Commons |
| 22nd Mar 1st Reform Bill is rejected by the Commons, this leads to an election |
| 22nd Mar Introduces the 1st Reform Bill to the Commons |
| 23rd Mar Steers 1st Reform Bill through the House of Commons but is defeated in committee |
| 1832 | Grey, Charles | |
| London Coercion Bill, gives the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland powers to suppress meetings |
| London The 3rd Reform Bill passes through the Lords but a wrecking motion defeats it |
| London With the threat of new peers many Lords abstain & the Reform Bill is passed |
| 4th June London Constituencies are created in new towns, rotten & pocket boroughs abolished |
| 4th June London The 3rd Reform Bill is passed |
| 4th June London The franchise is extended to the upper middle class |
| 11th June London Parliamentary Reform Bill, passes the Scottish Parliamentary Reform Bill |
| 7th Aug London Parliamentary Reform Bill, passes the Irish Parliamentary Reform Bill |
| 1832 | Russell | |
| 23rd Mar London Reform Bill, 3rd, 1 of the 4 framers of the Bill which passes through the Commons |
| 13th April London Reform Bill, 3rd, passes through the Lords , 12 Bishops for & 16 against |
| 7th May London Reform Bill, 3rd, a Lords amendment seeks to safeguard pocket boroughs |
| 1832 | William IV | |
| London 1st Reform Bill, threatens to create extra piers if the Lords do not pass the bill |
| London Parliament is free to choose its own Prime Minister |
| London The Reform Act abolishes the King's power to buy seats in Parliament |
| 1833 | Grey, Charles | |
| 1st major Factory Act is passed |
| 23rd Aug Abolished in the British colonies, œ20m compensation is provided for slave owners |
| 1833 | Wilberforce, William | |
| Aug Parliament passes the Slavery Abolition Act which gives all slaves in the British Empire their freedom |
| 1834 | Lamb, William | |
| 13th Aug London Provides workhouses for the destitute |
| 13th Aug London Takes Poor Law administration away from Paris h authorities to elected boards |
| 9th Sep London Reforms English Borough Government to reflect the shift of population into the cities |
| 1835 | Peel, Robert | |
| 9th Sep London Establishes elected local Councils |
| 1836 | Anderson, Elizabeth Garrett | |
| Birth of Elizabeth Garrett Anderson |
| 1841 | Peel, Robert | |
| London Controls the circulation of paper money |
| 1842 | Ashley-Cooper, Anthony | |
| Leader of the reforms for coal mines legislation, Coal Mines Act |
| 1842 | Gladstone, William Ewart | |
| London Income tax is reintroduced to cope with the budget deficit |
| London Set at 7d in the pound with an exemption limit of œ150 |
| 1842 | Peel, Robert | |
| London Prohibits the employment of women & children under ten underground |
| 1844 | Gladstone, William Ewart | |
| London Provides for at least 1 cheap train to run each weekday |
| London Reforms the 1840 Railways Act controlling profits on railways |
| 1845 | Ashley-Cooper, Anthony | |
| Leader of the reforms for mental health legislation, the Lunacy Act |
| 1845 | Russell | |
| London Publishes a "letter to the electors of the City of London" |
| 1846 | Peel, Robert | |
| London The Corn Laws are repealed, partly as a result of the Irish potato famine |
| 25th May London The 3rd reading of the Corn Law Repeal Bill |
| 26th May London The Corn Law Repeal Bill passes through Parliament |
| 6th June London The corn import duty is fixed at one shilling a quarter from 1849 onwards |
| 25th June London A coalition defeats the government on the Irish Coercion Bill |
| 26th June London The Corn Law Repeal Bill is given the royal assent |
| 1847 | Ashley-Cooper, Anthony | |
| London Leader of the reforms for factory legislation, Factory Acts |
| 1847 | Fielden, John | |
| London Sponsors the successful passage of the Ten Hours act |
| 1850 | Russell | |
| 12th Mar London Provides for the confiscation of emblems & arms of rival Orange & Catholic parties |
| 1851 | Russell | |
| 1st Aug London Ecclesiastical Titles Bill, prohibits Catholic clergy from assuming territorial titles |
| 1853 | Ashley-Cooper, Anthony | |
| London Leader of the reforms for factory legislation, Factory Acts |
| 1853 | Gladstone, William Ewart | |
| London Gladstone sets up a civil service commission & public examinations for officials |
| London The Trevelyn-Northcote report recommends a competitive appointment system |
| 1853 | Hamilton-Gordon, George | |
| Sydney The Penal Servitude Act increases prison sentences |
| 1857 | Temple, Henry John | |
| 25th Aug London The Matrimonial Clauses Bill makes it possible for a divorce in a court of law |
| 1859 | Disraeli, Benjamin | |
| London Reform Bill, Introduces & loses the bill for extending the franchise |
| 1859 | Russell | |
| London Palmerston & Russell resolve their differences & found of the modern Liberal Party |
| 1859 | Temple, Henry John | |
| London Palmerston & Russell resolve their differences & found of the modern Liberal Party |
| 1860 | Temple, Henry John | |
| 18th June London Despite Palmerston's electoral proposals legislation is not passed |
| 18th June London Proposes enfranchising œ6 occupiers in the Boroughs & œ10 occupiers in the counties |
| 1861 | Cowper, Charles | |
| Cowper promises to limit immigration in Australia by an act of Parliament |
| Lambing Flat Goldminers drive the Chinese out of Lambing Flat because they undercut white labour |
| 1864 | Gladstone, William Ewart | |
| 11th May London Supports a wider franchise despite warnings by Palmerston not to commit the government |
| 1865 | Anderson, Elizabeth Garrett | |
| 1st English woman to qualify in medicine |
| Licensed by the Scottish Society of Apothecaries |
| 1865 | Gladstone, William Ewart | |
| London Announces he can no longer support the establishment of the Irish Anglican Church |
| 1866 | Anderson, Elizabeth Garrett | |
| Founds a hospital which in 1918 is called the Garrett Anderson Hospital |
| Opens a dispensary for women & children |
| 1866 | Gladstone, William Ewart | |
| London Gladstone wants to dissolve Parliament & take the Bill to the electorate |
| London The Franchise Bill is defeated in the Commons |
| 12th Mar London Gladstone's proposals are based on rents rather than rates |
| 12th Mar London Introduces a franchise for œ7 occupiers in boroughs & œ14 occupiers in counties |
| 6th April London Informs Liverpool the government is staking its life on the Franchise Bill |
| 27th April 1st test of the Franchise Bill, the government wins the 1st reading in the Commons |
| 27th April London The government has a majority of 5 & many in cabinet wish to dissolve Parliament |
| 18th June London The government is defeat by a proposal from Lord Dunkellin |
| 1866 | Mill, John Stewart | |
| London Presents a 1,499 name petition to Parliament for female enfracisement |
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