1828Repeal of Test & Corporation Acts in Britain

Prime Minister Robert Peel secures repeal of Test & Corporat...
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🏛️ Robert Walpole's Premiership Begins in Great Britain

Robert Walpole's Premiership Begins in Great Britain (1721)
Prime MinisterBritish PoliticsConstitutional MonarchyPolitical Development
United KingdomUnited Kingdom

🔪 Assassination of British Prime Minister Spencer Perceval

British Prime Minister Spencer Perceval is assassinated.
Assassination of British Prime Minister Spencer Perceval (1812)
AssassinationBritish PoliticsPrime MinisterPolitical ViolenceNapoleonic Wars
United KingdomUnited Kingdom

📜 Repeal of Test & Corporation Acts in Britain

Prime Minister Robert Peel secures repeal of Test & Corporation Acts, This gives religious liberty to Nonconformists in Britain but deeply splits Tory party.
Repeal of Test & Corporation Acts in Britain (1828)
Religious FreedomRobert PeelBritish PoliticsPolitical ReformCivil Liberties
United KingdomUnited Kingdom

🗳️ British Parliament Passes the Great Reform Act

The British Parliament passes the Great Reform Act.
British Parliament Passes the Great Reform Act (1832)
Political ReformParliamentSuffrageVoting RightsDemocracy
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🗳️ Chartist Movement Emerges in Britain

1838–1857: Chartism a working-class reform movement in Britain.
Chartist Movement Emerges in Britain (1838)
Working ClassPolitical ReformSuffrageSocial ReformPolitical Activism
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🇬🇧 Stanley Baldwin Appointed UK Prime Minister

May 22: Stanley Baldwin becomes Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
Stanley Baldwin Appointed UK Prime Minister (1923)
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