19th Century
1800 British take Malta
1802 Peace of Amiens produces uneasy break in the fighting
between Britain and France, Britain retains Ceylon, John
Truter and William Somerville explore Bechuanaland, West
India Docks built in London to facilitate Imperial Trade, Great
Trigonometric Survey of India begins with the measurement of
a baseline near Madras, Aboriginal Pemulwuy shot dead by
Henry Hacking in New South Wales, Michael Symes travels to
court of Ava Burma
1804 Hobart, Tasmania is established
Mathew Flinders renamed New Holland Australia
The British also take Suriname
1805 Nelson wins the Battle of Trafalgar
1807 Prohibition of shipment of slaves in British ships or to British
colonies, British ban neutral nations from trading with France,
British occupy Alexandria but are driven out by Turks, British
ship Leopard fires on US ship Chesapeake and takes British
deserters from American ship, US closes US ports to all British
and French warships, Sierra Leone and Gambia become British
Crown Colonies, British occupy Bonaire, Curacao, Saint Croix
and Saint Thomas in the Caribbean and Heligoland off the
coast of Germany to help with the blockade of Europe, The
African Institution Formed
1809 Exploration ov Canada between Lake Superior and the pacific
ocean
1810 British seize Guadeloupe, Saba, Saint Martin and Saint
Eustatius in the West Indies, British
seize Mauritius, Moluccas and Reunion. First Anglo-Portuguese
Treaty on Slavery
1812 Americans invade Canada starting War of 1812, Red River
settlement in Manitoba founded, French develop a system for
extracting sugar from sugar beet on an industrial scale, this
will lead to a collapse in sugar cane prices and widespread
economic dislocation in sugar plantations of the Caribbean in
subsequent decades
1813 English East India company loses trading monopoly with India,
Restrictions on missionary activity in India are
relaxed, Goa returned to Portuguese allies, War of 1812 sees
HMS Shannon capture US frigate Chesapeake, Americans
capture York (Toronto), Detroit and Fort St. George, Britiish
defeat Americans at Montreal, Newark, Fort Niagara and burn
Buffalo
1814 British occupy Washington and burn White House, Americans
forced to sue for peace and end war, British agree to return to
the status quo before the conflict with the Treaty of Ghent,
Highland Clearances begin in earnest, Many displaced Scots
head for urban areas or emigrate to colonies like Canada, Lord
Hastings declares war on the Gurkhas of Nepal, it is confirmed
that the British will permanently keep Cape
Colony, Mauritius, Saint Lucia, Guiana, Tobago, Ionian
Islands and Malta as part of the Congress of Vienna peace
treaty, CMS mission is established at Rangihoua in New
Zealand
1819 Singapore is founded
West Africa Squadron is created to fight Slave trade
1821 British West Africa is formed from Sierra Leone, Gambia and
the Gold Coast
1800 British take Malta
1802 Peace of Amiens produces uneasy break in the fighting
between Britain and France, Britain retains Ceylon, John
Truter and William Somerville explore Bechuanaland, West
India Docks built in London to facilitate Imperial Trade, Great
Trigonometric Survey of India begins with the measurement of
a baseline near Madras, Aboriginal Pemulwuy shot dead by
Henry Hacking in New South Wales, Michael Symes travels to
court of Ava Burma
1804 Hobart, Tasmania is established
Mathew Flinders renamed New Holland Australia
The British also take Suriname
1805 Nelson wins the Battle of Trafalgar
1807 Prohibition of shipment of slaves in British ships or to British
colonies, British ban neutral nations from trading with France,
British occupy Alexandria but are driven out by Turks, British
ship Leopard fires on US ship Chesapeake and takes British
deserters from American ship, US closes US ports to all British
and French warships, Sierra Leone and Gambia become British
Crown Colonies, British occupy Bonaire, Curacao, Saint Croix
and Saint Thomas in the Caribbean and Heligoland off the
coast of Germany to help with the blockade of Europe, The
African Institution Formed
1809 Exploration ov Canada between Lake Superior and the pacific
ocean
1810 British seize Guadeloupe, Saba, Saint Martin and Saint
Eustatius in the West Indies, British
seize Mauritius, Moluccas and Reunion. First Anglo-Portuguese
Treaty on Slavery
1812 Americans invade Canada starting War of 1812, Red River
settlement in Manitoba founded, French develop a system for
extracting sugar from sugar beet on an industrial scale, this
will lead to a collapse in sugar cane prices and widespread
economic dislocation in sugar plantations of the Caribbean in
subsequent decades
1813 English East India company loses trading monopoly with India,
Restrictions on missionary activity in India are
relaxed, Goa returned to Portuguese allies, War of 1812 sees
HMS Shannon capture US frigate Chesapeake, Americans
capture York (Toronto), Detroit and Fort St. George, Britiish
defeat Americans at Montreal, Newark, Fort Niagara and burn
Buffalo
1814 British occupy Washington and burn White House, Americans
forced to sue for peace and end war, British agree to return to
the status quo before the conflict with the Treaty of Ghent,
Highland Clearances begin in earnest, Many displaced Scots
head for urban areas or emigrate to colonies like Canada, Lord
Hastings declares war on the Gurkhas of Nepal, it is confirmed
that the British will permanently keep Cape
Colony, Mauritius, Saint Lucia, Guiana, Tobago, Ionian
Islands and Malta as part of the Congress of Vienna peace
treaty, CMS mission is established at Rangihoua in New
Zealand
1819 Singapore is founded
West Africa Squadron is created to fight Slave trade
1821 British West Africa is formed from Sierra Leone, Gambia and
the Gold Coast
