Radical Reformers (1790-1819) Timeline
Year Month Event
1780 Society for Constitutional Information (SCI) founded by Major John Cartwright
1789 July 14th - Outbreak of French Revolution
1791 March Thomas Paine’s ‘Rights of Man’ part 1 is published
1792 January Thomas Hardy founds London Corresponding Society (LCS)
February Thomas Paine’s ‘Rights of Man’ part 2 is published
May Royal proclamation issued against seditious writings
1793 February France declares war on Britain
1794 October Trial of leaders of LCS and suspension of Habeas Corpus
SCI dissolved
1795 December Treason Act and Seditious Meetings Act
1799 July LCS is outlawed
1803 May Napoleonic Wars begin
1810 June William Cobbett jailed for seditious libel
1812 First Hampden Club founded in London by John Cartwright
William Cobbett released from jail
1815 Novembe End of the Napoleonic War
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1816 Novembe 15th - First Spa Fields riot
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December 2nd – Second Spa Fields riot
1817 The ‘Gagging Acts’
March March of the Blanketeers
June 9th-10th - Pentridge Rising
1819 August 16th - Mass meetings at St Peter’s Fields (Peterloo)
Late The Six Acts
Trade Union Militancy (1915-27) Timeline
Year Month Event
1914 Early Triple Alliance of trade unions formed
August WW1 begins
1915 James Maxton jailed for sedition
March Miners demand a 20% pay rise in order to be able to afford their expenses
May- Glasgow rent strikes and industrial militancy
November
July Munitions of War Act implemented
November Rents and Mortgage Interest Restriction Act implemented
1916 Ernest Bevin elected to executive committee of National Transport Workers’ Federation
J.H. Thomas becomes general secretary of National Union of Railwaymen
January Munitions of War Amendment Act
1917 Coal is nationalised under Defence of the Realm Act
September Miners’ wages increase
November Leaving certificates abolished
1918 James Maxton elected to National Council of the Labour Party
Cunliffe Committee recommends return to gold standard within seven years
July Miners’ wages increase
November End of WW1
1919 Trade Union membership reaches 8m
Year Month Event
1780 Society for Constitutional Information (SCI) founded by Major John Cartwright
1789 July 14th - Outbreak of French Revolution
1791 March Thomas Paine’s ‘Rights of Man’ part 1 is published
1792 January Thomas Hardy founds London Corresponding Society (LCS)
February Thomas Paine’s ‘Rights of Man’ part 2 is published
May Royal proclamation issued against seditious writings
1793 February France declares war on Britain
1794 October Trial of leaders of LCS and suspension of Habeas Corpus
SCI dissolved
1795 December Treason Act and Seditious Meetings Act
1799 July LCS is outlawed
1803 May Napoleonic Wars begin
1810 June William Cobbett jailed for seditious libel
1812 First Hampden Club founded in London by John Cartwright
William Cobbett released from jail
1815 Novembe End of the Napoleonic War
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1816 Novembe 15th - First Spa Fields riot
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December 2nd – Second Spa Fields riot
1817 The ‘Gagging Acts’
March March of the Blanketeers
June 9th-10th - Pentridge Rising
1819 August 16th - Mass meetings at St Peter’s Fields (Peterloo)
Late The Six Acts
Trade Union Militancy (1915-27) Timeline
Year Month Event
1914 Early Triple Alliance of trade unions formed
August WW1 begins
1915 James Maxton jailed for sedition
March Miners demand a 20% pay rise in order to be able to afford their expenses
May- Glasgow rent strikes and industrial militancy
November
July Munitions of War Act implemented
November Rents and Mortgage Interest Restriction Act implemented
1916 Ernest Bevin elected to executive committee of National Transport Workers’ Federation
J.H. Thomas becomes general secretary of National Union of Railwaymen
January Munitions of War Amendment Act
1917 Coal is nationalised under Defence of the Realm Act
September Miners’ wages increase
November Leaving certificates abolished
1918 James Maxton elected to National Council of the Labour Party
Cunliffe Committee recommends return to gold standard within seven years
July Miners’ wages increase
November End of WW1
1919 Trade Union membership reaches 8m
