British in 1818

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:ethnic_group
gptkbp:artworkBy gptkb:J._M._W._Turner
gptkb:John_Constable
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_Kingdom_of_Great_Britain_and_Ireland
gptkbp:currency Pound sterling
gptkbp:education gptkb:Cambridge_University
gptkb:Oxford_University
gptkb:Edinburgh_University
gptkbp:flag gptkb:Union_Jack
gptkbp:governmentType gptkb:monarchy
gptkbp:historicalPeriod gptkb:British_Empire
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label British in 1818
gptkbp:legislature gptkb:Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom
gptkbp:literacyRate ~50% (varied by region and gender)
gptkbp:mainIndustry gptkb:steel
Shipbuilding
Textiles
Coal mining
gptkbp:mediaCoverage gptkb:The_Times
gptkb:The_Observer
gptkb:The_Morning_Chronicle
gptkbp:militaryBranch gptkb:British_Army
gptkb:Royal_Navy
gptkbp:monarch gptkb:George_IV
gptkb:George_III
gptkbp:musicBy gptkb:London_Philharmonic_Society
Royal Academy of Music (founded 1822, but musical life active)
gptkbp:notableCase gptkb:Combination_Acts
gptkb:Corn_Laws
Slave Trade Act 1807 (slavery still legal, but trade abolished)
gptkbp:notableCity gptkb:Birmingham
gptkb:Edinburgh
gptkb:Liverpool
gptkb:London
gptkb:Manchester
gptkbp:notableEvent Founding of the Institution of Civil Engineers
Manchester cotton industry boom
Mary Shelley publishes Frankenstein
Peterloo Massacre (1819, but tensions rising in 1818)
gptkbp:notableFor gptkb:Australia
gptkb:Canada
gptkb:Caribbean
gptkb:India
gptkb:South_Africa
gptkbp:notableInvention gptkb:steam_locomotive
gptkb:Gas_lighting
Cast iron bridge
Spinning mule
gptkbp:notablePerson gptkb:Lord_Byron
gptkb:Mary_Shelley
gptkb:Percy_Bysshe_Shelley
gptkb:George_Stephenson
Duke of Wellington
gptkbp:officialLanguage English
gptkbp:parliament gptkb:6th_United_Kingdom_Parliament
gptkbp:populationEstimate ~20 million
gptkbp:primeMinister gptkb:Robert_Jenkinson,_2nd_Earl_of_Liverpool
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Anglicanism
gptkb:Catholicism
gptkb:Methodism
gptkbp:significantEvent gptkb:Post-Napoleonic_era
gptkb:Industrial_Revolution
gptkbp:studiedBy gptkb:Institution_of_Civil_Engineers
gptkb:Royal_Institution
gptkb:Royal_Society
gptkbp:theatreWork gptkb:Covent_Garden_Theatre
gptkb:Drury_Lane_Theatre
gptkbp:transportation gptkb:Canals
Early railways
Horse-drawn carriages
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Raigad_Fort
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6