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March 1 St David's College, now the University Of Wales, Lampeter opens its doors to its first students.

March 7 – Ellen Turner is abducted – The Shrigley Abduction case begins

April 10 - George Canning succeeds Lord Liverpool as British Prime Minister

May 14 – Culprits of the Shrigley Abduction are sentenced for three years each

May 21 - Launch of the ''Standard'' Newspaper of London , which later became the '' Evening Standard ''.

July 6 - Treaty Of London between France, Britain, and Russia, to demand that the Turks agree to an armistice in Greece.

August 31 - Frederick John Robinson, 1st Viscount Goderich becomes Prime Minister of the U.K. following the death of Canning

October 20 - Battle Of Navarino . British, French, and Russian Naval Forces destroy the Turko-Egyptian fleet in Greece.

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