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March 18 - The Tolpuddle Martyrs , six Dorset farm labourers, are sentenced to be transported to a Penal Colony for forming a Trade Union

July 16 - William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne succeeds Earl Grey as Prime Minister Of The United Kingdom

August 1 - Slavery abolished in the British Empire (see Slavery Abolition Act )

August 14 - Poor Law Amendment Act states that no able-bodied British man can receive assistance unless he enters a Workhouse

October 16 - Much of the Palace Of Westminster is destroyed by fire

Last Hanging in chains upon a gibbet in England - James Cook for murder

British East India Company monopoly on China trade ended

The Exchequer was abolished as a revenue collecting department of the British government.

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