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Turner |
Cultural and Political Events |
| 1800 |
Turner's mother committed to the Bethlehem Hospital for the insane. |
Alessandro Volta develops the electric battery.
Act of Union passed between Britain and Ireland. |
| 1801 |
Turner tours Scotland returning via the Lake District. |
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| 1802 |
Turner is elected a full member of the Royal Academy.
First tour to France and Switzerland; studies paintings in the Louvre. |
Peace of Amiens between Britain and France. |
| 1803 |
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Renewal of war between Britain and France. |
| 1804 |
Death of Turner's mother.
The first display of Turner's paintings at his gallery in Harley Street. |
Spain declares war on Britain.
Napoleon proclaimed Emperor of France. |
| 1805 |
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Nelson defeats the French at the Battle of Trafalgar; Nelson is killed aboard HMS Victory.
Sketch
for the Battle of Trafalgar, 1833
Clarkson Stanfield
© Tate, London 2002
First performance of Beethoven's opera Fidelio.
Wordsworth completes The Prelude. |
| 1806 |
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The Parthenon ('Elgin') marbles arrive in London. |
| 1807 |
The first number of Turner's Liber Studiorum,
the series of prints recording his major works.
Turner is elected Professor of Perspective at the Royal Academy. |
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| 1808 |
Turner stays for the first time at Farnley Hall, Yorkshire, the home of Walter Fawkes, his most
important patron. |
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| 1809 |
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Birth of Alfred Tennyson.
Birth of Charles Darwin. |
| 1811 |
Turner delivers the first series of six lectures as Professor of Perspective. |
Due to the illness of George III, his eldest son becomes Prince Regent.
Luddite riots in the English countryside; destruction of new machinery.
Jane Austen, Sense and Sensibility. |
| 1812 |
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Lord Byron, Childe Harold.
Birth of Charles Dickens. |
| 1814 |
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Allied armies defeat French and enter Paris; Napoleon banished to Elba.
George Stephenson builds the first steam locomotive. |
