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	==Events==		==Events==
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	* ] - ] makes illegal to ] less than 9 years old in factories and limits the child workers 9 to 13 years of age to maximum of 9 hours a day.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.icons.org.uk/theicons/icons-timeline/1820-1840\|title=Icons, a portrait of England 1820-1840\|accessdate=2007-09-12}}</ref>		* ] - ] makes illegal to ] less than 9 years old in factories and limits the child workers 9 to 13 years of age to maximum of 9 hours a day.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.icons.org.uk/theicons/icons-timeline/1820-1840\|title=Icons, a portrait of England 1820-1840\|accessdate=2007-09-12}}</ref>
	* December - ] introduces the ] in Parliament.		* December - ] introduces the ] in Parliament.
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	* ] - ], British army officer and administrator (d. ])		* ] - ], British army officer and administrator (died ])
	* ] - ], geologist (d. ])		* ] - ], geologist (died ])
	*] - ], VC recipient (d. ])		* ] - ], VC recipient (died ])
	*] - Sir ], Anglo-Welsh artist (d. ])		* ] - Sir ], Anglo-Welsh artist (died ])
	* ], physician and medical researcher (d. ])		* ], physician and medical researcher (died ])
	*''date unknown'' - ], harpist and composer of the Welsh national anthem (d. ])		* ''date unknown'' - ], harpist and composer of the Welsh national anthem (died ])

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	* ] - ], admiral (b. ])		* ] - ], admiral (born ])
	*] - ] (b. ])		* ] - ] (born ])
	* ] - ], inventor, engineer and builder of the first working railway steam locomotive (born ])		* ] - ], inventor, engineer and builder of the first working railway steam locomotive (born ])
	* ] - ], actor (b. ])		* ] - ], actor (born ])
	* ] - ], prize fighter (b. ])		* ] - ], prize fighter (born ])
	* ] - ], man of letters (b. ])		* ] - ], man of letters (born ])
	* ] - ], abolitionist (b. ])		* ] - ], abolitionist (born ])
	*] - ], navigator (b. ])		* ] - ], navigator (born ])

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1833 in the United Kingdom:

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Events from the year 1833 in the United Kingdom.

Incumbents

Monarch - William IV of the United Kingdom
Prime Minister - Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey, Tory

Events

3 January - British forces invades the Falkland Islands in the South Atlantic.
25 May - Royal Horticultural Society holds the first flower show in Britain.
29 August - Factory Act makes illegal to employ children less than 9 years old in factories and limits the child workers 9 to 13 years of age to maximum of 9 hours a day.
December - Edwin Chadwick introduces the Ten Hours Bill in Parliament.

Undated

Charles Babbage described his analytical engine. (see also history of computing hardware)
Parliament passes the Slavery Abolition Act giving all slaves in the British Empire their freedom.

Publications

Serialisation of Charles Dickens' Sketches by Boz in the Morning Chronicle.

Births

23 January - Sir Lewis Morris, Anglo-Welsh poet (died 1907)
28 January - Charles George Gordon, British army officer and administrator (died 1885)
27 July - Thomas George Bonney, geologist (died 1923)
12 August - Aylmer Spicer Cameron, VC recipient (died 1909)
28 August - Sir Edward Burne-Jones, Anglo-Welsh artist (died 1898)
Francis Anstie, physician and medical researcher (died 1874)
date unknown - James James, harpist and composer of the Welsh national anthem (died 1902)

Deaths

9 January - Sir Thomas Foley, admiral (born 1757)
23 January - Edward Pellew, 1st Viscount Exmouth, admiral (born 1757)
16 April - Henry Herbert, 2nd Earl of Carnarvon (born 1772)
22 April - Richard Trevithick, inventor, engineer and builder of the first working railway steam locomotive (born 1771)
15 May - Edmund Kean, actor (born 1787)
2 June - Simon Byrne, prize fighter (born 1806)
10 July - George Agar-Ellis, 1st Baron Dover, man of letters (born 1797)
29 July - William Wilberforce, abolitionist (born 1759)
11 November - James Grant, navigator (born 1772)

References

Penguin Pocket On This Day. Penguin Reference Library. 2006. ISBN 0-141-02715-0.
"Icons, a portrait of England 1820-1840". Retrieved 2007-09-12.

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