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1830 in England
- Captain SwingOn Saturday night, the 28th of August 1830, in the Elham Valley of Kent, a threshing machine lay in ruins. Rioters had torn it apart under the cover of…
- Swing RiotsThe name Captain Swing first appeared in a letter dated the 21st of October 1830, published by The Times. This fictitious figurehead signed threatening…
- Opening of the Liverpool and Manchester RailwayLiverpool merchants Joseph Sandars and Henry Booth established the Liverpool and Manchester Railway in May 1824. Their goal was to link textile mills in…