1830-1849 Potato Famine, Slavery, Bicycles and Marx
In 1830 George IV died and was succeded by his brother William IV who, in turn, died in 1837 and was succeeded by his niece, Queen Victoria.
In 1830 there was also the July Revolution in France, the outbreak of the 1830-1831 Polish-Russian war following the November Uprising and the 1830-1839 Belgian Revolution. Following came the 1832-1841 Egyptian-Ottoman War, the 1833-1840 First Carlist War in Spain, the 1834-1836 6th Cape Frontier War, the 1835-1836 Texas Revolution, the 1836-1839 War of the Confederation, the 1837-1838 Patriot War, the 1837-1838 Rebellions in Canada, the 1838 Zulu-Boer War, the 1838 Mormon War, the 1839-1842 First Anglo-Afghan War, the 1839-1842 First Opium War, the 1843-1872 Maori Wars in New Zealand, the 1848-1849 Hungarian Revolt, and in 1848 the First war of Schleswig (a Danish-German War) broke out, ending in 1851.
Causing more distress than anything else was the 1846 potato famine in Ireland causing mass migration of starving Irish people to England and America. Also, the slavery issue was big news. In 1833 slavery was abolished in all British colonies, but there were an estimated 2 million slaves in the USA in 1830 and the abolitionist movement was gaining ground there. Who would have thought that a civil war would break out over slavery in the next generation?
On a happier note, some wonderful inventions and ideas came about in this period. In 1832 Kirkpatrick Macmillan invented the bicycle, in 1837 the stethoscope was invented by Dr William Stokes, in 1837 Morse code was invented by Samuel Morse, in 1837 the telegraph was invented by William Cooke, in 1842 ether, diethyl was discovered as an anesthetic by Dr Crawford Long, in 1847 chloroform anesthetic was discovered by Dr James Simpson, in 1848 Karl Marx's Communist Manifesto was published and in 1849 William hunt invented the safety pin.
When the Communist Manifesto was published it caused a lively debate at the time but nobody could have imagined that fifty years later it would be used to start a revolution in Russia.
In 1830 there was also the July Revolution in France, the outbreak of the 1830-1831 Polish-Russian war following the November Uprising and the 1830-1839 Belgian Revolution. Following came the 1832-1841 Egyptian-Ottoman War, the 1833-1840 First Carlist War in Spain, the 1834-1836 6th Cape Frontier War, the 1835-1836 Texas Revolution, the 1836-1839 War of the Confederation, the 1837-1838 Patriot War, the 1837-1838 Rebellions in Canada, the 1838 Zulu-Boer War, the 1838 Mormon War, the 1839-1842 First Anglo-Afghan War, the 1839-1842 First Opium War, the 1843-1872 Maori Wars in New Zealand, the 1848-1849 Hungarian Revolt, and in 1848 the First war of Schleswig (a Danish-German War) broke out, ending in 1851.
Causing more distress than anything else was the 1846 potato famine in Ireland causing mass migration of starving Irish people to England and America. Also, the slavery issue was big news. In 1833 slavery was abolished in all British colonies, but there were an estimated 2 million slaves in the USA in 1830 and the abolitionist movement was gaining ground there. Who would have thought that a civil war would break out over slavery in the next generation?
On a happier note, some wonderful inventions and ideas came about in this period. In 1832 Kirkpatrick Macmillan invented the bicycle, in 1837 the stethoscope was invented by Dr William Stokes, in 1837 Morse code was invented by Samuel Morse, in 1837 the telegraph was invented by William Cooke, in 1842 ether, diethyl was discovered as an anesthetic by Dr Crawford Long, in 1847 chloroform anesthetic was discovered by Dr James Simpson, in 1848 Karl Marx's Communist Manifesto was published and in 1849 William hunt invented the safety pin.
When the Communist Manifesto was published it caused a lively debate at the time but nobody could have imagined that fifty years later it would be used to start a revolution in Russia.
Labels: 1830, bicycle, ireland, karl marx, kirkpatrick macmillan, morse code, potato famine, safety pin, stethoscope, telegraph, william hunt
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