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Empress of Britain launched from Clydebank by the Prince of Wales.

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England repeals the Corn Laws. The Corn Law Act had been passed in 1815 as a measure to protect the interests of landowners who looked as if they were about to lose out when highly inflated prices for corn ceased with the ending of the Napoleonic Wars. Th

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England signs Peace of Andres with Ireland and Scotland

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Ensign Ewart captured the French Ensign at the Battle of Waterloo.