1833 in the United Kingdom

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Events from the year 1833 in the United Kingdom.

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• January 3, British invades the Falkland Islands in the South Atlantic.
• August 29 - Child labor: 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

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

[edit] See also

• 1832 in the United Kingdom
• 1833
• 1833 in Canada
• 1833 in Australia
• 1834 in the United Kingdom