1810
 
 
  		1810
  		 
 
  		1811 "Luddites" destroy industrial machines in North England, in protest over too rapid modernization.
  		 
 
  		1812 US declares war on Britain - War of 1812 begins.
  		 
 
  		1813
  		 
 
  		1814
  		 
 
  		1815
  		 
 
  		1816
  		 
 
  		1817 James Monroe becomes the fifth president of the United States.
  		 
 
  		1818
  		 
 
  		1819 Florida purchased by US from Spain.

A baby, who would later become Queen Victoria of England, is born carrying a new genetic mutation. Three generations later, that mutation may have changed the course of history.
 

 
 
1820