Eights 1821

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• In other news ... [1821]

  Monarch: George IV

  Prime Minister: Lord Liverpool (Tory)

  May 5

  Emperor Napoleon dies in exile on Saint Helena of stomach cancer.

  May 5

  The first edition of the Manchester Guardian newspaper (from 1959 simply The Guardian) is published in England.

  May 8

  Greek War of Independence: At the Battle of Gravia Inn, a 120-man Greek force led by Odysseas Androutsos repulses an Ottoman army of 8,000.

  May 28

  The UK national census is the first to measure age distribution and reveals that almost half of the population is under twenty years old. Over the preceding decade in England and Wales the population has increased by 18%.

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