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   Date  Event(s)
1 1797 
  • England in Crisis, Bank of England suspends cash payments
  • Mutinies in the British Navy at Spithead and Nore
  • Tax on newspapers (including cheap, topical journals) increased to repress radical publications
  • The first copper pennies were produced ('cartwheels') by application of steam power to the coining press
  • 22 Feb 1797: French invade Fishguard, Wales; last time UK invaded; all captured 2 days later
  • 26 Feb 1797: First £1 (and £2) notes issued by Bank of England
  

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