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==Events==
 
==Events==
 
* January 8 – After much controversy, [[Michael Faraday]] is finally elected as a member of the [[Royal Society]], with only one vote against him.
 
* January 8 – After much controversy, [[Michael Faraday]] is finally elected as a member of the [[Royal Society]], with only one vote against him.
* January 22 – The [[Ashanti people|Ashanti]] crush British forces in the [[Gold Coast (British colony)|Gold Coast]], killing the British governor [[Charles MacCarthy (British Army officer)|Sir Charles MacCarthy]] (see also [[History of Ghana#British Dominance|Wars between Britain and Ashanti in Ghana]] and [[Ashanti Confederacy]]).
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* January 22 – The [[Ashanti people|Ashanti]] crush British forces in the [[Gold Coast (British colony)|Gold Coast]], killing the British governor [[Charles MacCarthy (British Army officer)|Sir Charles MacCarthy]]  
 
* January 24 – The first issue of the radical quarterly founded by [[Jeremy Bentham]], ''The [[Westminster Review]]'', is published in London.
 
* January 24 – The first issue of the radical quarterly founded by [[Jeremy Bentham]], ''The [[Westminster Review]]'', is published in London.
 
* February 10 – [[Simón Bolívar]] is proclaimed dictator of [[Peru]].
 
* February 10 – [[Simón Bolívar]] is proclaimed dictator of [[Peru]].

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Pax Brittanica18151915

 

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