1819: Walter Scott writes his historical novel Ivanhoe.
Mar 1819: The SS Savannah leaves port at Savannah, Georgia on a voyage to become the first steamship to cross the Atlantic Ocean. The ship arrives at Liverpool, England on June 20.
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1821
May 1821: Emperor Napoléon I dies in exile on Saint Helena of arsenic poisoning.
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1822
1822: The last public whipping is carried out in Edinburgh
1822: Britain repeals the death penalty for over 100 crimes