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George III's 59 year reign is the longest ever by a British, English or Scottish monarch. Unlike his two predecessors in the House of Hanover, King George was born in Britain, spoke English as his first language and never visited the German territory of which he was also head.

It just remains to wish everyone who's followed our live tweets of the news of 1819 a very happy 2020. The tweets will stay on Twitter and I hope this won't be the last you hear of this project, in some form, in print or online. If you stay following you'll find out. Thank you.

Nonplussed constables were told by the owner of the food shop they'd raided that the only pikes he was selling - cheap - were fish. The 'great day' at hand for their use was in fact Christmas Day, not any sort of uprising. The officers left the scene amid laughter and scoffs.

In the Lords debate on the seditious meetings bill, Earl Grosvenor (Whig) said the emergency legislation was likely to cause discontent and indignation. He's been a critic of ministers over Peterloo and refused to contribute towards increased volunteer forces in his home county.

Samuel Bamford, who was arrested in August on treason charges, said reformers had been 'basely traduced' in a dossier of information sent to Whitehall before and after Peterloo. He said the documents grossly misrepresented them. Picture: @PeterlooBook https://t.co/hoR6rTpuC7

The Times's source, when told of the plan, is said to have raised the prospect that, by ordering the military to attack before any violence had happened, the magistrates would leave themselves open to murder charges. 16 August images: @PeterlooBook https://t.co/hoR6rTpuC7

Earl Grosvenor, a one-time Tory MP, says he's at a loss to understand why the government is said to be planning new laws to crack down on disaffection & increasing army numbers, when there hasn't even been an inquiry into the Peterloo events. An impartial investigation is needed.

2019 info: The 1819 Edinburgh Musical Festival venues were the Theatre Royal (l) and Parliament House (r). Conductor throughout was Sir George Smart. One of the founders of @RoyalPhilSoc he conducted the UK premiere of Beethoven's 9th Symphony in 1825. https://t.co/TqAaqMqA6S

The latest scientific research from Germany, quoted in today's Bell's Weekly Messenger, predicts a giant tsunami after our planet is struck by a comet - but it won't happen for another 4 million years. It's the view of top astronomer and comet expert Wilhelm Olbers from Bremen.

The Peterloo protest meeting in Norwich has ended. A month ago at this time the St Peter's Field rally was being violently dispersed by local yeomanry militia. Eleven reformers have died so far. These are some of the images of that day from @PeterlooBook https://t.co/hoR6rTH5tF