Dates - Industrial Period

Question 1

Last execution for heresy takes place

Answer 1

1542

Question 2

Charles II takes the throne and establishes the royal society, whose scientific work contributes to the decline in superstitious beliefs

Answer 2

1660

Question 3

Last person executed for witchcraft in England

Answer 3

1684

Question 4

Waltham Black Act makes poaching a capital offence, and makes it illegal to carry snares, own hunting dogs or blacken one’s face as camouflage in certain areas

Answer 4

1723

Question 5

Witchcraft Act decriminalises witchcraft as a capital offence

Answer 5

1735

Question 6

Hawkhurst Gang seizes back their smuggles goods after breaking into customs house in Poole

Answer 6

1747

Question 7

Leaders of the Hawkhurst Gang are hung

Answer 7

1748

Question 8

In an attempt to reduce highway robbery, it becomes a capital crime to be armed and in disguise on a high road

Answer 8

1772

Question 9

Waltham Black Act is repealed

Answer 9

1823

Question 10

Catholics are permitted to vote in elections

Answer 10

1829

Question 11

The last case of highway robbery is reported

Answer 11

1829

Question 12

French Revolution

Answer 12

1789

Question 13

Tolpuddle Martyrs establish their union

Answer 13

1833

Question 14

Government grants Tolpuddle Martyrs a pardon

Answer 14

1836

Question 15

Tolpuddle Martyrs return home

Answer 15

1838

Question 16

London magistrates and half-brothers Henry and John Fielding take over the Bow Street Magistrates’ court and establish the Bow Street Runners in London

Answer 16

1748

Question 17

Mounted patrols introduced in London. The Bow Street Runners introduce fees and begin to collect rewards from victims if they successfully achieve convictions

Answer 17

1754

Question 18

The government starts to pay the Bow Street Runners

Answer 18

1785

Question 19

The Middlesex Justices Act establishes further detective officers, each with 6 constables employed to detect crimes and arrest suspects

Answer 19

1792

Question 20

The Metropolitan Police Act establishes the Met in London

Answer 20

1829

Question 21

Towns become able to establish their own police force

Answer 21

1835

Question 22

Counties become able to establish their own police force. The Bow Street Runners merge with the Met

Answer 22

1839

Question 23

The Police Act forces all towns and counties to set up a professional police force

Answer 23

1856

Question 24

The Met establishes the CID

Answer 24

1878

Question 25

There are over 39 000 policemen in over 200 separate forces

Answer 25

1884

Question 26

The Met sets up the first detective force to investigate and solve crimes. It proves ineffective, largely due to such issues as the lack of detectives and inadequate training

Answer 26

1842

Question 27

The force recruits more detectives, but they also perform poorly. Cases of mistaken identity often leads to wrongful arrests

Answer 27

1870

Question 28

The force faces a corruption scandal when it is revealed that senior detectives have been accepting bribes

Answer 28

1877

Question 29

Gaol Act suggests ways to improve prison health and sanitation

Answer 29

1774

Question 30

End of transportation to America

Answer 30

1776

Question 31

judgement of death act gives judges the right to pass lesser sentences for capital offences but not for treason or murder

Answer 31

1823

Question 32

Number of capital offences reduced to 122

Answer 32

1825

Question 33

last public hanging

Answer 33

1868