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His career was a varied one, having managed an estate in Jamaica; he became Governor of Sierra Leone, 1793- 1799. He edited the Christian Observer which helped fight for the abolition of the slave trade, 1802- 1816. He also held the post of Secretary to the African Institute, 1807- 1812Events January 1 the Allgemeines Burgerliches Gesetzbuch, the Austrian civil code enters into force in the Austrian Empire February 2 Russia establishes a fur trading colony at Fort Ross, California February 7 The strongest in a series of massive earthqua.

A member of the Clapham SectThe Clapham Sect was an influential group of like-minded social reformers in England at the beginning of the nineteenth century (active c. 1790 1830). Its members were chiefly prominent and wealthy evangelical Anglicans who shared common political views c, he helped form the Anti-Slavery Society in 1823Events July 15 San Paolo fuori le Mura church in Rome almost completely destroyed by fire September 10 Simon Bolivar named President of Peru December 2 US President James Monroe delivers a speech to the United States Congress, announcing a new policy of f. The father of Thomas MacaulayThomas Babington (or Babbington Macaulay, 1st Baron Macauley ( October 25 1800 December 28 1859) was a nineteenth century English poet and politician. He wrote extensively as an essayist and reviewer, and on British history. His middle name is spelt "Babi, he married Selina Millsin 1799 and died in 1838.