Timeline June 1817

Events in June 1817 3

• 1817 Pentrich Rising Armed uprising of Derbyshire workers crushed within hours On the night of 9-10 June 1817, several hundred workers led by Jeremiah Brandreth marched from Pentrich in Derbyshire intending to join a wider rebellion and march on London. The poorly coordinated rising collapsed when government forces intercepted the marchers. Brandreth and three others were later executed for treason.
• 1817 Karl Drais Debuts the Draisine German inventor rides an early two-wheeled steerable machine On June 12, 1817, Karl von Drais rode his new steerable, two-wheeled riding machine, the Laufmaschine or draisine, on a public road near Mannheim. Riders straddled the wooden frame and pushed off the ground with their feet, since it had no pedals. The invention is widely regarded as the direct ancestor of the modern bicycle.
• 1817 – 1848 Branwell Brontë (1817-1848) Died 24 September 1848, aged 31 English painter and writer, the only brother of Charlotte, Emily and Anne Brontë. His group portrait of his sisters is in the National Portrait Gallery. Alcohol and opium addiction ruined his health and he died at Haworth.