Timeline August 1834

Events in August 1834 4

• 1752 – 1834 Joseph Marie Jacquard (1752-1834) Died 7 August 1834, aged 82 Jacquard was a French weaver and inventor who devised a punched-card mechanism that automated the weaving of complex patterns into cloth. The Jacquard loom's use of punched cards to control a machine's operations later influenced the design of early computing devices such as Charles Babbage's Analytical Engine. He died in Oullins, near Lyon.
• 1782 – 1834 Robert Morrison (1782-1834) Died 1 August 1834, aged 52 Morrison was a Scottish Presbyterian missionary who became the first Protestant missionary in China and compiled an influential Chinese-English dictionary. He translated the Bible into Chinese and served as an interpreter for the British East India Company in Canton. He died in Guangzhou after 27 years in China.
• 1834 Abolition of Slavery Takes Effect Across the British Empire Slavery Abolition Act 1833 comes into force The Slavery Abolition Act 1833 comes into force, freeing most enslaved people throughout the British Empire. Former slaves under six are freed outright, while others enter a period of forced apprenticeship before full freedom. The British government compensates slave owners, not the enslaved, for the loss of human property.
• 1834 Poor Law Amendment Act Passed in Britain New Poor Law overhauls relief for the poor The British Parliament passed the Poor Law Amendment Act, overhauling the centuries-old system of poor relief. The law pushed destitute people into workhouses rather than providing relief in their own homes, grouping parishes into unions to share the cost. It became one of the most reviled pieces of Victorian social legislation.