When Harriet Ottoway was born in 1812, in Addington, Kent, England, United Kingdom, her father, Jesse Ottaway, was 23 and her mother, Sarah Hubble, was 22.
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The defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte at Waterloo marks the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Napoleon defeated and exiled to St. Helena.
The Factory Act restricted the hours women and children could work in textile mills. No child under the age of 9 were allowed to work, and children ages 9-13 could not work longer than 9 hours per day. Children up to the age of 13 were required to receive at least two hours of schooling, six days per week.
Dickens A Christmas Carol was first published.
English: see Ottaway .
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