1780
William Gill is elected Master of Stationer's Company.
1781
William Owen is elected Master of Stationer's Company.
1782
Thomas Caslon is elected Master of Stationer's Company.
1783
John Boydell is elected Master of Stationer's Company.
1784
Thomas Harrison is elected Master of Stationer's Company.
1785
Robert Gyfford is elected Master of Stationers' Company.
1785
Thomas Wright, a member of Stationers' Company and previous Master, is elected Lord Mayor of London.
1785
The Daily Universal Register is founded in London.
1786
William Fenner is elected Master of Stationers' Company.
1787
Thomas Greenhill is elected Master of Stationers' Company.
1788
Thomas Hooke is elected Master of Stationers' Company.
1788
William Gill, a member of Stationers' Company, is elected Lord Mayor of London.
1788
The Times newspaper is created: The newspaper changes its name from the Daily Universal Register.
1789
Thomas Field is elected Master of Stationer's Company.
1790
John March is elected Master of Stationers' Company.
1790
John Boydell, a member of Stationers' Company, is elected Lord Mayor of London.
1791
Thomas Pote is elected Master of Stationers' Company.
1791
The Observer is first published by W. S. and it is the world's first Sunday newspaper.
1792
Henry Baldwin is elected Master of Stationers' Company
1793
John Townsend is elected Master of Stationers' Company
1794
Henry Clarke is elected Master of Stationers' Company
1795
William Chapman is elected Master of Stationers' Company
1796
Thomas Pote is elected Master of Stationers' Company
1796
Lithography is the process by which high-quality images can be printed, using a means of image transfer from a flat suBRFace. It is developed by Alois Senefelder.
1797
Henry Sampson Woodfall is elected Master of Stationers' Company
1798
Thomas Cadell is elected Master of Stationers' Company
1799
James Bate is elected Master of Stationers' Company
1800
William Stephens is elected Master of Stationers' Company
1800
Henry Rivington is appointed Clerk to Stationers' Company.
1800
The external façade of Stationers' Hall is remodelled, looking as it does in the present day. The work begins in 1776 and costs over £1,300.
1800
Stanhope press invented: The press uses an iron frame instead of a wooden one and can produce many more impressions per hour.
1800
United the Kingdom of Great Britain with the Kingdom of Ireland.
1801
Henry Parker is elected Master of Stationers' Company.
1802
Charles Dilly is elected Master of Stationers' Company.
1803
William Domville is elected Master of Stationers' Company.
1803
First English paper machine installed at Frogmore.
1804
John Nichols is elected Master of Stationers' Company.
1805
Francis Rivington is elected Master of Stationers' Company.
1806
Matthew Bloxham is elected Master of Stationers' Company.
1807
Thomas Vallance is elected Master of Stationers' Company.
1808
Henry Woolsey Byfield is elected Master of Stationers' Company.
1809
Samuel Hawksworth is elected Master of Stationers' Company.
1809
The Drury Lane Theatre in Covent Garden burns down on 24 February.
1810
John Crickitt is elected Master of Stationers' Company.
1811
Josiah Bydell is elected Master of Stationers' Company.
1812
Thomas Smith is elected Master of Stationers' Company.
1812
Johann Friedrich Gottlob Koening and Andreas Friedrich Bauer build their first cylinder press.
1813
(Baronet) Sir William Domville, a member of Stationers' Company, is elected Lord Mayor of London.
1813
John Barker is elected Master of Stationers' Company.
1814
James Wallis Street is elected Master of Stationers' Company.
1815
Joseph Collyer is elected Master of Stationers' Company.
1816
Christopher Magnay is elected Master of Stationers' Company.
1817
Thomas Payne is elected Master of Stationers' Company.
1818
Joseph Gardiner is elected Master of Stationers' Company.
1818
The Old Vic, formerly known as the Royal Coburg Theatre, opens its doors on 11 May. It cost £12,000 to build.
1819
Charles Rivington is elected Master of Stationers' Company.
1820
William Walker is elected Master of Stationer's Company.
1820
George IV becomes King.
1821
Christopher Magnay, a member of Stationers' Company, is elected Lord Mayor of London.
1821
George IV is crowned King on 19 July.
1821
The New Observer is founded by Henry White, and bore no relation to the Observer.
1821
William Witherby is elected Master of Stationers' Company.
1822
Robert Davison is elected Master of Stationer's Company.
1822
The New Observer becomes the Sunday Times. The name is adopted on 20 October.
1823
George Wilkie is elected Master of Stationers' Company.
1824
William Venables is elected Master of Stationers' Company.
1825
Thomas Bensley is elected Master of Stationers' Company.
1825
William Venables, a member of Stationers' Company, is elected Lord Mayor of London.
1826
John Marshall comes up with the dandy roll, which makes it easier to add watermarks to the paper produced by manufacturers.
1826
Richard Marsh is elected Master of Stationers' Company.
1827
Thomas Turner is elected Master of Stationers' Company.
1828
James Harrison is elected Master of Stationers' Company.
1829
John Crowder is elected Master of Stationers' Company.
1829
Charles Rivington is appointed Clerk to Stationers' Company.
1829
John Crowder, a previous Master of Stationers' Company, is elected Lord Mayor of London.
1830
William IV becomes King, his coronation taking place on 8 September 1831.
1830
Sir John Key, a member of Stationers' Company, is elected Lord Mayor of London.
1830
John Key is elected Master of Stationers' Company.