1820 in the United Kingdom
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Events from the year 1820 in the United Kingdom.
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Incumbents
- Monarch - King George III (until 29 January), King George IV
- Prime Minister - Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool, Tory
Events
- 29 January - George IV of the United Kingdom ascends the Throne on the death of his father George III, ending the period known as the English Regency which began in 1811. George IV had served as prince regent during this time due to his father's mental deterioration.[1]
- 23 February - A plot to murder the Cabinet, the Cato Street conspiracy, is exposed.[2]
- March - General election increases Tory party majority.[3]
- April - Radical War in Scotland, and in the West Riding of Yorkshire.
- 1 May - The Cato Street conspirators are the last to suffer decapitation following their hanging for treason outside Newgate Prison in London.
- 11 May - Launch of HMS Beagle, the ship that will take the young Charles Darwin on his scientific voyage.
- June - Pains and Penalties Bill put before Parliament to deprive Caroline of Brunswick, George IV's wife, of the title of Queen Consort. The bill is withdrawn after her public trial.
- July 26 - Opening of Union Chain Bridge across the River Tweed between England and Scotland, designed by Captain Samuel Brown. Its span of 449 ft (137 metres) is the longest in the Western world at this time, and it is the first wrought iron vehicular suspension bridge bridge of its type in Britain.[4]
Undated
- Foundation of the Astronomical Society of London.[5]
- Foundation of the Royal Society of Literature by George IV.[6]
- Foundation of the 'Cambridge Apostles' (Cambridge Conversazione Society) by George Tomlinson.[7]
- William Blake completes his painting The Ghost of a Flea.
Publications
- John Keats' collection Lamia and Other Poems.
- Walter Scott's novels The Abbot and The Monastery.
- Percy Bysshe Shelley's lyrical drama Prometheus Unbound.
- The 6th Edition of Encyclopædia Britannica.
- Hone and Cruickshank's satirical work The Queen's Matrimonial Ladder
Births
- 17 January - Anne Brontë, author (died 1849)
- 28 February - John Tenniel, illustrator (died 1914)
- 30 March - Anna Sewell, writer (died 1878)
- 27 April - Herbert Spencer, philosopher and political theorist (died 1903)
- 4 May - Joseph Whitaker, publisher (died 1895)
- 12 May - Florence Nightingale, nurse (died 1910)
- 23 November - Isaac Todhunter, mathematician (died 1884)
- 10 December - Princess Elizabeth of Clarence (died 1821)
Deaths
- 23 January - Prince Edward Augustus, Duke of Kent and Strathearn (born 1767)
- 29 January - King George III of the United Kingdom (born 1738)
- 1 May - Arthur Thistlewood, conspirator (born 1774)
- 30 May - William Bradley, Britain's tallest ever man (born 1787)
- 19 June - Sir Joseph Banks, naturalist and botanist (born 1743)
- 3 September - Benjamin Latrobe, architect (born 1764)
- 11 October - James Keir, geologist, chemist and industrialist (born 1735)
- William Drennan, poet (born 1754)
References
- ^ [1]
- ^ Penguin Pocket On This Day. Penguin Reference Library. 2006. ISBN 0-14-102715-0.
- ^ Palmer, Alan; Veronica (1992). The Chronology of British History. London: Century Ltd. pp. 250–251. ISBN 0-7126-5616-2.
- ^ Drewry, Charles Stewart (1832). "Section III". A Memoir of Suspension Bridges: Comprising The History Of Their Origin And Progress. London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green & Longman. pp. 37–41. http://books.google.com/books?id=Hw8LAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA37. Retrieved 2011-08-16.
- ^ "A brief history of the RAS". Royal Astronomical Society. http://www.ras.org.uk/about-the-ras/a-brief-history. Retrieved 2011-08-16.
- ^ About the RSL
- ^ Lubenow, W. C. (1998). The Cambridge Apostles 1820-1914. Cambridge University Press. p. 27. ISBN 0-521-57213-4.
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