1838 in the United Kingdom
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Events from the year 1838 in the United Kingdom.
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Incumbents
- Monarch — Queen Victoria
- Prime Minister — Lord Melbourne, Whig
Events
- 10 January — A fire destroys Lloyd's Coffee House and the Royal Exchange in London.[1]
- 4–22 April — The paddle steamer SS Sirius (1837) makes the Transatlantic Crossing to New York from Cork in eighteen days, though not using steam continuously.[2]
- 8–23 April — Isambard Kingdom Brunel's paddle steamer SS Great Western (completed on 31 March) makes the Transatlantic Crossing to New York from Avonmouth in fifteen days, inaugurating a regular steamship service.[3]
- 8 April — The National Gallery first opens to the public in the building purpose-designed for it by William Wilkins in Trafalgar Square, London.
- May — The People's Charter is published calling for universal suffrage for male voters.[3]
- 31 May — Battle of Bossenden Wood: In Kent, self-declared Messiah John N. Thom, calling himself "Sir William Courtenay", and a band of around 35 agricultural labourers are surrounded by soldiers of the 45th Regiment of Foot sent to arrest them following the earlier murder of a policeman. Thom and ten followers, together with an officer and a constable, are killed in what is sometimes described as the last battle on English soil.[4]
- 28 June — The coronation of Queen Victoria takes place at Westminster Abbey.[5] Lord Melbourne denies her the traditional medieval banquet due to budget constraints, and critics refer to it as "The Penny Crowning".[6]
- 4 August — The Court Journal prints a rumour that Archibald Montgomerie, 13th Earl of Eglinton is going to host a great jousting tournament at his castle in Scotland. A few weeks later he confirms this.[7]
- 6 August — The Polytechnic Institution, Britain's first polytechnic, opens in Regent Street, London.[8]
- September — The Tolpuddle Martyrs return to England.[9]
- 7 September — Grace Darling rescues nine survivors from the wreck of the SS Forfarshire off the Farne Islands.[5]
- 17 September — Opening of the London and Birmingham Railway.[9]
- 18 September — Anti-Corn Law League founded by Richard Cobden.[5]
- 1 October — First Afghan War begins.[9]
Undated
- Royal Agricultural Society of England founded.
- Jenners department store established in Princes Street, Edinburgh.
- The Tin Duties Act ends taxation of the mines of Devon and Cornwall.
Publications
- Serialisation of Charles Dickens' novel The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby.
- Lady Charlotte Guest begins publication of her translation into English of the Welsh traditional tales known as the Mabinogion.
Births
- 6 February — Henry Irving, actor (died 1905)
- 12 March — William Henry Perkin, chemist (died 1907)
- 3 December — Octavia Hill, social reformer (died 1912)
- 20 December — Edwin Abbott Abbott, theologian and author (died 1926)
Deaths
- 13 January — John Scott, 1st Earl of Eldon, Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain (born 1751)
- February — Thomas Creevey, politician (born 1768)
- 4 March — William Fennex, cricketer (born 1763)
- 4 March — James Carmichael Smyth, colonial administrator (born 1779)
- 21 March — George Ramsay, 9th Earl of Dalhousie, colonial Governor (born 1770)
- 24 March — Thomas Attwood, composer (born 1765)
- 19 May — Richard Colt Hoare, antiquarian, artist, traveller and archaeologist (born 1758)
- 19 July — Christmas Evans, Nonconformist minister (born 1766)
- 25 August — William Annesley, 3rd Earl Annesley, noble and Member of Parliament (born 1772)
- 18 September — Robert Smith, 1st Baron Carrington, Member of Parliamenrt (born 1752)
- 7 November — Anne Grant, poet and author (born 1755)
- 22 December — John Villiers, 3rd Earl of Clarendon, Member of Parliament (born 1757)
Unknown dates
- Sir Edward Barnes, soldier and governor of Ceylon (born 1776)
- John Bonham-Carter, politician and barrister (born 1788)
- Robert Cutlar Fergusson, lawyer and politician (born 1768)
References
- ^ Weinreb, Ben; Hibbert, Christopher (1995). The London Encyclopaedia. Macmillan. p. 287. ISBN 0-333-57688-8.
- ^ "Steamship Curaçao". Archived from the original on 4 December 2010. http://www.vrcurassow.com/2dvrc/sscuracao/sscuracao.html. Retrieved 2011-02-02.
- ^ a b "Icons, a portrait of England 1820–1840". Archived from the original on 22 September 2007. http://www.icons.org.uk/theicons/icons-timeline/1820-1840. Retrieved 2007-09-12.
- ^ "Battle of Bosenden Wood". Hernhill Parish. http://hernhill.net/about-hernhill/battle-of-bossenden-wood/. Retrieved 2011-10-26.
- ^ a b c Penguin Pocket On This Day. Penguin Reference Library. 2006. ISBN 0-14-102715-0.
- ^ Anstruther, Ian (1963). The Knight and the Umbrella: an Account of the Eglinton Tournament — 1839. London: Geoffrey Bles Ltd. p. 1.
- ^ Girouard, Mark (1981). The Return to Camelot: Chivalry and the English Gentleman. Yale University Press. p. 92.
- ^ "University of Westminster". London: Beginnings Project. http://beginnings.ioe.ac.uk/begswest.html. Retrieved 2011-02-09.
- ^ a b c Palmer, Alan; Veronica (1992). The Chronology of British History. London: Century Ltd. pp. 262–263. ISBN 0-7126-5616-2.
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