1848 in the United Kingdom

1848 in the United Kingdom:

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Events from the year 1848 in the United Kingdom.

Incumbents

• Monarch - Victoria of the United Kingdom
• Prime Minister - John Russell, 1st Earl Russell, Liberal

Events

• 10 April - Chartist rally held in Kennington Park London, headed by Feargus O'Connor. A petition demanding the franchise is presented to Parliament.
• 26 July - Matale Rebellion against British rule in Sri Lanka.
• 16 September - William Lassell independently co-discovers Hyperion, one of the moons of Saturn.^[1]

Unknown dates

• Queen's College, London founded.
• John Bird Sumner becomes archbishop of Canterbury.
• British, Dutch, and German governments lay claim to New Guinea.

Ongoing events

• Irish Potato Famine (1845–1849)

Publications

• The Communist Manifesto by Friedrich Engels and Karl Marx.^[2]
• Elizabeth Gaskell publishes Mary Barton anonymously.

Births

• 27 February - Hubert Parry, composer (d. 1918)
• 18 March - Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll (d. 1939)
• 31 March - William Waldorf Astor, 1st Viscount Astor, financier and statesman (d. 1919)
• 7 April - Randall Thomas Davidson, Archbishop of Canterbury (d. 1930)
• 25 July - George Robert Aberigh-Mackay, Anglo-Indian writer (d. 1881)
• 25 July - Arthur James Balfour, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1930)
• 2 December - Mary Slessor, missionary (d. 1915)

Deaths

• 19 January - Isaac D'Israeli, author (b. 1766)
• 12 August - George Stephenson, locomotive pioneer (b. 1781)
• 23 November - Sir John Barrow, 1st Baronet, statesman (b. 1764)
• 24 November - William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1779)
• 19 December - Emily Brontë, author (b. 1818)
• Edward Baines, newspaperman and politician (b. 1774)

References

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