1830 in the United Kingdom
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Events from the year 1830 in the United Kingdom.
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[edit] Incumbents
- Monarch - King George IV (until 26 June), King William IV
- Prime Minister - Duke of Wellington, Tory (until 16 November), Earl Grey, Whig
[edit] Events
- May - First portion of Southend Pier completed.[1]
- 24 June - Last person to stand in the pillory in England, Peter Bosse, for perjury.[2]
- 26 June - King George IV dies and is succeeded by his younger brother William IV.[3]
- 23 July - Beerhouse Act liberalises regulations on the brewing and sale of beer by individuals.
- August - General election results in a Tory victory, but with a reduced majority.[4]
- 28 August - Machine-breaking Swing Riots break out in Kent and spread across southern and eastern England.
- 31 August - Edwin Budding is granted a patent for the invention of lawnmower.
- 6 September - Otmoor Riots: mass demonstration against enclosure of Otmoor in Oxfordshire.[5]
- 15 September - Liverpool and Manchester Railway opens, the world's first intercity passenger railway operated solely by steam locomotives. At the opening, Liverpool MP William Huskisson is accidentally killed by Stephenson's Rocket, thereby becoming the first railway casualty.[6] The works include notable tunnels at Edge Hill, Liverpool.[7]
- 11 November - The Liverpool and Manchester Railway begins carrying mail.[6]
- 22 November - The Whig Earl Grey succeeds the Duke of Wellington as Prime Minister (see also Grey Ministry).
[edit] Ongoing events
[edit] Undated
- Southern Ocean Expedition: John Biscoe sets out on an expedition to find new seal-hunting grounds in the Southern Ocean.[8]
- Geographical Society of London established.
- Austins of Derry established in Northern Ireland. As of 2010 it will be the world's oldest independent department store.[9]
- Price's Patent Candles founded by William Wilson at Vauxhall, London.
[edit] Publications
- Edward Bulwer's (anonymous) novel Paul Clifford.
- The first volume of Charles Lyell's work Principles of Geology.[4]
- Alfred Tennyson's collection Poems, Chiefly Lyrical.
[edit] Births
- 3 February - Robert Cecil, afterwards Marquess of Salisbury, Prime Minister (died 1903)
- 20 July - Clements Markham, geographer, explorer and writer (died 1916)
- 5 December - Christina Rossetti, poet (died 1894)
[edit] Deaths
- 7 January - Thomas Lawrence, painter (born 1769)
- 26 June - King George IV (born 1762)
- 15 September - William Huskisson, Member of Parliament (born 1770)
- 18 September - William Hazlitt, essayist (born 1778)
[edit] References
- ^ Shepherd, E. W. (1979). The story of Southend Pier and its associations. Letchworth: Egon Publishers Ltd. pp. 12–13. ISBN 0-905858-11-5.
- ^ Beadle, Jeremy; Harrison, Ian (2007). Firsts, Lasts & Onlys: Crime. London: Robson Books. p. 53. ISBN 978-1-90579-804-9.
- ^ "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.
- ^ a b Palmer, Alan; Veronica (1992). The Chronology of British History. London: Century Ltd. pp. 256–257. ISBN 0-7126-5616-2.
- ^ Bloxham (2006-07-21). "The Otmoor riots". The Oxford Times. Archived from the original on 2012-02-20. http://www.oxfordtimes.co.uk/leisure/history_heritage/folklore/845449.The_Otmoor_riots/. Retrieved 2012-02-18.
- ^ a b Penguin Pocket On This Day. Penguin Reference Library. 2006. ISBN 0-14-102715-0.
- ^ Rennison, R. W.; Barbey, M. F. (1996). Civil Engineering Heritage: Northern England. London: Thomas Telford. p. 250. http://books.google.com/books?id=Bv2BrOMo8cIC&pg=PA250&lpg=PA250. Retrieved 2010-07-04.
- ^ "Antarctic History, antarcticaonline.com". Archived from the original on 2007-08-10. http://web.archive.org/web/20070810023151/http://www.antarcticaonline.com/antarctica/history/history.htm. Retrieved 2007-08-19.
- ^ Hamill, Norman (2008). "About Us - Seven Generations". Austins. http://www.austinsstore.com/Pages/about_us/seven_generations. Retrieved 2010-11-05.
