1836 in the United Kingdom
 1836 in the United Kingdom:
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Events from the year 1836 in the United Kingdom.
Incumbents
- Monarch - William IV
- Prime Minister - Viscount Melbourne (Whig)
Events
- 8 February
- The London and Greenwich Railway opens its first section, the first railway in London.[1]
- Commencement of Hampden Controversy: Lord Melbourne's appointment of Renn Dickson Hampden (a supporter of toleration for Dissenters) as Regius Professor of Divinity in the University of Oxford splits the Church of England into high church and liberal factions.[2]
- 2 March - First organised point-to-point horse race held, at Madresfield, Worcester.[3]
- 23 April - The workhouse at Heckingham, Norfolk, becomes the first of several to suffer an arson attack in protest at the imposition of more restrictive conditions for the inmates under the Poor Law Amendment Act 1834.[4]
- 23 May - Irish Constabulary Act provides central organisation for the police in Ireland.[3]
- 7 June - Huddersfield Choral Society formed.[5]
- 9 June - London Working Men's Association founded; later a centre for Chartism.[3]
- June - Origin of Belle Vue Zoological Gardens in Manchester.
- 5 July - Main provisions of the Durham (County Palatine) Act 1836 (passed 21 June) come into effect: the previous secular jurisdiction of the Prince-bishop of Durham over the County Palatine of Durham is vested in the Crown and the Court of the County of Durham is abolished.
- 13 August
- Tithe Commutation Act replaces the ancient system of payment of tithes in kind with monetary payments.
- Last hanging for robbery, Lawrence Curtis at Shrewsbury.[6]
- 15 August 1836 - Liverpool Lime Street railway terminus in Liverpool opened. The station was the first grand terminus building in the world replacing the smaller Crown Street terminus. The city centre station was accessed via a long tunnel from Edge Hill in the east of the city. [7]
- 17 August - Marriage Act establishes civil marriage and registration systems that permit marriages in nonconformist chapels, and a Registrar General of Births, Marriages, and Deaths.[3]
- 20 August - An Act for enabling Persons indicted of Felony to make their Defence by Counsel or Attorney ("Prisoner's Counsel" or "Trial for Felonies" Act) requires provision of defence counsel for those charged with serious crimes[6] (coming into force 1 October).
- 31 August - Last hanging for arson, Daniel Case at Ilchester.[6]
- 2 October - Naturalist Charles Darwin returns to Falmouth, Cornwall, aboard HMS Beagle after a 5-year journey collecting biological data he will later use to develop his theory of evolution.[8]
- 15 October - First bishop nominated to the Diocese of Ripon, the first new diocese since establishment of the Church of England.
- 14 December - The London and Greenwich Railway opens throughout from London Bridge to Deptford.[3]
- 28 November - University of London founded.[3]
- 27 December - Lewes avalanche in East Sussex kills eight.[9][10]
- Undated - First minting since 1800 of the fourpence coin (groat or "joey").
Publications
- Charles Dickens' first novel The Pickwick Papers ("The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club..., edited by Boz"; first monthly part dated March).
- Frederick Marryat's anonymous novel Mr Midshipman Easy.
Births
- 16 February - Robert Halpin, mariner and cable layer (died 1894)
- 12 March - Isabella Beeton, cook and expert on household management (died 1865)
- 24 May - Joseph Rowntree, Quaker and philanthropist (died 1925)
- 8 July - Joseph Chamberlain, politician (died 1914)
- 7 September - Henry Campbell-Bannerman, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (died 1908)
- 18 November - W. S. Gilbert, dramatist (died 1911)
Deaths
- 21 January - Jack Small, cricketer (born 1765)
- 28 January - William Scott, 1st Baron Stowell, judge and jurist (born 1745)
- 31 January - John Cheyne, physician (born 1777)
- 1 February - John By, military engineer (born 1779)
- 4 February - William Gell, archaeologist (born 1777)
- 5 February - Dorothy Kilner, children's author (born 1755)
- 15 February - John Gillies, historian and classical scholar (born 1747)
- 22 February - John Clarke Whitfield, organist and composer (born 1770)
- 27 February - Elizabeth Whitlock, actress (born 1761)
- 14 March - John Mayne, Scottish-born poet (born 1759)
- 31 March - Edward Southwell Ruthven, Irish politician and MP (born c. 1772)
- 7 April - William Godwin, journalist, political philosopher and novelist (born 1756)
- 13 May - Charles Wilkins, Orientalist and typographer (born 1749)
- 28 May - George Gordon, 5th Duke of Gordon, nobleman, soldier and politician (born 1770)
- June - Cesar Picton, slave turned businessman (born c. 1755 in Senegal)
- 23 June - James Mill, historian, economist, political theorist, and philosopher (born 1773)
- 18 July - James Henry Keith Stewart, Member of Parliament (born 1783)
- 28 July - Nathan Mayer Rothschild, financier (born 1777, Frankfurt am Main)
- 21 August - Edward Turner Bennett, zoologist and writer (born 1797)
- 21 August - William Cusac Smith, Baronet, judge (born 1766)
- 26 August - William Elford Leach, zoologist and marine biologist (born 1790)
- September - Theresa Berkley, dominatrix and brothel keeper (year of birth unknown)
- 2 September - William Henry, chemist (born 1775)
- 3 September - Daniel Mendoza, boxer (born 1764)
- 7 September - John Pond, astronomer (born 1767)
- 21 September - John Stafford Smith, composer, church organist, and early musicologist (born 1750)
- 3 October - James Blaikie, Lord Provost of Aberdeen (born 1786)
- 6 October - William Marsden, orientalist (born 1754)
- 11 October - William Knighton, Private Secretary to the Sovereign (born 1776)
- 17 October - George Colman the Younger, dramatist (born 1762)
- 13 November - Charles Simeon, clergyman (born 1759)
- 26 November - John Loudon McAdam, engineer and road-builder (born 1756)
- 4 December - Richard Westall, painter (born 1765)
- 17 December - John Rippon, Baptist minister (born 1751)
- 30 December - James Graham, 3rd Duke of Montrose, nobleman and statesman (born 1755)
Unknown dates
- William Dawes, Royal Marine officer (born 1762; died in Antigua)
- Nathan Drake, essayist and physician (born 1766)
- Jeremy Lister, British Army officer (born 1752)
- Thomas Minton, potter (born 1765)
References
- ^ Thomas, R. H. G. (1972). London's First Railway – The London & Greenwich. London: Batsford. ISBN 0-7134-0468-X.
- ^ Brent, Richard (2004). "Hampden, Renn Dickson (1793–1868)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/12171. Retrieved 6 June 2012. (subscription or UK public library membership required)
- ^ a b c d e f Palmer, Alan; Veronica (1992). The Chronology of British History. London: Century Ltd. pp. 260–261. ISBN 0-7126-5616-2.
- ^ Knott, John (1986). Popular Opposition to the 1834 Poor Law Act. London: Croom Helm. p. 80. ISBN 0-7099-1532-2.
- ^ Wilmshurst, W. L. Huddersfield Choral Society Centenary Memorial 1836-1936. p. 6.
- ^ a b c "Timeline of capital punishment in Britain". Retrieved 2 February 2011.
- ^ http://www.bbc.co.uk/liverpool/localhistory/journey/lime_street/station/history.shtml
- ^ Penguin Pocket On This Day. Penguin Reference Library. 2006. ISBN 0-14-102715-0.
- ^ "Weather extremes" (PDF). National Meteorological Society. p. 11. Retrieved 24 May 2010.
- ^ "A brief history of snow". The Guardian. 7 January 2010. Archived from the original on 16 April 2010. Retrieved 24 May 2010.
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Further reading
- Annual Register...1836, London: J.G. & F. Rivington, 1837