1826 in the United Kingdom
 1826 in the United Kingdom
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Events from the year 1826 in the United Kingdom.
Incumbents
- Monarch – George IV
- Prime Minister – Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool (Tory)
- Parliament – 7th (until 2 June), 8th (starting 25 July)
Events
- 30 January – the Menai Suspension Bridge, built by engineer Thomas Telford, is opened between the island of Anglesey and the mainland of Wales.[1]
- 11 February – University College London is founded, under the name University of London.
- 24 February – Treaty of Yandabo cedes Arakan peninsula to Britain, ending the First Anglo-Burmese War.[2]
- April – a number of leading scientists form the Zoological Society of London.
- 1 June to 31 August – A three-month heat wave and drought grips the country. With a mean temperature of 17.60 °C (63.68 °F) this is the hottest summer on the CET records, since 1659, until 1976. After which, it is the second hottest on record.[3]
- 19 June – Tories under Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool win a substantial an increased majority over the Whigs in the general election.
- 20 June – Treaty of Bangkok increases British control over south-east Asia.[2]
- 1 July – the Conway Suspension Bridge, built by engineer Thomas Telford, is opened in North Wales, completing his improvements to the Holyhead road.[1]
- 10 August – the first Cowes Regatta is held on the Isle of Wight.[4]
- 18 August – explorer Alexander Gordon Laing becomes the first European to reach Timbuktu.[5]
- 26 September – Alexander Laing murdered in Timbuktu.
Ongoing events
- Anglo-Ashanti war (1823–1831)
Undated
- Country Bankers Act 1826 permits joint-stock banks outside the London area, which may issue banknotes.
- The British crown colony of the Straits Settlements is established.
- Longstone Lighthouse first illuminated as Outer Farne Lighthouse (Joseph Nelson, engineer).
- Construction of the National Monument, Edinburgh on Calton Hill (to the dead of the Napoleonic Wars) is commenced; it will never be completed.
Publications
- Benjamin Disraeli's (anonymous) first novel Vivian Grey.
- Walter Scott's novel Woodstock.
- Felicia Dorothea Hemans' poem Casabianca, in The New Monthly Magazine (August).
- Christian Isobel Johnstone (as Margaret Dods)'s The Cook and Housewife's Manual.
- John C. Loudon's periodical The Gardener's Magazine first issued.
Births
- 15 or 25 May – Tom Sayers, bare-knuckle boxer (died 1865)
- 26 May – Richard Christopher Carrington, astronomer (died 1875)
- 18 June – William Maclagan, Archbishop of York (died 1910)
- 24 June – George Goyder, surveyor-general of South Australia (died 1898)
- 25 August William Synge, diplomat and author (died 1891)
- 5 September – John Wisden, cricketer and creator of Wisden Cricketers' Almanack (died 1884)
Deaths
- 10 March – John Pinkerton, antiquarian (born 1758)
- 19 April – John Milner, Roman Catholic bishop and religious controversialist (born 1752)
- 5 July – Stamford Raffles, colonial governor and founder of Singapore (born 1781)
- 26 August – Lady Sarah Lennox, courtier (born 1745)
- 4 September – Robert Gifford, 1st Baron Gifford, lawyer, judge and politician (born 1779)
- 26 September – Alexander Gordon Laing, Scottish explorer (born 1794)
- 26 November – John Nichols, printer and author (born 1745)
- 31 December – William Gifford, satirist (born 1756)
See also
References
- ^ a b Rolt, L. T. C. (1958). Thomas Telford. London: Longmans, Green.
- ^ a b Palmer, Alan; Veronica (1992). The Chronology of British History. London: Century Ltd. pp. 254–255. ISBN 0-7126-5616-2.
- ^ https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/hadobs/hadcet/ssn_HadCET_mean_sort.txt
- ^ "Icons, a portrait of England 1820–1840". Archived from the original on 22 September 2007. Retrieved 12 September 2007.
- ^ Penguin Pocket On This Day. Penguin Reference Library. 2006. ISBN 0-14-102715-0.