1819 in the United Kingdom

1819 in the United Kingdom:

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Events from the year 1819 in the United Kingdom.

[edit] Incumbents

• Monarch - George III of the United Kingdom
• Prime Minister - Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool, Tory

[edit] Events

• 6 February - Formal treaty between Sultan Hussein of Johor and the British Sir Stamford Raffles establishes a trading settlement in Singapore.^[1]
• 19 February - William Smith discovers the South Shetland Islands.^[1]
• 20 March - Burlington Arcade opens in London.
• 20 June - The SS Savannah, the first steamship to cross the Atlantic Ocean, arrives at Liverpool from Savannah, Georgia, United States.^[1]
• 16 August - Peterloo Massacre in St. Peter's Field, Manchester. Cavalry charge into a crowd of protesters results in 11 deaths and over 400 injuries.^[2]

[edit] Publications

• Walter Scott's novels Ivanhoe, The Bride of Lammermoor and A Legend of Montrose.

[edit] Births

• 8 February - John Ruskin, writer, artist, and social critic (died 1900)
• 11 March - Henry Tate, sugar magnate (died 1899)
• 28 March - Joseph Bazalgette, civil engineer, (died 1891)
• 24 May - Queen Victoria (died 1901)
• 5 June - John Couch Adams, astronomer (died 1892)
• 12 June - Charles Kingsley, novelist (died 1875)
• 1 August - Richard Dadd, painter (died 1886)
• 13 August - George Gabriel Stokes, mathematician and physicist (died 1903)
• 26 August - Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, Prince Consort to Queen Victoria (died 1861)
• 22 November - George Eliot, novelist (died 1880)

[edit] Deaths

• 25 August - James Watt, inventor (born 1736)
• 22 November - John Stackhouse, botanist (born 1742)
• 19 December - Sir Thomas Fremantle, naval officer and politician (born 1765)

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