1806 in the United Kingdom
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Events from the year 1806 in the United Kingdom.
[edit] Events
- January 8 - Cape Colony becomes a British colony.
- January 10 - Dutch in Cape Town surrender to the British.
- January 19 - The British occupy the Cape of Good Hope.
- February 6 - Action of 6 February 1806: Royal Navy victory off Santo Domingo.
- February 11 - Ministry of All the Talents formed by William Wyndham Grenville, 1st Baron Grenville after the death of William Pitt the Younger.
- July 4 - Battle of Maida between Britain and France in Calabria.
- July 10 - Vellore Mutiny: the first instance of a mutiny by the Indian sepoys against the British East India Company.
- 29 October to 17 December - A General election sees Grenville continue as Prime Minister
- November - Napoleon declares a Continental Blockade against the British.
[edit] Births
- March 6 - Elizabeth Barrett Browning, poet (d. 1861)
- April 9 - Isambard Kingdom Brunel, engineer (d. 1859)
- May 20 - John Stuart Mill, philosopher (d. 1873)
[edit] Deaths
- January 23 - William Pitt the Younger, Prime Minister (b. 1759)
- February 19 - Elizabeth Carter, writer (b. 1717)
- February 20 - Lachlan McIntosh, Scottish-born American military and political leader (b. 1725)
- March 23 - George Pinto composer (b. 1785)
- May 24 - John Campbell, 5th Duke of Argyll, field marshal (b. 1723)
- July 10 - George Stubbs, painter (b. 1724)
- Unknown date - Mungo Park, explorer (b. 1771)
