1836 in the United Kingdom

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1836 in the United Kingdom:

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Events from the year 1836 in the United Kingdom.

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• October 2 - Naturalist Charles Darwin returns to Falmouth, Cornwall aboard the HMS Beagle after a 5-year journey collecting biological data he will later use to develop his theory of evolution.
• October 31 - Bristol riot - In Bristol, large crowd protests against the decision of the House of Lords to defeat the Reform Act . They burn down 100 houses, including the Bishop's Palace, the Custom House and the Mansion House and release prisoners. The dragoons attack the crowd and kill and wound hundreds.

• Chartists demand universal male suffrage.

[edit] See also

• 1835 in the United Kingdom
• 1836
• 1836 in Canada
• 1836 in Australia
• 1837 in the United Kingdom