1837 in the United Kingdom

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1837 in the United Kingdom:

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Events from the year 1837 in the United Kingdom.

[edit] Events

• February 13 - Rowland Hill a government inquiry into postal reform discloses the idea of carrying letters in a separate sheet which folded to become an envelope and the idea of "a bit of paper" which could be affixed to a letter to flag that postage had been paid.
• June 3 - The London Hippodrome opens in Bayswater

• June 20 - King William IV dies from heart failure at Windsor Castle. His niece, Princess Victoria of Kent ascends the throne as Queen Victoria, monarch of the United Kingdom ascends to the throne
• June 30 - England abolishes the use of pillory
• July 13 - Queen Victoria moves into Buckingham Palace in London, the first monarch to live there.
• July 20 - Euston Station, London's first railway station, is opened

[edit] Births

• March 23 - Charles Wyndham, actor and theatrical manager (d. 1919)
• November 14 - Lucas Barrett, naturalist (d. 1862)

[edit] Deaths

• January 20 - John Soane, British architect (b. 1753)
• January 23 - John Field, Irish composer (b. 1782)
• June 20 - King William IV (b. 1765)