1801 in the United Kingdom
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Events from the year 1801 in the United Kingdom.
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[edit] Events
- January 1 - Legislative union of Great Britain and Ireland completed under the Act of Union 1800, bringing about the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
- 2 February - Parliament of the United Kingdom meets for the first time. [1]
- February 3 - William Pitt the Younger resigns as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
- March 10 - The first British census is carried out. The population of England and Wales was determined to be 8.9 million[2], London revealed to have 860,035 residents.
- March 21 - Second Battle of Abukir: a British army under Ralph Abercromby defeats the French troops.
- June 27 - Cairo falls to British troops.
- July 6 - Battle of Algeciras: The French fleet beats the British fleet.
- 18 July - Matthew Flinders sets out on a voyage to produce a detailed survey of the coastline of Australia, the southern coast of which was still unknown. [3]
[edit] Unknown dates
- Dalton's law - John Dalton observes that the total pressure exerted by a gaseous mixture is equal to the sum of the partial pressures of each individual component in a gas mixture.
- Charles Hatchett discovers the chemical element niobium.
- Thomas Young discovers the interference of light. [4]
[edit] Births
- February 21 - John Henry Newman, Roman Catholic Cardinal (d. 1890)
- June 4 - James Pennethorne, architect (d. 1871)
- July 29 - George Bradshaw, publisher (d. 1853)
[edit] Deaths
- March 28 - Ralph Abercromby, general (b. 1734)
- April 2 - Thomas Dadford Junior, engineer
- May 17 - William Heberden, physician (b. 1710)
[edit] References
- ^ (2006) Penguin Pocket On This Day. Penguin Reference Library. ISBN 0-141-02715-0.
- ^ Chronology of State Medicine
- ^ British History Timeline, BBC History
- ^ (1999) The Hutchinson Factfinder. Helicon. ISBN 1-85986-000-1.
