1821 in the United Kingdom

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1821 in the United Kingdom:

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Events from the year 1821 in the United Kingdom.

[edit] Events

• 16 January - The Tories under Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool win the general election which had begun in 1820.

• 19 July - George IV is crowned king of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland; Caroline of Brunswick is excluded from the coronation.

[edit] Births

• 3 February - Elizabeth Blackwell, abolitionist and women's rights activist (d. 1910)
• 17 February - Lola Montez, dancer and mistress of Ludwig I of Bavaria (d. 1861 (United States))
• 15 March - William Milligan, theologian (d. 1892)
• 3 April - T. Pelham Dale mystic (d. 1892)
• 30 November - Frederick Temple, Archbishop of Canterbury (d. 1902)
• 11 December - George Granville Bradley, divine and scholar (d. 1903)

[edit] Deaths

• 23 February - John Keats, poet (b. 1795)
• 4 March - Princess Elizabeth of Clarence daughter of William, Duke of Clarence (later King William IV) (b. 1820)
• 7 August - Caroline of Brunswick Queen Consort of King George IV (b. 1768)