1823 in the United Kingdom
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Events from the year 1823 in the United Kingdom.
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[edit] Events
- 23 September First Burmese War: Burmese attack the British on Shapura, an island close to Chittagong.
[edit] Unknown date
- Gaols Act 1823 passed by Parliament, based on the prison reform campaign of Elizabeth Fry.
[edit] Births
- 8 January - Alfred Russel Wallace, naturalist and biologist (d. 1913)
- 13 August - Goldwin Smith, historian (d. 1910)
[edit] Deaths
- 26 January - Edward Jenner, physician and medical researcher (b. 1749)
- 7 February - Ann Radcliffe, writer (b. 1764)
- 14 March - John Jervis, 1st Earl of St Vincent, Royal Navy admiral (b. 1735)
- 11 September - David Ricardo, economist (b. 1772)
- 23 September - Matthew Baillie, physician and pathologist (b. 1761)
