1831 in the United Kingdom

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1831 in the United Kingdom:

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Events from the year 1831 in the United Kingdom.

[edit] Events

• September 22 - British House of Commons passes the Reform Bill - it is later defeated in the House of Lords
• October 26 - Cholera epidemic begins in Sunderland, England
• October 31 - Rioters burn down 100 houses in Bristol, UK - intervention by 14th Dragoons leads to death of hundreds
• December 27 - Charles Darwin embarks on his historic journey aboard the HMS Beagle.

• Merthyr Riots
• The house which would eventually contain Abbey Road Studios is built in the St. John's Wood section of London.

[edit] Births

• 13 June - James Clerk Maxwell, physicist (d. 1879)

[edit] Deaths

• 20 April - John Abernethy, surgeon (b. 1764)