1804 in the United Kingdom
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Events from the year 1804 in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
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[edit] Incumbents
- Monarch - George III of the United Kingdom
- Prime Minister - Henry Addington, Tory (until 10 May), William Pitt the Younger, Tory
[edit] Events
- February 21 - The first self-propelling steam engine or steam locomotive, designed by Richard Trevithick, makes its outing at the Penydarren ironworks in Wales.
- March 7 - John Wedgwood founds The Royal Horticultural Society.[1]
- April 2 - Forty merchantmen are wrecked when a convoy led by HMS Apollo runs aground off Portugal
- April 5 - The first recorded meteorite falls in Possil in Scotland (High Possil Meteorite).
- April 26 - Henry Addington resigns as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
- May 10 - William Pitt the younger begins his second term as a Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. (See also Second Pitt the Younger Ministry.)
- December 12 - Spain declares war on Britain.
[edit] Undated
- William Blake writes Milton: a Poem including the poem And did those feet in ancient time.[2]
- William Wordsworth writes I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud.[2]
[edit] Births
- December 21 - Benjamin Disraeli, future Prime Minister (d. 1881)
- Unknown date - Andrew Nicholl, painter (d. 1886)
[edit] Deaths
- January 4 - Charlotte Ramsey Lennox, author and poet (b. 1727)
- January 15 - Dru Drury, entomologist (b. 1725)
- February 6 - Joseph Priestley, chemist (b. 1733)
- November 23 - Richard Graves, writer (b. 1715)
[edit] References
- ^ (2006) Penguin Pocket On This Day. Penguin Reference Library. ISBN 0-141-02715-0.
- ^ a b Icons, a portrait of England 1800-1820. Retrieved on 2007-09-10.
