1806 in the United Kingdom
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
 1806 in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland: |
| Other years |
| 1804 | 1805 | 1806 | 1807 | 1808 |
Events from the year 1806 in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
Contents |
[edit] Incumbents
- Monarch - George III of the United Kingdom
- Prime Minister - William Pitt the Younger, Tory (until 23 January), William Grenville, 1st Baron Grenville coalition
[edit] Events
- 8 January - Cape Colony becomes a British colony.
- 9 January - burial of Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson in St Paul's Cathedral.[1]
- 10 January - Dutch in Cape Town surrender to the British.
- 19 January - The British occupy the Cape of Good Hope.
- 6 February - Action of 6 February 1806: Royal Navy victory off Santo Domingo.
- 11 February - Ministry of All the Talents formed by William Wyndham Grenville, 1st Baron Grenville after the death of William Pitt the Younger.
- 20 March - construction begins of Dartmoor Prison.[1]
- 4 July - Battle of Maida between Britain and France in Calabria.
- 10 July - Vellore Mutiny: the first instance of a mutiny by the Indian sepoys against the British East India Company.
- 7 October - Carbon paper patented by Ralph Wedgwood.[1]
- 29 October to 17 December - A General election sees Grenville continue as Prime Minister
- November - Napoleon declares a Continental Blockade against the British.
[edit] Undated
- First Gentlemen v Players cricket match (discontinued in 1963).[2]
[edit] Births
- 1 February - Jane Williams, writer (died 1885)
- 6 March - Elizabeth Barrett Browning, poet (died 1861)
- 9 April - Isambard Kingdom Brunel, engineer (died 1859)
- 21 April - Sir George Cornewall Lewis, statesman (died 1863)
- 20 May - John Stuart Mill, philosopher (died 1873)
[edit] Deaths
- 23 January - William Pitt the Younger, Prime Minister (born 1759)
- 19 February - Elizabeth Carter, writer (born 1717)
- 20 February - Lachlan McIntosh, Scottish-born American military and political leader (born 1725)
- 23 March - George Pinto composer (born 1785)
- 24 May - John Campbell, 5th Duke of Argyll, field marshal (born 1723)
- 10 July - George Stubbs, painter (born 1724)
- 22 October - Thomas Sheraton, furniture designer (born 1751)
- 23 November - Roger Newdigate, politician (born 1719)
- Unknown date
- David Dale, philanthropist (born 1739)
- Mungo Park, explorer (born 1771)
[edit] References
- ^ a b c (2006) Penguin Pocket On This Day. Penguin Reference Library. ISBN 0-141-02715-0.
- ^ Palmer, Alan & Veronica (1992). The Chronology of British History. London: Century Ltd, 241-242. ISBN 0-7126-5616-2.
