1809 in the United Kingdom
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Events from the year 1809 in the United Kingdom.
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[edit] Incumbents
- Monarch - George III of the United Kingdom
- Prime Minister - William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland, Tory (until 4 October), Spencer Perceval, Tory
[edit] Events
- 5 January - Treaty of the Dardanelles between Britain and the Ottoman Empire concluded.
- 16 January - Peninsular War: The British defeat the French at the Battle of Corunna.
- 18 April - First running of the 2,000 Guineas Stakes horse race.[1]
- 24 May - Dartmoor Prison opens, first to house French prisoners of war.[2]
- 19 June - Law passed to prevent blatant sale of seats in the British House of Commons to supporters.[1]
- 7 June - Shoja Shah of Afghanistan signs a treaty with the British. Only weeks later, he is succeeded by Mahmud Shah.
- 28 July - Wellington's British, Portuguese, and Spanish army defeats a much larger French force at the Battle of Talavera.[1]
- 30 July - British invasion army lands in Walcheren.
- 18 September - A new theatre to hold the Royal Opera House opens in London to replace the first burnt down in a fire in 1808 (pictured). The price increases led to the Old Price Riots which lasted for 64 days.
- 4 October - Portland resigns due to ill health; Spencer Perceval takes over as Prime Minister.[1]
- 26 December - British invasion force leaves Vlissingen.
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- "Preventive Water Guard", forerunner of Her Majesty's Coastguard formed.
[edit] Births
- 12 February - Charles Darwin, naturalist (died 1882)
- 7 April - James Glaisher, meteorologist and aeronaut (died 1903)
- 4 June - John Henry Pratt, clergyman and mathematician (died 1871)
- 6 August - Alfred Lord Tennyson, poet (died 1892)
- 27 November - Fanny Kemble, British-born American actress and writer (died 1893)
- 29 December - William Ewart Gladstone, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (died 1898)
[edit] Deaths
- 16 January - John Moore, British general (killed in battle) (born 1761)
- 20 February - Richard Gough, antiquary (born 1735)
- 25 February - John Murray, 4th Earl of Dunmore, (born 1730)
- 25 March - Anna Seward, writer (born 1747)
- 13 May - Beilby Porteus, bishop and abolitionist (born 1731)
- 18 August - Matthew Boulton, manufacturer and engineer (born 1728)
- 8 October - James Elphinston, philologist (born 1721)
- 30 October - William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (born 1738)
- 9 November - Paul Sandby, cartographer and painter (born 1725)
[edit] References
- ^ a b c d Palmer, Alan & Veronica (1992). The Chronology of British History. London: Century Ltd, 243-244. ISBN 0-7126-5616-2.
- ^ (2006) Penguin Pocket On This Day. Penguin Reference Library. ISBN 0-141-02715-0.
