1820 in the United Kingdom
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Events from the year 1820 in the United Kingdom.
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[edit] Incumbents
- Monarch - George III of the United Kingdom (until 29 January), George IV of the United Kingdom
- Prime Minister - Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool, Tory
[edit] Events
- 29 January - George IV of the United Kingdom ascends the Throne, ending the period known as the English Regency.
- 23 February - A plot to murder the Cabinet, the Cato Street conspiracy, is exposed.[1]
- March - General election increases Tory party majority.[2]
- April - Radical War in Scotland, and in the West-riding of Yorkshire.
- 1 May - Last hanging drawing and quartering in England of the Cato Street conspirators for treason (only hanged and beheaded) (See Capital punishment in the United Kingdom.)
- 11 May - Launch of HMS Beagle the ship that took the young Charles Darwin on his scientific voyage.
- June - Pains and Penalties Bill put before Parliament to deprive Caroline of Brunswick, George IV's wife, of the title of Queen Consort. The bill was withdrawn after her public trial.
[edit] Undated
- Foundation of the Royal Society of Literature by George IV.[3]
[edit] Publications
- John Keats' poetry anthology Lamia and Other Poems.
- Walter Scott's novels The Abbot and The Monastery.
- Percy Bysshe Shelley's lyrical drama Prometheus Unbound.
- The 6th Edition of Encyclopædia Britannica.
[edit] Births
- 17 January - Anne Brontë, author (died 1849)
- 13 February - James Geiss, businessman (died 1878)
- 28 February - John Tenniel, illustrator (died 1914)
- 30 March - Anna Sewell, writer (died 1878)
- 27 April - Herbert Spencer, philosopher and political theorist (died 1903)
- 4 May - Joseph Whitaker, publisher (died 1895)
- 12 May - Florence Nightingale, nurse (died 1910)
- 23 November - Isaac Todhunter, mathematician (died 1884)
- 10 December - Princess Elizabeth of Clarence (died 1821)
[edit] Deaths
- 23 January - Prince Edward Augustus, Duke of Kent and Strathearn (born 1767)
- 29 January - King George III of the United Kingdom (born 1738)
- 1 May - Arthur Thistlewood, conspirator (born 1774)
- 30 May - William Bradley, Britain's tallest ever man (born 1787)
- 19 June - Sir Joseph Banks, naturalist and botanist (born 1743)
- 3 September - Benjamin Latrobe, architect (born 1764)
- William Drennan, poet (born 1754)
- James Keir, geologist, chemist and industrialist (born 1735)
[edit] References
- ^ (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, 250-251. ISBN 0-7126-5616-2.
- ^ About the RSL
