1845 in the United Kingdom
Events from the year 1845 in the United Kingdom.
Incumbents
Events
- 3 January — First known arrest of a fugitive achieved through use of the then new electric telegraph when John Tawell, is arrested after being followed by a detective alerted prior to Tawell's arrival at Paddington Station, London.
- 7 February — In the British Museum, a drunken visitor smashes the Portland Vase which takes months to repair.[1]
- 11 March — Flagstaff War: Chiefs Kawiti and Hone Heke lead 700 Māoris in the burning of the British colonial settlement of Kororareka, now known as Russell.
- 15 March — First University Boat Race to use the present Putney to Mortlake course (albeit in the reverse direction to that used today).[2]
- 17 March — Stephen Perry patents the rubber band.[3]
- 26 March — Sisterhood of the Holy Cross ('Park Village Community') established as the first Anglican sisterhood, to minister to the poor of St Pancras, London.[4]
- 1 May — First cricket match to be played at the Kennington Oval.[2]
- 2 May — Suspension bridge at Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, collapses: 79 killed.[5]
- 19 May — HMS Erebus and HMS Terror with 134 men, comprising Sir John Franklin's expedition to find the Northwest Passage, sail from Greenhithe on the Thames. They will last be seen in August entering Baffin Bay.[6]
- 20 May — Last fatal duel between Englishmen on English soil, between military officers at Gosport.[7]
- 26 July–10 August — Isambard Kingdom Brunel’s iron steamship Great Britain makes the Transatlantic Crossing from Liverpool to New York, the first screw propelled vessel to make the passage.[8][9]
- 31 July — Jews permitted to hold certain municipal offices.
- 9 August — Aberdeen Act instructing the Royal Navy to counter the Brazilian slave trade, signed.
- 9 September — Potato blight breaks out in Ireland:[2] beginning of the Irish Potato Famine.
- September — First students admitted to the Royal Agricultural College, Cirencester, the first agricultural college in the English-speaking world.[10]
- 9 October — The eminent and controversial Anglican, John Henry Newman, is received into the Roman Catholic Church.
- 22–23 December — First Anglo-Sikh War: British forces defeat Sikhs at Battle of Ferozeshah in Punjab.[11]
- 30 December — Queen's Colleges of Belfast, Cork and Galway are incorporated in Ireland.
- undated — Clarendon slab-serif typeface created by Robert Besley for the Fann Street Foundry.[12]
Publications
Births
Deaths
References
- ^ "Robert Chambers, The Book of Days, February 7th". http://www.thebookofdays.com/months/feb/7.htm. Retrieved 2008-05-23.
- ^ a b c Palmer, Alan; Veronica (1992). The Chronology of British History. London: Century Ltd. pp. 267–268. ISBN 0-7126-5616-2.
- ^ Penguin Pocket On This Day. Penguin Reference Library. 2006. ISBN 0-14-102715-0.
- ^ Mumm, Susan. Stolen Daughters, Virgin Mothers: Anglican Sisterhoods in Victorian Britain. Leicester University Press. p. 6. ISBN 0-7185-0151-9.
- ^ "The Great Yarmouth Suspension Bridge Disaster — May 2nd 1845". Broadland Memories. http://www.broadlandmemories.co.uk/documents/news/news_pre1900/gy_suspensionbridge_1845.pdf. Retrieved 2010-10-14.
- ^ The Hutchinson Factfinder. Helicon. 1999. p. 549. ISBN 1-85986-000-1.
- ^ Jenkins, Bob. "The Last Duel in England". Portsmouth Now & Then. http://nowportsmouth.co.uk/galleries-and-articles-01/gallery-lastduel-01.html. Retrieved 2010-09-20.
- ^ Fox, Stephen (2003). Transatlantic: Samuel Cunard, Isambard Brunel, and the Great Atlantic Steamships. HarperCollins. ISBN 978-0-06-019595-3.
- ^ "Great Britain". The Ships List. http://www.theshipslist.com/pictures/Greatbritain.htm. Retrieved 2010-10-01.
- ^ Sayce, R. B. (1992). The History of the Royal Agricultural College, Cirencester. Stroud: Sutton. p. ix. ISBN 0-7509-0178-0.
- ^ Cates, William L. R. (1863). The Pocket Date Book. Chapman and Hall.
- ^ Haralambous, Yannis; Horne, P. Scott (2007). Fonts & Encodings. O'Reilly. p. 397. ISBN 0-596-10242-9.
See also