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Events from the year
1830
in the
United Kingdom
.
Contents
1
Incumbents
2
Events
2.1
Undated
3
Publications
4
Births
5
Deaths
6
References
7
See also
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Incumbents
Monarch
-
George IV of the United Kingdom
(until
26 June
),
William IV of the United Kingdom
Prime Minister
-
Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington
,
Tory
(until
16 November
),
Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey
, Tory
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Events
24 June
- Last person put on
pillory
in England, Peter Bosse, in addition to six months in prison and seven years of
penal transportation
to
Australia
.
26 June
-
William IV
succeeds
George IV
as King.
[1]
August -
General election
results in a
Tory
victory, but with a reduced majority.
[2]
28 August
- Machine-breaking
Swing Riots
break out in Kent and spread across southern and eastern England.
31 August
-
Edwin Beard Budding
is granted a patent for the invention of
lawnmower
.
15 September
-
Liverpool and Manchester Railway
opened (world's first intercity passenger
railway
operated solely by
steam locomotives
). At the opening, Liverpool MP
William Huskisson
is accidentally killed by
Stephenson's Rocket
, thereby becoming the first railway casualty.
[3]
11 November
- The Liverpool and Manchester Railway begins carrying mail.
[3]
22 November
- The Whig
Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey
succeeds
Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington
as
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
(see also
Grey Ministry
.)
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Undated
Southern Ocean Expedition
:
John Biscoe
sets out on an expedition to find new seal-hunting grounds in the
Southern Ocean
.
[4]
.
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Publications
The first volume of
Charles Lyell
's work
Principles of Geology
.
[2]
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Births
3 February
-
Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury
,
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
(died
1903
)
5 December
-
Christina Rossetti
, poet (died
1894
)
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Deaths
7 January
-
Thomas Lawrence
, painter (born
1769
)
26 June
- King
George IV of the United Kingdom
(born
1762
)
15 September
-
William Huskisson
, Member of Parliament (born
1770
)
18 September
-
William Hazlitt
, essayist (born
1778
)
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References
^
Icons, a portrait of England 1820-1840
. Retrieved on
2007-09-12
.
^
a
b
Palmer, Alan & Veronica (1992).
The Chronology of British History
. London: Century Ltd, 256-257.
ISBN 0-7126-5616-2
.
^
a
b
(2006)
Penguin Pocket On This Day
. Penguin Reference Library.
ISBN 0-141-02715-0
.
^
Antarctic History, antarcticaonline.com
. Retrieved on
2007-08-19
.
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