1815 in the United Kingdom

Events from the year 1815 in the United Kingdom. 1815 marked the end of years of war between the United Kingdom and France when Duke of Wellington won a decisive victory over Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo. Fighting in the War of 1812 between the UK and the United States also ceased. The year also saw the introduction of the Corn Laws which protected British land owners from cheaper foreign imports of corn.

Incumbents

*Monarch - George III of the United Kingdom
*Prime Minister - Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool, Tory

Events

* 2 January
** Lord Byron marries Anna Isabella Milbanke, Seaham, County Durham.
** The Prince Regent divides the Order of the Bath into three classes: the Knights Grand Cross, Knights Commander and Companions. [cite book|title=The Every Day Book of History and Chronology|publisher=D. Appleton & co|author=Joel Munsell|year=1858|pages=13]
* 3 January - Austria, Britain and Bourbon-restored France form a secret defensive alliance treaty against Prussia and Russia.
* 8 January - War of 1812: The Battle of New Orleans is the last major battle of the war. [cite book|title=The Every Day Book of History and Chronology|publisher=D. Appleton & co|author=Joel Munsell|year=1858]
* 15 March - Corn Laws passed by Parliament. [cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/timeline/empireseapower_timeline_noflash.shtml|title=British History Timeline, BBC History|accessdate=2007-09-11]
* 13 February - The Cambridge Union Society, one of the oldest debating societies in the world, founded at the University of Cambridge.
* 18 June - Napoleonic Wars: The Duke of Wellington wins a decisive victory over Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo.cite web|url=http://www.icons.org.uk/theicons/icons-timeline/1800-1820|title=Icons, a portrait of England 1800-1820|accessdate=2007-09-11]
* 20 June - A victory parade is held in London to mark the end of the Napoleonic Wars.
* 10 July - Apothecaries Act 1815, bans unlicensed medical practitioners.cite book |last=Palmer |first=Alan & Veronica |year=1992 |title= The Chronology of British History|publisher= Century Ltd|location=London|pages= 247-248|isbn= 0-7126-5616-2]
* 5 November - Ionian Islands become a British protectorate.

Undated

* Use of pillory is limited to punishment for perjury.
* William Smith produces the first geological map of a country covering England and Wales.
* Humphry Davy invents the Davy lamp.

Publications

* Walter Scott's novel "Guy Mannering".

Births

* 12 February - Edward Forbes, naturalist (died 1854)
* 24 April - Anthony Trollope, British author (died 1882)
* 2 November - George Boole, English mathematician and philosopher (died 1864)
* 10 December - Augusta Ada King (née Byron), Countess of Lovelace, early English computer pioneer (died 1852)

Deaths

* 1 January - William Creech, Scottish bookseller and Lord Provost of Edinburgh (born 1745)
* 8 January - Edward Pakenham, British general (killed in battle) (born 1778)
* 16 January - Emma, Lady Hamilton, English mistress of Horatio Nelson (born 1765)
* 1 June - James Gillray, caricaturist (born 1757)
* 18 June - Thomas Picton, British general (killed in battle) (born 1758)

References

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