1806 in the United Kingdom

1806 in the United Kingdom

Events from the year 1806 in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

Incumbents

*Monarch - George III of the United Kingdom
*Prime Minister - William Pitt the Younger, Tory (until 23 January), William Grenville, 1st Baron Grenville coalition

Events

* 8 January - Cape Colony becomes a British colony.
* 9 January - burial of Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson in St Paul's Cathedral.cite book|title=Penguin Pocket On This Day|publisher=Penguin Reference Library|isbn=0-141-02715-0|year=2006]
* 10 January - Dutch in Cape Town surrender to the British.
* 19 January - The British occupy the Cape of Good Hope.
* 6 February - Action of 6 February 1806: Royal Navy victory off Santo Domingo.
* 11 February - Ministry of All the Talents formed by William Wyndham Grenville, 1st Baron Grenville after the death of William Pitt the Younger.
* 20 March - construction begins of Dartmoor Prison.
* 4 July - Battle of Maida between Britain and France in Calabria.
* 7 July - Start of the first Gentlemen v Players cricket match (discontinued in 1963).cite book |last=Palmer |first=Alan & Veronica |year=1992 |title= The Chronology of British History|publisher= Century Ltd|location=London|pages= 241-242|isbn= 0-7126-5616-2] [Date and scorecard from http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/0/316.html]
* 10 July - Vellore Mutiny: the first instance of a mutiny by the Indian sepoys against the British East India Company.
* 7 October - Carbon paper patented by Ralph Wedgwood.
* 29 October to 17 December - A General election sees Grenville continue as Prime Minister
* November - Napoleon declares a Continental Blockade against the British.

Births

* 1 February - Jane Williams, writer (died 1885)
* 6 March - Elizabeth Barrett Browning, poet (died 1861)
* 9 April - Isambard Kingdom Brunel, engineer (died 1859)
* 21 April - Sir George Cornewall Lewis, statesman (died 1863)
* 20 May - John Stuart Mill, philosopher (died 1873)

Deaths

* 23 January - William Pitt the Younger, Prime Minister (born 1759)
* 19 February - Elizabeth Carter, writer (born 1717)
* 20 February - Lachlan McIntosh, Scottish-born American military and political leader (born 1725)
* 23 March - George Pinto composer (born 1785)
* 24 May - John Campbell, 5th Duke of Argyll, field marshal (born 1723)
* 10 July - George Stubbs, painter (born 1724)
* 22 October - Thomas Sheraton, furniture designer (born 1751)
* 23 November - Roger Newdigate, politician (born 1719)
* "Unknown date"
** David Dale, philanthropist (born 1739)
** Mungo Park, explorer (born 1771)

References

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