1819 in the United Kingdom

Events from the year 1819 in the United Kingdom.

Incumbents

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

Events

* 6 February - Formal treaty between Sultan Hussein of Johor and the British Sir Stamford Raffles establishes a trading settlement in Singapore.cite book|title=Penguin Pocket On This Day|publisher=Penguin Reference Library|isbn=0-141-02715-0|year=2006]
* 19 February - William Smith discovers the South Shetland Islands.
* 20 March - Burlington Arcade opens in London.
* 20 June - The SS "Savannah", the first steamship to cross the Atlantic Ocean, arrives at Liverpool from Savannah, Georgia, United States.
* 16 August - Peterloo Massacre in St. Peter's Field, Manchester. Cavalry charge into a crowd of protesters results in 11 deaths and over 400 injuries. [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]

Publications

* Walter Scott's novels "Ivanhoe", "The Bride of Lammermoor" and "A Legend of Montrose".

Births

* 8 February - John Ruskin, writer, artist, and social critic (died 1900)
* 11 March - Henry Tate, sugar magnate (died 1899)
* 28 March - Joseph Bazalgette, civil engineer, (died 1891)
* 24 May - Queen Victoria (died 1901)
* 5 June - John Couch Adams, astronomer (died 1892)
* 12 June - Charles Kingsley, novelist (died 1875)
* 1 August - Richard Dadd, painter (died 1886)
* 13 August - George Gabriel Stokes, mathematician and physicist (died 1903)
* 26 August - Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, Prince Consort to Queen Victoria (died 1861)
* 22 November - George Eliot, novelist (died 1880)

Deaths

* 25 August - James Watt, inventor (born 1736)
* 22 November - John Stackhouse, botanist (born 1742)
* 19 December - Sir Thomas Fremantle, naval officer and politician (born 1765)

References

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