1843 in the United Kingdom
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Events from the year 1843 in the United Kingdom.
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[edit] Incumbents
- Monarch - Victoria of the United Kingdom
- Prime Minister - Robert Peel, Conservative
[edit] Events
- 6 January - Antarctic explorer James Clark Ross discovers Snow Hill Island.
- 25 March - The Thames Tunnel, the first tunnel under the River Thames, is opened.[1]
- 4 May - Gambia and Natal proclaimed British colonies.[2]
- 18 May - The Disruption of the Church of Scotland took place in Edinburgh.
- 19 July - The SS Great Britain is launched from Bristol.
- 1 October - News of the World first published.[1]
- 3 November–4 November - The statue of Nelson placed atop Nelson's Column in Trafalgar Square, London.[1]
- 13 December - Basutoland becomes a British protectorate.[2]
- 19 December - First publication of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol.
[edit] Undated
- The world's first commercial Christmas cards are printed by Sir Henry Cole in London.
- Theatres Act 1843 end the virtual monopoly on theatrical performances held by the patent theatres, encouraging the development of popular entertainment.[2]
[edit] Publications
- Charles Dickens's novel A Christmas Carol and the serialised novel Martin Chuzzlewit.
- William Fox Talbot's The Pencil of Nature, the first photographic book.[3]
- The Economist magazine is first published.
[edit] Births
- 25 April - Alice of the United Kingdom, member of the royal family (died 1878)
- 30 June - Ernest Satow, diplomat and scholar (died 1929)
[edit] Deaths
- 9 January - William Hedley, inventor and locomotive engineer (born 1779)
- 21 March - Robert Southey, poet (born 1774)
- 25 March - Robert Murray M'Cheyne, clergyman (born 1813)
- 21 April - Prince Augustus Frederick, Duke of Sussex (born 1773)
- 1 June - William Abbot, actor (born 1798)
- 25 July - Charles Macintosh, chemist (born 1766)
- 18 December - Thomas Graham, Lord Lynedoch, Governor-General of India (born 1748)
[edit] References
- ^ a b c (2006) Penguin Pocket On This Day. Penguin Reference Library. ISBN 0-141-02715-0.
- ^ a b c Palmer, Alan & Veronica (1992). The Chronology of British History. London: Century Ltd, 266-267. ISBN 0-7126-5616-2.
- ^ (1999) The Hutchinson Factfinder. Helicon. ISBN 1-85986-000-1.
