1852 in the United Kingdom
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Events from the year 1852 in the United Kingdom.
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[edit] Incumbents
- Monarch - Victoria of the United Kingdom
- Prime Minister - John Russell, 1st Earl Russell, Liberal (until 23 February), Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby, Conservative (until 19 December), George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen, Peelite
[edit] Events
- 17 January - United Kingdom recognises the independence of the Transvaal.
- 14 February - The Great Ormond Street Hospital in London admits its first patient.[1]
- 21 February - Earl Russell resigns as Prime Minister after his Militia Bill is amended.[2]
- 23 February - Earl of Derby forms a minority Conservative government.[2]
- 1 March - Archibald William Montgomerie, 13th Earl of Eglinton appointed Lord Lieutenant of Ireland.
- 1 April - Start of the Second Burmese War.
- 21 June - Trial of Cardinal John Henry Newman for the defamation of Giacinto Achilli opens in London. Newman was convicted on 25 June.[3]
- 30 June - Colony of New Zealand granted its first representative government.[2]
- 4 November - General election won by the Conservative Party under Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby.
- 11 November - New Palace of Westminster opens in London.
- 17 December - Earl of Derby resigns as Prime Minister, following the defeat of his budget.[2]
- 28 December - Earl of Aberdeen becomes Prime Minister, leading a Whig-Peelite coalition.[2]
[edit] Undated
- King's Cross Station opens, the largest in Europe at the time.[2]
[edit] Publications
- Roget's Thesaurus.[4]
- Serialisation of Charles Dickens' novel Bleak House.
- William Makepeace Thackeray's novel The History of Henry Esmond.
[edit] Births
- 4 May - Alice Liddell, schoolgirl inspiration for Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (died 1934)
- 23 August - Arnold Toynbee, economic historian (died 1883)
- 12 September - Herbert Henry Asquith, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (died 1928)
- 28 September - John French, 1st Earl of Ypres, World War I field marshal (died 1925)
- 2 October - William Ramsay, chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1916)
[edit] Deaths
- 10 February - Samuel Prout, painter (born 1783)
- 4 September - William MacGillivray, naturalist and ornithologist (born 1796)
- 14 September - Augustus Pugin, architect (born 1812)
- 14 September - Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, general and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (born 1769)
- 21 November - Mary Berry, writer (born 1763)
- 27 November - Augusta Lovelace, early computer pioneer (born 1815)
[edit] References
- ^ (2006) Penguin Pocket On This Day. Penguin Reference Library. ISBN 0-141-02715-0.
- ^ a b c d e f Palmer, Alan & Veronica (1992). The Chronology of British History. London: Century Ltd, 272-273. ISBN 0-7126-5616-2.
- ^ Ward, W. (1912). Life of John Henry Cardinal Newman, 2 vols., London: Longmans, Green and Co, Chapter 10: The Achilli Trial, p.291.
- ^ Icons, a portrait of England 1840-1860. Retrieved on 2007-09-13.
