1821 in the United Kingdom
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Events from the year 1821 in the United Kingdom.
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[edit] Incumbents
- Monarch - George IV of the United Kingdom
- Prime Minister - Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool, Tory
[edit] Events
- 16 January - The Tories under Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool win the general election which had begun in 1820.
- 18 February - Launch of the New Observer newspaper, later to become The Sunday Times.[1]
- 5 May - The Guardian newspaper founded (originally as The Manchester Guardian).[1]
- 7 May - Bank of England returns to the gold standard.[2]
- 4 July - Redesigned Haymarket Theatre opens.[2]
- 19 July - George IV is crowned king of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland;[3] Caroline of Brunswick is excluded from the coronation.
[edit] Undated
- John Constable completes his painting The Hay Wain.[4]
[edit] Publications
- Walter Scott's novel Kenilworth.
- Percy Bysshe Shelley's elegy Adonais.
[edit] Births
- 3 February - Elizabeth Blackwell, abolitionist and women's rights activist (died 1910)
- 17 February - Lola Montez, dancer and mistress of Ludwig I of Bavaria (died 1861 (United States))
- 15 March - William Milligan, theologian (died 1892)
- 19 March - Richard Francis Burton, explorer (died 1890)
- 3 April - T. Pelham Dale mystic (died 1892)
- 11 October - George Williams, foudner of the YMCA (died 1905)
- 30 November - Frederick Temple, Archbishop of Canterbury (died 1902)
- 11 December - George Granville Bradley, divine and scholar (died 1903)
[edit] Deaths
- 23 February - John Keats, poet (born 1795)
- 4 March - Princess Elizabeth of Clarence daughter of William, Duke of Clarence (later King William IV) (born 1820)
- 7 August - Caroline of Brunswick Queen Consort of King George IV (born 1768)
[edit] References
- ^ a b Concise History of the British Newspaper in the Nineteenth Century. Retrieved on 2008-03-17.
- ^ a b Palmer, Alan & Veronica (1992). The Chronology of British History. London: Century Ltd, 251-252. ISBN 0-7126-5616-2.
- ^ (2006) Penguin Pocket On This Day. Penguin Reference Library. ISBN 0-141-02715-0.
- ^ Icons, a portrait of England 1820-1840. Retrieved on 2007-09-12.
