1857 in the United Kingdom
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Events from the year 1857 in the United Kingdom.
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[edit] Incumbents
- Monarch - Victoria of the United Kingdom
- Prime Minister - Henry Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston, Liberal
[edit] Events
- 7 January - London General Omnibus Company begins operating in London.[1]
- 3 March - France and the United Kingdom formally declare war on China in the Second Opium War.
- 5 March - In London, ex-solicitor James Townsend Saward receives a sentence of penal transportation for forging cheques.
- April - General election secures Palmerston's Whigs a clear majority.[2]
- 4 April - end of the Anglo-Persian War.
- 10 May - Indian Rebellion of 1857: In India, the Mutiny of XI Native Cavalry of the Bengal Army in Meerut, revolt against the British East India Company.[1]
- 11 May - Indian combatants capture Delhi from the East India Company.
- 18 May - British Museum Reading Room opens.[2]
- 26 June - at a ceremony in Hyde Park, Queen Victoria awards the first Victoria Crosses.[1]
- 28 August - Matrimonial Causes Act, 1857 makes divorce without parliamentary approval legally possible.[2]
- 20 September - British forces recapture Delhi.[2]
- 24 October - Sheffield F.C., the world's first football team, is founded in Sheffield.[1]
- 31 December - Queen Victoria chooses Ottawa, Ontario as the capital of Canada.
[edit] Undated
- Philip Henry Gosse writes Omphalos text elaborating a Creationist school of thought.
- The Mughal Empire is finally destroyed by the British Empire.
[edit] Publications
- Thomas Hughes' novel Tom Brown's Schooldays.[2]
- Anthony Trollope's novel Barchester Towers.[3]
[edit] Births
- 25 January - Hugh Lowther, 5th Earl of Lonsdale, sportsman after whom the brand Lonsdale is named (died 1944)
- 12 February - Bobby Peel, cricketer (died 1943)
- 22 February - Robert Baden-Powell, founder of the Scouting movement (died 1941)
- 14 April - Princess Beatrice of the United Kingdom, member of the royal family (died 1944)
- 13 May - Ronald Ross, physician, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (died 1932)
- 15 May - Williamina Fleming, astronomer (died 1911)
- 2 June - Edward Elgar, composer (died 1934)
- 5 November - Joseph Tabrar, songwriter (died 1931)
- 17 November - George Marchant, inventor, manufacturer, and philanthropist (died 1941)
- 22 November - George Gissing, novelist (died 1903)
- 27 November - Charles Scott Sherrington, physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1952)
- 30 November - Bobby Abel, cricketer (died 1936)
[edit] Deaths
- 1 January - John Britton, antiquary and topographer (born 1771)
- 2 January - Andrew Ure, doctor and writer (born 1778)
- 10 February - David Thompson, explorer (born 1770)
- 18 February - Francis Egerton, 1st Earl of Ellesmere, politician (born 1800)
- 13 March - William Amherst, 1st Earl Amherst, diplomat and peer (born 1773)
- 16 May - Sir William Lloyd, soldier and mountaineer (born 1782)
- 12 August - William Daniel Conybeare, dean of Llandaff (born 1787)
- 16 August - John Jones, leading non-conformist minister (born 1796)
- 29 November - Henry Havelock, general (born 1795)
- 15 December - Sir George Cayley, aviation pioneer (born 1773)
- 17 December - Francis Beaufort, naval officer and hydrographer (born 1774)
[edit] References
- ^ a b c d (2006) Penguin Pocket On This Day. Penguin Reference Library. ISBN 0-141-02715-0.
- ^ a b c d e Palmer, Alan & Veronica (1992). The Chronology of British History. London: Century Ltd, 277-278. ISBN 0-7126-5616-2.
- ^ Icons, a portrait of England 1840-1860. Retrieved on 2007-09-13.
