1810 in the United Kingdom explained
Events from the year 1810 in the United Kingdom.
Incumbents
Events
Undated
Ongoing
Publications
Births
- 12 January – John Dillwyn Llewelyn, botanist and pioneer photographer (died 1882)
- 15 January – John Evan Thomas, sculptor (died 1873)
- 19 January – Talhaiarn, poet and architect (died 1869)
- 24 January – Thomas Jones, missionary (died 1849)
- 10 March – Samuel Ferguson, poet and artist (died 1886)
- 27 March - William Hepworth Thompson, classical scholar (died 1886)
- 30 March – Pablo Fanque, black circus owner, popularized by The Beatles in song (died 1871)
- 5 April - Sir Henry Rawlinson, politician and Orientalist (died 1895)
- 21 April - Thomas Wright, antiquarian (died 1877)
- 17 July - Martin Farquhar Tupper, poet and writer (died 1889)
- 29 September – Elizabeth Gaskell, novelist (died 1865)
Deaths
- 26 January – James Martin, radical politician (born 1738)
- 24 February – Henry Cavendish, scientist (born 1731)
- 7 March – Cuthbert Collingwood, 1st Baron Collingwood, admiral (born 1748)
- 24 March – Mary Tighe, Anglo-Irish poet (born 1772)
- 3 April – Twm o'r Nant, Welsh dramatist and poet (born 1739)
- 26 April – John Metcalf, English roadbuilder (born 1717)
- 15 May – Francis Hews, Baptist preacher in Bedfordshire
- 21 May – Chevalier d'Eon, French-born diplomat, spy, soldier and transvestite (born 1728)
- 4 June – William Windham, Whig statesman (born 1750)
- 2 November – Princess Amelia, member of the Royal Family (born 1783)
- 15 December – Sarah Trimmer, writer for children (born 1741)
- probable – William Cruickshank, Scottish military surgeon, chemist and inventor
Notes and References
- Book: Palmer, Alan. Palmer . Veronica. 1992. The Chronology of British History. Century Ltd. London. 0-7126-5616-2. 244.
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- Book: Penguin Pocket On This Day. Penguin Reference Library. 0-14-102715-0. 2006.
- Web site: Chronology of Scottish History. A Timeline of Scottish History. Rampant Scotland. 2014-03-10.
- Web site: Ian. Dyck. Ian Dyck. Cobbett, William (1763–1835). Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. 2004. 2011-07-23.
- The Times (London) 1810-11-19 8144: 3.
- Web site: Isle of May. Northern Lighthouse Board. 2014-08-27.
- Web site: History of Temple Grove School . 20 April 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110313100250/http://www.templegrove.org.uk/UserFiles/File/TG%20History%20Nov%2009.pdf . 13 March 2011 .
- Web site: Icons, a portrait of England 1800–1820. 2007-09-11. https://web.archive.org/web/20071017042835/http://www.icons.org.uk/theicons/icons-timeline/1800-1820. 17 October 2007.