1818 in the United Kingdom explained
Events from the year 1818 in the United Kingdom.
Incumbents
Events
Publications
Births
- 2 January – Priscilla Horton, contralto, dancer and actress-manager (died 1895)
- 18 January – George Palmer, biscuit manufacturer (died 1897)
- 24 January – John Mason Neale, Anglican priest, scholar and hymnwriter (died 1866)
- 28 January – Alfred Stevens, sculptor (died 1875)
- 14 February – Emperor Norton, eccentric (died 1880 in the United States)
- 21 February – George Wilson, chemist (died 1859)
- 10 March – William Menelaus, mechanical engineer (died 1882)
- 22 March – John Ainsworth Horrocks, explorer of South Australia (died 1846)
- 19 April – Sir Arthur Elton, 7th Baronet, Liberal politician and writer (died 1883)
- 23 April – James Anthony Froude, religious controversialist and historian (died 1894)
- 1 May – Lyon Playfair, chemist and Liberal politician (died 1898)
- 11 June – Alexander Bain, philosopher and educationalist (died 1903)
- 20 June – Eugenius Birch, civil engineer specialising in seaside pleasure piers (died 1884)
- 21 June – Richard Wallace, francophile art collector and philanthropist (died 1890)
- 11 July – William Edward Forster, Liberal politician (died 1886)
- 22 July – Thomas Stevenson, lighthouse designer and meteorologist (died 1887)
- 30 July – Emily Brontë, novelist and poet (died 1848)[9]
- 3 October – Alexander Macmillan, publisher (died 1896)
- 7 December – John Blackwood, publisher (died 1879)
- 24 December
Deaths
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- 6 March – John Gifford, loyalist political writer (born 1758)
- 24 March – Humphry Repton, garden designer (born 1752)
- 14 or 16 May – Matthew "Monk" Lewis, Gothic writer (born 1775)
- 11 August – Robert Carr Brackenbury, Methodist preacher (born 1752)
- 22 August – Warren Hastings, Governor-General of India (born 1732)
- 1 September – Robert Calder, admiral (born 1745)
- 9 September – Seymour Fleming, noblewoman of scandalous reputation, in France (born 1758)
- 17 November – Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Queen consort of the United Kingdom, wife of George III (born 1744)
Notes and References
- Book: Palmer, Alan. Palmer . Veronica. 1992. The Chronology of British History. Century Ltd. London. 249–250. 0-7126-5616-2.
- Web site: A Brief History of Chubb 1818–1990s. Chubb Archive. 2018-12-16.
- Book: Baren, Maurice. How Household Names Began. London. Michael O'Mara Books. 1997. 1-85479-257-1. 43–5.
- Book: Hall, Sir John. 1926. Edinburgh. William Hodge & Co. Ltd.. Trial of Abraham Thornton.
- Book: Megarry, Sir Robert. 2005. Oxford. Hart. A New Miscellany-at-Law: Yet Another Diversion for Lawyers and Others. 1-58477-631-5. 2010-08-27.
- Book: Penguin Pocket On This Day. Penguin Reference Library. 0-14-102715-0. 2006.
- Web site: Besses o' th' Barn Band. Besses o' th' Barn Band. 2011-08-17.
- 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.
- Web site: Emily Bronte Biography, Works, & Facts . Encyclopædia Britannica. 17 April 2019 . en.