1818 in the United Kingdom
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Events from the year 1818 in the United Kingdom.
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[edit] Incumbents
- Monarch - George III of the United Kingdom
- Prime Minister - Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool, Tory
[edit] Events
- 6 January - Treaty of Mundosir annexes Indore and the Rajput states to Britain.[1]
- 4 August - the Tories under the Earl of Liverpool win the general election.
- 25 September - In London, Dr James Blundell carries out the first blood transfusion using human blood.[2]
- 20 October - A convention between the United States and the United Kingdom establishes the northern boundary as the forty-ninth parallel from the Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains, also creating the Northwest Angle.
[edit] Publications
- Jane Austen's novels Persuasion and Northanger Abbey (posthumous).
- John Keats' 4-volume poem Endymion.[1]
- Walter Scott's novel The Heart of Midlothian.
- Mary Shelley's novel Frankenstein.[3]
- The first volume of Mary Martha Sherwood's children's novel The History of the Fairchild Family.[3]
- Thomas Bowdler's expurgated Family Shakespeare.[1]
[edit] Births
- 18 January - George Palmer, biscuit manufacturer (died 1897)
- 21 February - George Wilson, chemist (died 1859)
- 22 March - John Ainsworth Horrocks, English-born explorer of South Australia (died 1846)
- 11 June - Alexander Bain, philosopher and educationalist (died 1903)
- 21 June - Sir Richard Wallace, 1st Baronet, art collector (died 1890)
- 30 July - Emily Brontë, novelist (died 1848)
- 24 December - James Prescott Joule, physicist (died 1889)
[edit] Deaths
- 22 August - Warren Hastings, Governor-General of India (b. 1732)
- 17 November - Princess Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, queen of George III of the United Kingdom (b. 1744)
[edit] References
- ^ a b c Palmer, Alan & Veronica (1992). The Chronology of British History. London: Century Ltd. pp. 249–250. ISBN 0-7126-5616-2.
- ^ Penguin Pocket On This Day. Penguin Reference Library. 2006. ISBN 0-141-02715-0.
- ^ a b "Icons, a portrait of England 1800-1820". http://www.icons.org.uk/theicons/icons-timeline/1800-1820. Retrieved on 2007-09-11.
