1801 in the United Kingdom

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The year 1801 saw the establishment of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the union of the Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, as well as other events detailed below.

Contents 1 Incumbents 2 Events 2.1 Unknown dates 3 Births 4 Deaths 5 References

[edit] Incumbents

• Monarch - George III of the United Kingdom
• Prime Minister - William Pitt the Younger, Tory (until 14 March), Henry Addington, Tory

[edit] Events

• 1 January - Legislative union of Great Britain and Ireland completed under the Act of Union 1800, bringing about the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.^[1]
• 2 February - Parliament of the United Kingdom meets for the first time.^[2]
• 3 February - William Pitt the Younger resigns as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.^[1]
• 1 March - London Stock Exchange founded. ^[1]
• 8 March - Second Battle of Abukir: a British army under Ralph Abercromby defeats the French troops.^[1]
• 10 March - The first British census is carried out. The population of England and Wales was determined to be 8.9 million.^[3], London revealed to have 860,035 residents.
• 17 March - Henry Addington, 1st Viscount Sidmouth becomes Prime Minister.^[1]
• 21 March - Battle of Alexandria: Abercromby's forces defeat those of the French in the Egyptian city of Alexandria.^[1]
• 2 April - War of the Second Coalition:British forces led by Horatio Nelson defeated the Dano-Norwegian fleet in the Battle of Copenhagen.^[1]
• 18 June - Cairo falls to British troops.^[1]
• 6 July - Battle of Algeciras: The French fleet beats the British fleet.
• 18 July - Matthew Flinders sets out on a voyage to produce a detailed survey of the coastline of Australia, the southern coast of which was still unknown.^[4]
• 26 November - Charles Hatchett announces his discovery of the chemical element niobium to the Royal Society.^[1]
• 24 December - Richard Trevithick demonstrates the first steam-powered vehicle to carry passengers in Camborne.^[1]

[edit] Unknown dates

• Dalton's law - John Dalton observes that the total pressure exerted by a gaseous mixture is equal to the sum of the partial pressures of each individual component in a gas mixture.
• Thomas Young discovers the interference of light.^[5]

[edit] Births

• 2 February - George Maclean, Governor of Cape Coast (d. 1847)
• 7 February - John Rylands, weaver, entrepreneur, and philanthropist (d. 1888)
• 13 February - Henry Bulwer, 1st Baron Dalling and Bulwer, politician, diplomat and writer (d. 1872)
• 21 February - John Henry Newman, Roman Catholic Cardinal (d. 1890)
• 24 April - Robert Grosvenor, 1st Baron Ebury, politician (d. 1893)
• 9 May - Samuel Cousins, engraver (d. 1887)
• 4 June - James Pennethorne, architect (d. 1871)
• 10 June - Joseph Rowntree, educationist (d. 1859)
• 24 June - Caroline Clive, author (d. 1872)
• 29 July - George Bradshaw, publisher (d. 1853)
• 27 December - Charles Clay, surgeon (d. 1893)
• date unknown
  • Charles George James Arbuthnot, general (d. 1870)
  • Horatio Thomas Austin, Royal Navy officer and explorer (d. 1865)
  • Jane Welsh Carlyle, letter-writer (d. 1866)
  • Manton Eastburn, bishop (d. 1872)
  • Charles Elliot, naval officer, diplomat and colonial administrator (d. 1875)
  • James Giles, painter (d. 1870)

[edit] Deaths

• 28 March - Ralph Abercromby, general (b. 1734)
• 2 April - Thomas Dadford, Jr., engineer (year of birth unknown)
• 17 May - William Heberden, physician (b. 1710)
• 14 June - Benedict Arnold, spy and Army officer (b. 1741, Connecticut Colony)
• 7 July - William Legge, 2nd Earl of Dartmouth, statesman (b. 1731)
• date unknown - David Levi, scholar (b. 1742)

[edit] References