1810 in the United Kingdom

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Events from the year 1810 in the United Kingdom.

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 - Spencer Perceval, Tory

[edit] Events

• 8 July - Vere Street Coterie: Police raid a "molly house" in London and arrest several men for sodomy.
• 10 November - the Berners Street Hoax - Theodore Hook manages to attract dozens of people to 53 Berners Street in London.

[edit] Unknown dates

• King George III recognised as insane.
• Chlorine named by Humphry Davy.
• Sake Dean Mahomet opens Hindoostanee Coffee House, the first Indian restaurant in London.^[1]
• Launch of the Carmarthen Journal, the oldest surviving newspaper in Wales.

[edit] Births

• January 12 - John Dillwyn Llewelyn, botanist and pioneer photographer (d. 1882)
• January 15 - John Evan Thomas, sculptor (d. 1873)
• January 19 - John Jones (Talhaiarn), poet and architect (d. 1869)
• January 24 - Thomas Jones, missionary (d. 1849)
• March 10 - Samuel Ferguson, poet and artist (died 1886)
• September 29 - Elizabeth Gaskell, novelist (died 1865)

[edit] Deaths

• 24 February - Henry Cavendish, scientist (born 1731)
• 7 March - Cuthbert Collingwood, 1st Baron Collingwood, admiral (born 1750)

[edit] References