1817 in the United Kingdom
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Events from the year 1817 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
- 10 March - The Blanketeers march from Manchester to London.
- 3 April - Princess Caraboo appears in Almondsbury in Gloucestershire.
[edit] Unknown dates
- Elgin Marbles displayed in British Museum.
- John Kidd extracts naphthalene from coal tar.
- A Typhus epidemic occurs in Edinburgh and Glasgow.
[edit] Publications
[edit] Births
- 6 January - J. J. McCarthy, architect (d. 1882)
- 8 January - Sir Theophilus Shepstone, British-born South African statesman (d. 1893)
- 30 June - Joseph Dalton Hooker, botanist (d. 1911)
[edit] Deaths
- July 18 - Jane Austen, novelist (b. 1775)

