1830 in the United Kingdom

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Events from the year 1830 in the United Kingdom.

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

[edit] Incumbents

• Monarch - George IV of the United Kingdom (until 26 June), William IV of the United Kingdom
• Prime Minister - Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, Tory (until 16 November), Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey, Tory

[edit] Events

• June 24 - Last person put on pillory in England, Peter Bosse, in addition to six months in prison and seven years of penal transportation to Australia.
• June 26 - William IV succeeds George IV as King.^[1]
• August 28 - Machine-breaking Swing Riots break out in Kent and spread across southern and eastern England.
• August 31 - Edwin Beard Budding is granted a patent for the invention of lawnmower.
• September 15 - Liverpool and Manchester Railway opened (world's first intercity passenger railway operated solely by steam locomotives).
• November 22 - The Whig Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey succeeds Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (see also Grey Ministry.)

[edit] Unknown dates

• Charles Lyell publishes the first volume of his influential book Principles of Geology.
• Southern Ocean Expedition: John Biscoe sets out on an expedition to find new seal-hunting grounds in the Southern Ocean.^[2].

[edit] Births

• 3 February - Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1903)

[edit] Deaths

• 7 January - Thomas Lawrence, painter (b. 1769)
• 26 June - King George IV of the United Kingdom (b. 1762)
• 18 September - William Hazlitt, essayist (b. 1778)

[edit] References