1827 in the United Kingdom

Events from the year 1827 in the United Kingdom.

Incumbents

*Monarch - George IV of the United Kingdom
*Prime Minister - Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool, Tory (until 9 April), George Canning, coalition (until 8 August), Frederick John Robinson, 1st Viscount Goderich, Tory

Events

* 17 January - Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington becomes Commander-in-Chief of the Forces.cite book|title=Penguin Pocket On This Day|publisher=Penguin Reference Library|isbn=0-141-02715-0|year=2006]
* 1 March - St David's College, now the University of Wales, Lampeter opens its doors to its first students.
* 7 March - Ellen Turner is abducted – The Shrigley Abduction case begins.
* 7 April - John Walker begins selling his invention, the friction match.
* 10 April - George Canning succeeds Lord Liverpool as British Prime Minister following the latter's resignation due to ill health.cite book |last=Palmer |first=Alan & Veronica |year=1992 |title= The Chronology of British History|publisher= Century Ltd|location=London|pages= 255-256|isbn= 0-7126-5616-2]
* 14 May - Culprits of the Shrigley Abduction are sentenced for three years each
* 21 May - Launch of the "Standard" newspaper of London, which later became the "Evening Standard".
* 6 July - Treaty of London between France, Britain, and Russia, to demand that the Turks agree to an armistice in Greece.
* 31 August - Frederick John Robinson, 1st Viscount Goderich becomes Prime Minister of the UK following the death of Canning (see also Goderich Ministry.)
* 20 October - Battle of Navarino: British, French and Russian Naval Forces destroy the Turko-Egyptian fleet in Greece.

Undated

* Robert Brown observes the phenomenon of Brownian motion. [cite book |title= The Hutchinson Factfinder |publisher= Helicon |year= 1999 |isbn= 1-85986-000-1 ]

Births

* 24 February - Lydia Becker, suffragete (died 1890)
* 2 April - William Holman Hunt, painter (died 1910)
* 5 April - Joseph Lister, 1st Baron Lister, surgeon (died 1912)
* 4 May - John Hanning Speke, explorer (died 1864)
* 17 July - Frederick Augustus Abel, chemist (died 1902)
* 16 August - Frances Buss, pioneer of women's education (died 1894)
* 24 October - George Robinson, 1st Marquess of Ripon, Liberal Party politician (died 1909)
* Edward Bradley, writer (died 1889)

Deaths

* 2 January - John Mason Good, writer (born 1764)
* 26 June - Samuel Crompton, inventor (born 1753)
* 8 August - George Canning, Prime Minister (born 1770)
* 12 August - William Blake, poet, painter and printmaker (born 1757)

References

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