1830 in the United Kingdom
- 1830 in the United Kingdom
Events from the year 1830 in the United Kingdom.
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, Whig
Events
* 24 June - Last person put on pillory in England, Peter Bosse, in addition to six months in prison and seven years of penal transportation to Australia.
* 26 June - William IV succeeds George IV as King. [cite web|url=http://www.icons.org.uk/theicons/icons-timeline/1820-1840|title=Icons, a portrait of England 1820-1840|accessdate=2007-09-12]
* August - General election results in a Tory victory, but with a reduced majority.[cite book |last=Palmer |first=Alan & Veronica |year=1992 |title= The Chronology of British History|publisher= Century Ltd|location=London|pages= 256-257|isbn= 0-7126-5616-2] ]
* 28 August - Machine-breaking Swing Riots break out in Kent and spread across southern and eastern England.
* 31 August - Edwin Beard Budding is granted a patent for the invention of lawnmower.
* 15 September - Liverpool and Manchester Railway opened (world's first intercity passenger railway operated solely by steam locomotives). At the opening, Liverpool MP William Huskisson is accidentally killed by Stephenson's Rocket, thereby becoming the first railway casualty.[cite book|title=Penguin Pocket On This Day|publisher=Penguin Reference Library|isbn=0-141-02715-0|year=2006] ]
* 11 November - The Liverpool and Manchester Railway begins carrying mail.
* 22 November - 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.)Undated
* Southern Ocean Expedition: John Biscoe sets out on an expedition to find new seal-hunting grounds in the Southern Ocean. [cite web|url=http://www.antarcticaonline.com/antarctica/history/history.htm|title=Antarctic History, antarcticaonline.com|accessdate=2007-08-19] .
Publications
* The first volume of Charles Lyell's work "Principles of Geology".Births
* 3 February - Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (died 1903)
* 5 December - Christina Rossetti, poet (died 1894)
Deaths
* 7 January - Thomas Lawrence, painter (born 1769)
* 26 June - King George IV of the United Kingdom (born 1762)
* 15 September - William Huskisson, Member of Parliament (born 1770)
* 18 September - William Hazlitt, essayist (born 1778)
References
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