1821 in the United Kingdom

Events from the year 1821 in the United Kingdom.

Incumbents

*Monarch - George IV of the United Kingdom
*Prime Minister - Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool, Tory

Events

* 16 January - The Tories under Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool win the general election which had begun in 1820.
* 18 February - Launch of the "New Observer" newspaper, later to become "The Sunday Times".cite web|url=http://www.bl.uk/collections/brit19th.html|title=Concise History of the British Newspaper in the Nineteenth Century|accessdate=2008-03-17]
* 5 May - "The Guardian" newspaper founded (originally as "The Manchester Guardian").
* 7 May - Bank of England returns to the gold standard.cite book |last=Palmer |first=Alan & Veronica |year=1992 |title= The Chronology of British History|publisher= Century Ltd|location=London|pages= 251-252|isbn= 0-7126-5616-2]
* 4 July - Redesigned Haymarket Theatre opens.
* 19 July - George IV is crowned king of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland;cite book|title=Penguin Pocket On This Day|publisher=Penguin Reference Library|isbn=0-141-02715-0|year=2006] Caroline of Brunswick is excluded from the coronation.

Undated

* John Constable completes his painting "The Hay Wain".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]

Publications

* Walter Scott's novel "Kenilworth".
* Percy Bysshe Shelley's elegy "Adonais".

Births

* 3 February - Elizabeth Blackwell, abolitionist and women's rights activist (died 1910)
* 17 February - Lola Montez, dancer and mistress of Ludwig I of Bavaria (died 1861 (United States))
* 15 March - William Milligan, theologian (died 1892)
* 19 March - Richard Francis Burton, explorer (died 1890)
* 3 April - T. Pelham Dale mystic (died 1892)
* 11 October - George Williams, founder of the YMCA (died 1905)
* 30 November - Frederick Temple, Archbishop of Canterbury (died 1902)
* 11 December - George Granville Bradley, divine and scholar (died 1903)

Deaths

* 23 February - John Keats, poet (born 1795)
* 4 March - Princess Elizabeth of Clarence daughter of William, Duke of Clarence (later King William IV) (born 1820)
* 7 August - Caroline of Brunswick Queen Consort of King George IV (born 1768)

References

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