1825 in the United Kingdom
- 1825 in the United Kingdom
Events from the year 1825 in the United Kingdom.
Incumbents
*Monarch - George IV of the United Kingdom
*Prime Minister - Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool, Tory
Events
* 23 April - Royal Charter granted to the Geological Society of London.[ [http://www.privy-council.org.uk/output/page44.asp Royal Charters, Privy Council website] ] ]
* 22 June - Cotton Mills Regulation Act 1825 establishes a maximum 12-hour day for children under 16.[cite book |last=Palmer |first=Alan & Veronica |year=1992 |title= The Chronology of British History|publisher= Century Ltd|location=London|pages= 254-255|isbn= 0-7126-5616-2] ]
* 15 September - Royal Charter granted to the Royal Society of Literature.
* 27 September - The world's first modern railway, the Stockton and Darlington Railway, opens with engineer George Stephenson driving the first public train pulled by the steam engine "Active".[cite book|title=Penguin Pocket On This Day|publisher=Penguin Reference Library|isbn=0-141-02715-0|year=2006] ]
* 10 November - Royal Charter granted to the Van Diemen's Land Company.Undated
* The first horse-drawn omnibuses established in London.
* Estimation: London becomes the largest city of the world, taking the lead from Beijing. [ [http://geography.about.com/library/weekly/aa011201a.htm Largest Cities Through History, about.com] ]
* Reconstruction of Buckingham Palace by architect John Nash.
* Trade Unions become legal.
Publications
* Walter Scott's novels "The Betrothed" and "The Talisman".
Births
* 4 May - Sir Thomas Henry Huxley, biologist (died 1895)
* 8 May - George Bruce Malleson, officer and author (died 1898)
* 24 June - William Henry Smith, politician and founder of W H Smith (died 1891)
* 13 November - Charles Frederick Worth, couturier (died 1895)
Deaths
* 6 March - Samuel Parr, schoolmaster (born 1747)
* 27 June - Edward Pigott, astronomer (born 1753)
* 20 August - William Waldegrave, 1st Baron Radstock, Governor of Newfoundland (born 1753)
* 25 October - David Bogue, nonconformist leader (born 1750)
References
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