1851 in the United Kingdom
- 1851 in the United Kingdom
Events from the year 1851 in the United Kingdom.
Incumbents
*Monarch - Victoria of the United Kingdom
*Prime Minister - John Russell, 1st Earl Russell, Liberal
Events
* 30 March - The United Kingdom Census 1851 is the first to include detailed ages, date of birth, occupations, and marital status of those listed.
* 1 May - The "Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of All Nations" in the Crystal Palace, Hyde Park, London is opened by Queen Victoria.[cite web|url=http://www.icons.org.uk/theicons/icons-timeline/1840-1860|title=Icons, a portrait of England 1840-1860|accessdate=2007-09-13] ]
* 26 May - the first international chess tournament is held in London.
* 24 June - Abolition of the Window Tax.[cite book |last=Palmer |first=Alan & Veronica |year=1992 |title= The Chronology of British History|publisher= Century Ltd|location=London|pages= 272-273|isbn= 0-7126-5616-2] ]
* 22 August - The first 100 Guineas Cup, later to be known as the America's Cup, yacht race is held around the Isle of Wight.[cite book|title=Penguin Pocket On This Day|publisher=Penguin Reference Library|isbn=0-141-02715-0|year=2006] ]
* 15 October - End of the Great Exhibition.
* 24 October - Ariel and Umbriel, moons of Uranus, discovered by William Lassell. [Astronomical Journal, vol. 2, iss. 33, p. 70-70 (1851).]
* 19 December - Palmerston sacked as Foreign Secretary for sending a congratulatory telegram to Napoleon III on his recent coup d'etat.Undated
* Royal School of Mines established, as the Government School of Mines and Science Applied to the Art.
Births
* 20 April - Young Tom Morris, golfer (died 1875)
* 12 June - Oliver Joseph Lodge, physicist (died 1940)
* 19 September - William Lever, 1st Viscount Leverhulme, soap-maker and philanthropist (died 1925)
Deaths
* 1 February - Mary Shelley, author (born 1797)
* 23 February - Joanna Baillie, writer (born 1762)
* 17 July - John Lingard, Roman Catholic priest (born 1771)
* 19 December - J. M. W. Turner, artist (born 1775)
References
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