1844 in the United Kingdom
- 1844 in the United Kingdom
Events from the year 1844 in the United Kingdom.
Incumbents
*Monarch - Victoria of the United Kingdom
*Prime Minister - Robert Peel, Conservative
Events
* 28 February - The Grand National at Aintree is won by the 5/1 co favourite Discount.
* 6 June - George Williams founds the Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) in London.[cite book|title=Penguin Pocket On This Day|publisher=Penguin Reference Library|isbn=0-141-02715-0|year=2006] ]
* 15 June - Factory Act 1844 imposes a maximum 12-hour working day for women, and a maximum 6-hour day for children aged 6 to 13.[cite book |last=Palmer |first=Alan & Veronica |year=1992 |title= The Chronology of British History|publisher= Century Ltd|location=London|pages= 266-267|isbn= 0-7126-5616-2] ]
* 9 August - Imprisonment for debt abolished in England. [cite book|title=The Every Day Book of History and Chronology|publisher=D. Appleton & co|author=Joel Munsell|year=1858]
* 28 October - The Royal Exchange in London opened by Queen Victoria. [cite web|url=http://www.theroyalexchange.co.uk/about-us/history.asp|title=Royal Exchange History|accessdate=2007-10-28]
* 21 December - The Rochdale Pioneers, usually considered the first successful cooperative enterprise, opened their store in Rochdale and formed the basis for the modern cooperative movement.Undated
* Henry Hardinge, 1st Viscount Hardinge appointed as Governor-General of India.[cite book|title=The Pocket Date Book|publisher=Chapman and Hall|author=William L. R. Cates|year=1863] ]Publications
* The anonymously written "Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation" is published and paves the way for the acceptance of Darwin's book "The Origin of Species".
* Charles Dickens' novel "The Chimes".
* Serialisation of William Makepeace Thackeray's novel "The Luck of Barry Lyndon".
Births
* 3 May - Richard D'Oyly Carte, theatrical impresario (died 1901)
* 22 July - William Archibald Spooner, scholar and Anglican priest (died 1930)
* 28 July - Gerard Manley Hopkins, English poet (died 1889)
* 6 August - Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, member of the Royal Family (died 1900)
* 29 August - Edward Carpenter, Socialist poet (died 1929)
* 23 October - Robert Bridges, English poet (died 1930)
* 1 December - Alexandra of Denmark, queen of Edward VII of England (died 1925)
* "date unknown" - Arthur William à Beckett, journalist (died 1909)
Deaths
* 23 January - Francis Burdett, politician (born 1770)
* 15 February - Henry Addington, 1st Viscount Sidmouth, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (born 1757)
* 27 July - John Dalton, chemist and physicist (born 1766)
* 2 November - Augustus Wall Callcott, landscape painter (born 1779)
* 23 November - Thomas James Henderson, astronomer (born 1798)
References
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