1847 in the United Kingdom
- 1847 in the United Kingdom
Events from the year 1847 in the United Kingdom.
Incumbents
*Monarch - Victoria of the United Kingdom
*Prime Minister - John Russell, 1st Earl Russell, Liberal
Events
* 5 April - The world's first civic public park, Birkenhead Park in Birkenhead, Merseyside opened. [cite web|url=http://www.wirral.gov.uk/LGCL/100006/200073/670/content_0001110.html|title=The History of Birkenhead Park|accessdate=2007-09-13]
* 8 June - Factory Act 1847 establishes a maximum 10-hour working day for women, and for boys aged 13-18.[cite book |last=Palmer |first=Alan & Veronica |year=1992 |title= The Chronology of British History|publisher= Century Ltd|location=London|pages= 269-270|isbn= 0-7126-5616-2] ]
* 9 August - The Whig Party under John Russell, 1st Earl Russell wins the general election.
* 16 September - William Shakespeare's birthplace in Stratford-upon-Avon (pictured) is bought by the United Shakespeare Company for preservation.[cite book|title=Penguin Pocket On This Day|publisher=Penguin Reference Library|isbn=0-141-02715-0|year=2006] ]
* 30 September - The Vegetarian Society was formed. It remains the oldest in the world.Undated
* United Presbyterian Church of Scotland constituted.[cite book|title=The Pocket Date Book|publisher=Chapman and Hall|author=William L. R. Cates|year=1863] ]Ongoing
* Irish Potato Famine (1845–1849)
Publications
* Emily Brontë publishes "Wuthering Heights" under the pen name of Ellis Bell.
* Charlotte Brontë publishes "Jane Eyre" under the pen name of Currer Bell.[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] ]
* William Makepeace Thackeray's novel "Vanity Fair".Births
* 9 February - Hugh Price Hughes, theologian and social reformer (died 1902)
* 3 March - Alexander Graham Bell, Scottish-born inventor (died 1922)
* 7 May - Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (died 1929)
* 11 June - Millicent Fawcett, suffragist and feminist (died 1929)
* 8 November - Bram Stoker, novelist (died 1912)
* 7 December - George Grossmith, actor and comic writer (died 1912)
Deaths
* 11 February - Macvey Napier, lawyer and encyclopedia editor (born 1776)
* 13 February - Sharon Turner, historian (born 1768)
* 9 March - Mary Anning, paleontologist (born 1799)
* 29 August - William Simson, painter (born 1800)
* 3 October - Charles Hatchett, chemist (born 1765)
References
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