1853 in the United Kingdom
- 1853 in the United Kingdom
Events from the year 1853 in the United Kingdom.
Incumbents
*Monarch - Victoria of the United Kingdom
*Prime Minister - George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen, Peelite
Events
* 18 February - a treaty is signed with the United States concerning international copyright.[cite book|title=The Pocket Date Book|publisher=Chapman and Hall|author=William L. R. Cates|year=1863] ]
* 6 June - Naval fleet travels to Besika Bay to fend off Russian threats to the Ottoman Empire.[cite book |last=Palmer |first=Alan & Veronica |year=1992 |title= The Chronology of British History|publisher= Century Ltd|location=London|pages= 273-274|isbn= 0-7126-5616-2] ]
* 1 July - First constitution of the Cape Colony provides for a legislative council.
* 3 December - Crimean War: a protocol is signed with France, Austria, and Prussia for restoring peace between Russia and Turkey.
* 14 December - Palmerston resigns as Home Secretary over demands for parliamentary reform, but changes his mind on 23 December.Undated
* Pillar boxes introduced by Rowland Hill and Anthony Trollope.[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] ]Births
* 29 March - Elihu Thomson, engineer and inventor (died 1937)
* 7 April - Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany, member of the royal family (died 1884)
* 3 June - William Flinders Petrie, Egyptologist (died 1942)
* 5 July - Cecil Rhodes, businessman (died 1902)
Deaths
* 19 August - George Cockburn, Naval commander (born 1772)
* 29 August - Charles James Napier, general and Commander-in-Chief in India (born 1782)
* 6 September - George Bradshaw, cartographer, printer and publisher (born 1801)
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