1828 in the United Kingdom

Events from the year 1828 in the United Kingdom.

Incumbents

*Monarch - George IV of the United Kingdom
*Prime Minister - Frederick John Robinson, 1st Viscount Goderich, Tory (until 21 January), Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, Tory

Events

* 22 January - The Duke of Wellington succeeds Lord Goderich as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. He repeals the Test Act, emancipating all Catholics, and introduces the Roman Catholica Relief Act the following year. (See also Tory Government 1828-1830.)
* 27 April - London Zoo opens.cite web|url=http://www.icons.org.uk/theicons/icons-timeline/1820-1840|title=Icons, a portrait of England 1820-1840|accessdate=2007-09-12]
* 11 August - William Corder is hanged at Bury St. Edmunds for the murder of Maria Marten at the Red Barn a year ago.
* 29 September - Police force of Sir Robert Peel starts in London with 101 uniformed officers and 5 civil servants.
* 25 October - St Katharine Docks opened in London.
* 17 December - Trial of the case of the murderers and body snatchers William Burke and William Hare begins.cite book|title=Penguin Pocket On This Day|publisher=Penguin Reference Library|isbn=0-141-02715-0|year=2006]

Undated

* Henri Ollivier becomes the first Onion Johnny in England.
* William Howley enthroned as Archbishop of Canterbury.
* King's College London founded.cite book |last=Palmer |first=Alan & Veronica |year=1992 |title= The Chronology of British History|publisher= Century Ltd|location=London|pages= 255-256|isbn= 0-7126-5616-2]

Publications

* John Payne Collier produces a script of "Punch and Judy".
* Walter Scott's story collection "Chronicles of the Canongate" and novel "The Fair Maid of Perth".

Births

* 18 March - William Randal Cremer, politician and pacifist, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d. 1908)
* 12 May - Dante Gabriel Rossetti, poet and painter (d. 1882)
* 31 October - Joseph Swan, physicist and chemist (d. 1914)

Deaths

* 3 February - Sir Richard Strachan, 6th Baronet, Royal Navy Admiral (born 1760)
* 16 May - William Congreve, inventor and rocket pioneer (born 1772)
* 11 June - Dugald Stewart, philosopher (born 1753)
* 21 July - Charles Manners-Sutton, Archbishop of Canterbury 1805–1828 (born 1755)
* 4 December - Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (born 1770)
* 22 December - William Hyde Wollaston, chemist (born 1766)

References

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