1831 in the United Kingdom
- 1831 in the United Kingdom
Events from the year 1831 in the United Kingdom.
Incumbents
*Monarch - William IV of the United Kingdom
*Prime Minister - Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey, Tory
Events
* April - General election results in a Whig victory, and a mandate for electoral reform.[cite book |last=Palmer |first=Alan & Veronica |year=1992 |title= The Chronology of British History|publisher= Century Ltd|location=London|pages= 257-258|isbn= 0-7126-5616-2] ]
* May - Merthyr Rising 1831 in Merthyr Tydfil.
* 1 June - naval officer and explorer James Clark Ross successfully led the first expedition to reach the Magnetic North Pole.
* 1 August - the New London Bridge officially opened.[cite book|title=Penguin Pocket On This Day|publisher=Penguin Reference Library|isbn=0-141-02715-0|year=2006] ]
* 29 August - Michael Faraday demonstrates electromagnetic induction. [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]
* 8 September - Coronation of King William IV.
* 22 September - The House of Commons passes the Reform Bill, but it is later defeated in the House of Lords.
* 26 October - Cholera epidemic begins in Sunderland.
* 28 October - Michael Faraday constructs the first dynamo.
* 31 October - Bristol Riot: Rioters burn down 100 houses in Bristol, intervention by 14th Dragoons leads to death of hundreds.
* 27 December - Charles Darwin embarks on his historic journey aboard the HMS "Beagle".Undated
* The house which would eventually contain Abbey Road Studios is built in the St. John's Wood section of London.
* British Association for the Advancement of Science founded.Births
* 16 May - David E. Hughes, musician and professor of music (died 1900)
* 13 June - James Clerk Maxwell, physicist (died 1879)
Deaths
* 20 April - John Abernethy, surgeon (born 1764)
References
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