1804 in the United Kingdom

Events from the year 1804 in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

Incumbents

*Monarch - George III of the United Kingdom
*Prime Minister - Henry Addington, Tory (until 10 May), William Pitt the Younger, Tory

Events

* February 21 - The first self-propelling steam engine or steam locomotive, designed by Richard Trevithick, makes its outing at the Penydarren ironworks in Wales.
* March 7 - John Wedgwood founds The Royal Horticultural Society.cite book|title=Penguin Pocket On This Day|publisher=Penguin Reference Library|isbn=0-141-02715-0|year=2006]
* April 2 - Forty merchantmen are wrecked when a convoy led by HMS "Apollo" runs aground off Portugal
* April 5 - The first recorded meteorite falls in Possil in Scotland (High Possil Meteorite).
* April 26 - Henry Addington resigns as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
* May 10 - William Pitt the younger begins his second term as a Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. (See also Second Pitt the Younger Ministry.)
* December 12 - Spain declares war on Britain.

Undated

* William Blake writes "" including the poem "And did those feet in ancient time".cite web|url=http://www.icons.org.uk/theicons/icons-timeline/1800-1820|title=Icons, a portrait of England 1800-1820|accessdate=2007-09-10]
* William Wordsworth writes "I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud".

Births

*December 21 - Benjamin Disraeli, future Prime Minister (d. 1881)
*"Unknown date" - Andrew Nicholl, painter (d. 1886)

Deaths

*January 4 - Charlotte Ramsey Lennox, author and poet (b. 1727)
*January 15 - Dru Drury, entomologist (b. 1725)
*February 6 - Joseph Priestley, chemist (b. 1733)
*November 23 - Richard Graves, writer (b. 1715)

References

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