1810 in the United Kingdom

Events from the year 1810 in the United Kingdom.

Incumbents

*Monarch - George III of the United Kingdom
*Prime Minister - Spencer Perceval, Tory

Events

* April - Rioting in London after the imprisonment of Sir Francis Burdett MP, charged with libel against Parliament after calling for reform of the House of Commons.cite book |last=Palmer |first=Alan & Veronica |year=1992 |title= The Chronology of British History|publisher= Century Ltd|location=London|pages= 244|isbn= 0-7126-5616-2]
* 3 May - Lord Byron swims across the Hellespont in Turkey.cite book|title=Penguin Pocket On This Day|publisher=Penguin Reference Library|isbn=0-141-02715-0|year=2006]
* 8 July - Vere Street Coterie: Police raid a "molly house" in London and arrest several men for sodomy.
* 10 November - the Berners Street Hoax: Theodore Hook manages to attract dozens of people to 53 Berners Street in London.

Undated

* King George III recognised as insane.
* Chlorine named by Humphry Davy.
* Sake Dean Mahomet opens "Hindoostanee Coffee House", the first Indian restaurant in London. [cite web|url=http://www.icons.org.uk/theicons/icons-timeline/1800-1820|title=Icons, a portrait of England 1800-1820|accessdate=2007-09-11]
* Launch of the "Carmarthen Journal", the oldest surviving newspaper in Wales.

Births

* 12 January - John Dillwyn Llewelyn, botanist and pioneer photographer (died 1882)
* 15 January - John Evan Thomas, sculptor (died 1873)
* 19 January - John Jones, poet and architect (died 1869)
* 24 January - Thomas Jones, missionary (doed 1849)
* 10 March - Samuel Ferguson, poet and artist (died 1886)
* 29 September - Elizabeth Gaskell, novelist (died 1865)

Deaths

* 24 February - Henry Cavendish, scientist (born 1731)
* 7 March - Cuthbert Collingwood, 1st Baron Collingwood, admiral (born 1750)

References

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