1843 in the United Kingdom
- 1843 in the United Kingdom
Events from the year 1843 in the United Kingdom.
Incumbents
*Monarch - Victoria of the United Kingdom
*Prime Minister - Robert Peel, Conservative
Events
* 6 January - Antarctic explorer James Clark Ross discovers Snow Hill Island.
* 25 March - The Thames Tunnel, the first tunnel under the River Thames, is opened.[cite book|title=Penguin Pocket On This Day|publisher=Penguin Reference Library|isbn=0-141-02715-0|year=2006] ]
* 4 May - Gambia and Natal proclaimed British colonies.
* 18 May - The Disruption of the Church of Scotland took place in Edinburgh.
* 19 July - The SS "Great Britain" is launched from Bristol.
* 1 October - "News of the World" first published.
* 3 November–4 November - The statue of Nelson placed atop Nelson's Column in Trafalgar Square, London.
* 13 December - Basutoland becomes a British protectorate.[cite book |last=Palmer |first=Alan & Veronica |year=1992 |title= The Chronology of British History|publisher= Century Ltd|location=London|pages= 266-267|isbn= 0-7126-5616-2] ]
* 19 December - First publication of Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol".Undated
* The world's first commercial Christmas cards are printed by Sir Henry Cole in London.
* Theatres Act 1843 end the virtual monopoly on theatrical performances held by the patent theatres, encouraging the development of popular entertainment.Publications
* Charles Dickens's novel "A Christmas Carol" and the serialised novel "Martin Chuzzlewit".
* William Fox Talbot's "The Pencil of Nature", the first photographic book. [cite book |title= The Hutchinson Factfinder |publisher= Helicon |year= 1999 |isbn= 1-85986-000-1 ]
* "The Economist" magazine is first published.
Births
* 25 April - Alice of the United Kingdom, member of the royal family (died 1878)
* 30 June - Ernest Satow, diplomat and scholar (died 1929)
Deaths
* 9 January - William Hedley, inventor and locomotive engineer (born 1779)
* 21 March - Robert Southey, poet (born 1774)
* 25 March - Robert Murray M'Cheyne, clergyman (born 1813)
* 21 April - Prince Augustus Frederick, Duke of Sussex (born 1773)
* 1 June - William Abbot, actor (born 1798)
* 25 July - Charles Macintosh, chemist (born 1766)
* 18 December - Thomas Graham, Lord Lynedoch, Governor-General of India (born 1748)
References
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