1806 in the United Kingdom
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1806 in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland:

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Events from the year 1806 in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

Incumbents

• Monarch - George III of the United Kingdom
• Prime Minister - William Pitt the Younger, Tory (until 23 January), William Grenville, 1st Baron Grenville coalition

Events

• 8 January - Cape Colony becomes a British colony.
• 9 January - burial of Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson in St Paul's Cathedral.¹
• 10 January - Dutch in Cape Town surrender to the British.
• 19 January - The British occupy the Cape of Good Hope.
• 6 February - Action of 6 February 1806: Royal Navy victory off Santo Domingo.
• 11 February - Ministry of All the Talents formed by William Wyndham Grenville, 1st Baron Grenville after the death of William Pitt the Younger.
• 20 March - construction begins of Dartmoor Prison.¹
• 4 July - Battle of Maida between Britain and France in Calabria.
• 7 July - Start of the first Gentlemen v Players cricket match (discontinued in 1963).^{2 3}
• 10 July - Vellore Mutiny: the first instance of a mutiny by the Indian sepoys against the British East India Company.
• 7 October - Carbon paper patented by Ralph Wedgwood.¹
• 29 October to 17 December - A General election sees Grenville continue as Prime Minister
• November - Napoleon declares a Continental Blockade against the British.

Births

• 1 February - Jane Williams, writer (died 1885)
• 6 March - Elizabeth Barrett Browning, poet (died 1861)
• 9 April - Isambard Kingdom Brunel, engineer (died 1859)
• 21 April - Sir George Cornewall Lewis, statesman (died 1863)
• 20 May - John Stuart Mill, philosopher (died 1873)

Deaths

• 23 January - William Pitt the Younger, Prime Minister (born 1759)
• 19 February - Elizabeth Carter, writer (born 1717)
• 20 February - Lachlan McIntosh, Scottish-born American military and political leader (born 1725)
• 23 March - George Pinto composer (born 1785)
• 24 May - John Campbell, 5th Duke of Argyll, field marshal (born 1723)
• 10 July - George Stubbs, painter (born 1724)
• 22 October - Thomas Sheraton, furniture designer (born 1751)
• 23 November - Roger Newdigate, politician (born 1719)
• Unknown date
  • David Dale, philanthropist (born 1739)
  • Mungo Park, explorer (born 1771)

References

See also