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Events from the year 1845 in the United Kingdom.
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Incumbents
- Monarch - Victoria of the United Kingdom
- Prime Minister - Robert Peel, Conservative
Events
- 7 February - In the British Museum, a drunken visitor smashes Portland Vase which takes months to repair.
- 11 March - Flagstaff War: Chiefs Kawiti and Hone Heke lead 700 Māoris in the burning of the British colonial settlement of Kororareka, now known as Russell.
- 17 March - Stephen Perry patents the rubber band.[1]
- 1 May - First cricket match to be played at the Kennington Oval.[2]
- 9 August - Aberdeen Act instructing the Royal Navy to counter the Brazilian slave trade, signed.
- 9 September - Potato blight begins in Ireland.[2]
- 9 October - The eminent and controversial Anglican, John Henry Newman, is received into the Roman Catholic Church.
- 22 December–23 December - First Anglo-Sikh War: British forces defeat Sikhs at Battle of Ferozeshah in Punjab.[3]
- 30 December - Queen's Colleges of Belfast, Cork and Galway are incorporated in Ireland.
Undated
- Beginning of the Irish Potato Famine.
- John Franklin's expedition to find the Northwest Passage mysteriously disappears.[4]
- First University Boat Race to use the present Putney to Mortlake course (albeit in the reverse direction to that used today).[2]
Publications
- Charles Dickens' novella The Cricket on the Hearth.
Births
- 14 February - Quintin Hogg, philanthropist (died 1903)
- 4 July - Thomas John Barnardo, philanthropist (died 1905)
- 9 July - Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 4th Earl of Minto, politician (died 1914)
Deaths
- 17 July - Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (born 1764)
- 12 October - Elizabeth Fry, humanitarian (born 1780)
References
- ^ (2006) Penguin Pocket On This Day. Penguin Reference Library. ISBN 0-141-02715-0.
- ^ a b c Palmer, Alan & Veronica (1992). The Chronology of British History. London: Century Ltd, 267-268. ISBN 0-7126-5616-2.
- ^ William L. R. Cates (1863). The Pocket Date Book. Chapman and Hall.
- ^ (1999) The Hutchinson Factfinder. Helicon, 549. ISBN 1-85986-000-1.
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