1847 in the United Kingdom
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1847 in the United Kingdom:

Other years

1845 | 1846 | 1847 | 1848 | 1849

Sport

1847 English cricket season

Events from the year 1847 in the United Kingdom.

Incumbents

• Monarch - Victoria of the United Kingdom
• Prime Minister - John Russell, 1st Earl Russell, Liberal

Events

16 September: Shakespeare's birthplace is bought for preservation

• 5 April - The world's first civic public park, Birkenhead Park in Birkenhead, Merseyside opened.^[1]
• 8 June - Factory Act 1847 establishes a maximum 10-hour working day for women, and for boys aged 13-18.^[2]
• 9 August - The Whig Party under John Russell, 1st Earl Russell wins the general election.
• 16 September - William Shakespeare's birthplace in Stratford-upon-Avon (pictured) is bought by the United Shakespeare Company for preservation.^[3]
• 30 September - The Vegetarian Society was formed. It remains the oldest in the world.

Undated

• United Presbyterian Church of Scotland constituted.^[4]

Ongoing

• Irish Potato Famine (1845–1849)

Publications

• Emily Brontë publishes Wuthering Heights under the pen name of Ellis Bell.
• Charlotte Brontë publishes Jane Eyre under the pen name of Currer Bell.^[5]
• William Makepeace Thackeray's novel Vanity Fair.^[5]

Births

• 9 February - Hugh Price Hughes, theologian and social reformer (died 1902)
• 3 March - Alexander Graham Bell, Scottish-born inventor (died 1922)
• 7 May - Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (died 1929)
• 11 June - Millicent Fawcett, suffragist and feminist (died 1929)
• 8 November - Bram Stoker, novelist (died 1912)
• 7 December - George Grossmith, actor and comic writer (died 1912)

Deaths

• 11 February - Macvey Napier, lawyer and encyclopedia editor (born 1776)
• 13 February - Sharon Turner, historian (born 1768)
• 9 March - Mary Anning, paleontologist (born 1799)
• 29 August - William Simson, painter (born 1800)
• 3 October - Charles Hatchett, chemist (born 1765)

References

See also