1842 in the United Kingdom
Events from the year 1842 in the United Kingdom.
Incumbents
Events
- 6 January–13 January—First Anglo-Afghan War: Massacre of Elphinstone's army (Battle of Gandamak) by Afghan forces on the road from Kabul to Jalalabad, Afghanistan, under Akbar Khan, son of Dost Mohammed Khan.
- February—J. H. Newman, the controversial Anglican cleric, withdraws to Littlemore, outside Oxford, and establishes a semi-monastic community, "the house of the Blessed Virgin Mary at Littlemore".
- 31 March—Middleton Junction and Oldham Branch Railway line opened up to Werneth.
- 13 April—First Anglo-Afghan War: British victory at the Battle of Jellalabad.
- April–September—General Strike ("Plug Plot Riots").
- 25 April—Black Country Nailers' Riots.[1]
- 11 May—Income Tax Act establishes the first peacetime income tax in Britain; 7 pence on the pound, for incomes over 150 pounds.[2]
- 4 June—In South Africa, hunter Dick King rides into the British military base in Grahamstown to warn that Boers have besieged Durban. He had set out eleven days earlier. The British Army dispatches a relief force.
- 13 June—Queen Victoria makes the first train journey by a reigning British monarch, on the Great Western Railway (Slough to Paddington).[3]
- 19 June—Army suppresses Rebecca Rioters in Carmarthen protesting against turnpike tolls.[2]
- August–October—First Anglo-Afghan War: British victory at the Battle of Kabul.
- 7–27 August—Riots in and around Lancashire, protesting against the Corn Laws and in favour of Chartists.[2]
- 9 August—The United Kingdom and United States sign the Webster-Ashburton Treaty agreeing the border between the United States and Canada.[4]
- 10 August—Mines Act prohibits women and children under ten from working in mines.[2]
- 29 August—Britain and Qing dynasty China sign the Treaty of Nanking, an unequal treaty ending the First Opium War.[5] Hong Kong is ceded to Britain.
Undated
Publications
Births
Deaths
References
- ↑ Willetts, Arthur (1995). The Blackcountry Nailer's Riots of 1842. Dudley Libraries. ISBN 0-900911-36-0.
- 1 2 3 4 Palmer, Alan; Veronica (1992). The Chronology of British History. London: Century Ltd. pp. 264–266. ISBN 0-7126-5616-2.
- ↑ Body, Geoffrey (1985). Western Handbook — a digest of GWR and WR data. Weston-super-Mare: British Rail (Western). ISBN 0-905466-70-5.
- ↑ Penguin Pocket On This Day. Penguin Reference Library. 2006. ISBN 0-14-102715-0.
- 1 2 "Icons, a portrait of England 1840–1860". Archived from the original on 2007-08-17. Retrieved 2007-09-13.
- ↑ Delany, Ruth (1986). A celebration of 250 years of Ireland's Inland Waterways. Belfast: Appletree Press. ISBN 0-86281-200-3.
- ↑ "'Best for Me, Best For You' — a History of Beecham's Pills 1842–1998". The Pharmaceutical Journal 269: 921–924.