1853 in the United Kingdom
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Events from the year 1853 in the United Kingdom.
Incumbents
- Monarch – Victoria
- Prime Minister – The Earl of Aberdeen (Peelite)
Events
- 20 January — The United Kingdom annexes Lower Burma ending the Second Anglo-Burmese War.
- 4 February — Halifax Permanent Benefit Building Society takes its first deposits.[1]
- 15 February — PS Queen Victoria sinks in a snowstorm at night entering Dublin Bay with the loss of more than 80 lives.
- 18 February — A treaty is signed with the United States concerning international copyright.[2]
- May — The world's first public aquarium is opened in London Zoo.[3]
- 6 June — Naval fleet travels to Besika Bay to fend off Russian threats to the Ottoman Empire.[4]
- 25 June — Hochster v De La Tour, a landmark case on anticipatory breach of contract in English contract law, is decided in the Court of Queen's Bench.
- 1 July — First constitution of the Cape Colony provides for a legislative council.[4]
- 12 August — Licensing (Scotland) Act (known after its sponsor as the 'Forbes Mackenzie Act') regulates the supply of intoxicating beverages in Scotland.[5]
- September (approx.) — First pillar box on the British mainland erected in Carlisle.[6][7]
- 28 September — Emigrant ship Annie Jane sinks in heavy seas off the Scottish island of Vatersay with the loss of 350 lives.[8]
- 31 October–15 May 1854 — Lockout of Preston cotton mill workers seeking reinstatement of ten per cent of their pay; this will be Britain's longest industrial dispute up to this date.[9]
- 3 December — Crimean War: a protocol is signed with France, Austria, and Prussia for restoring peace between Russia and Turkey.[2]
- 14 December — Palmerston resigns as Home Secretary over demands for parliamentary reform, but changes his mind on 23 December.[4]
- 15 December — The Sierra redwood Sequoiadendron giganteum is introduced to England as Wellingtonia by William Lobb.[10]
Undated
- Penal Servitude Act provides for convicted criminals to serve their entire sentence in prison, rather than suffer transportation, and also to be freed on licence.[11]
- Highland Clearances in Skye and Raasay.[12]
- West Australian becomes the first horse to win the English Triple Crown by finishing first in the Epsom Derby, 2,000 Guineas and St Leger.
Publications
- Charlotte Brontë's novel Villette (published as by Currer Bell).
- Mrs Gaskell's novel Ruth.
- Robert Smith Surtees' comic novel Mr. Sponge's Sporting Tour.
- Charlotte M. Yonge's novel The Heir of Redclyffe.[13]
Births
- 29 March — Elihu Thomson, engineer and inventor (died 1937)
- 7 April — Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany, member of the royal family (died 1884)
- 3 June — Flinders Petrie, Egyptologist (died 1942)
- 5 July — Cecil Rhodes, businessman (died 1902)
Deaths
- 19 August — George Cockburn, Naval commander (born 1772)
- 29 August — Charles James Napier, general and Commander-in-Chief in India (born 1782)
- 6 September — George Bradshaw, cartographer, printer and publisher (born 1801)
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