12 January – Chartist rising in
Sheffield aborted.
14 January – Chartist rising in the
East End of London largely suppressed by police.[1]
16 January – Frost, Williams and Jones are all found guilty of
high treason for their part in the Chartist riots, and are sentenced to death; the last time the sentence of
hanging, drawing and quartering is passed in the UK, although following a nationwide petitioning campaign and direct lobbying of the Home Secretary by the Lord Chief Justice, it is commuted to
transportation for life (Frost is eventually pardoned).
22 January – British colonists reach New Zealand. Official founding date of
Wellington.
26 January – Chartist rising in
Bradford fails to spread.[1]
6 February –
Treaty of Waitangi, a document granting British sovereignty in New Zealand, is signed.[2]
11 October –
Maronite leader
Bashir Shihab II surrenders to the Ottomans (in alliance with the British) and on 14 October goes into exile, initially in
Malta.[12]
10 November – the boiler of an experimental steam locomotive named Surprise explodes near
Bromsgrove station in
Worcestershire, killing the driver, Thomas Scaife, and fireman, Joseph Rutherford.[13]
William Whewell's book The Philosophy of the Inductive Sciences, founded upon their history, in which he introduces the words "
Physicist" and (for the second time) "
Scientist".[17][18][19]
^
abcPalmer, Alan; Palmer, Veronica (1992). The Chronology of British History. London: Century Ltd. pp. 263–264.
ISBN0-7126-5616-2.
^Rackwitz, Martin (2007). Travels to Terra Incognita: the Scottish Highlands and Hebrides in Early Modern Travellers' Accounts c. 1600 to 1800. Waxmann Verlag. p. 347.
ISBN978-3-8309-1699-4.
^Whewell, William (1840). "Introduction". The Philosophy of the Inductive Sciences, founded upon their history. Vol. 1. London: J. W. Parker. pp. 71, 113.
12 January – Chartist rising in
Sheffield aborted.
14 January – Chartist rising in the
East End of London largely suppressed by police.[1]
16 January – Frost, Williams and Jones are all found guilty of
high treason for their part in the Chartist riots, and are sentenced to death; the last time the sentence of
hanging, drawing and quartering is passed in the UK, although following a nationwide petitioning campaign and direct lobbying of the Home Secretary by the Lord Chief Justice, it is commuted to
transportation for life (Frost is eventually pardoned).
22 January – British colonists reach New Zealand. Official founding date of
Wellington.
26 January – Chartist rising in
Bradford fails to spread.[1]
6 February –
Treaty of Waitangi, a document granting British sovereignty in New Zealand, is signed.[2]
11 October –
Maronite leader
Bashir Shihab II surrenders to the Ottomans (in alliance with the British) and on 14 October goes into exile, initially in
Malta.[12]
10 November – the boiler of an experimental steam locomotive named Surprise explodes near
Bromsgrove station in
Worcestershire, killing the driver, Thomas Scaife, and fireman, Joseph Rutherford.[13]
William Whewell's book The Philosophy of the Inductive Sciences, founded upon their history, in which he introduces the words "
Physicist" and (for the second time) "
Scientist".[17][18][19]
^
abcPalmer, Alan; Palmer, Veronica (1992). The Chronology of British History. London: Century Ltd. pp. 263–264.
ISBN0-7126-5616-2.
^Rackwitz, Martin (2007). Travels to Terra Incognita: the Scottish Highlands and Hebrides in Early Modern Travellers' Accounts c. 1600 to 1800. Waxmann Verlag. p. 347.
ISBN978-3-8309-1699-4.
^Whewell, William (1840). "Introduction". The Philosophy of the Inductive Sciences, founded upon their history. Vol. 1. London: J. W. Parker. pp. 71, 113.