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.
16 July –
Treason Act 1842 amends procedures and penalties against those threatening the monarch's life.[4]
1 August –
Mines and Collieries Act 1842 makes it illegal for women and girls of any age, and boys under ten years, to work underground, following the 1838
Huskar Pit disaster which resulted in the deaths by drowning of 26 children aged 7 to 17.
August–October – first Anglo-Afghan War: British victory at the
Battle of Kabul.
7–27 August – riots in and around
Lancashire (spreading to Yorkshire by around 12 August), 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.[5]
Edwin Chadwick's critical Report on an inquiry into the Sanitary Condition of the Labouring Population of Great Britain published by the
Poor Law Commission.[6]
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.
16 July –
Treason Act 1842 amends procedures and penalties against those threatening the monarch's life.[4]
1 August –
Mines and Collieries Act 1842 makes it illegal for women and girls of any age, and boys under ten years, to work underground, following the 1838
Huskar Pit disaster which resulted in the deaths by drowning of 26 children aged 7 to 17.
August–October – first Anglo-Afghan War: British victory at the
Battle of Kabul.
7–27 August – riots in and around
Lancashire (spreading to Yorkshire by around 12 August), 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.[5]
Edwin Chadwick's critical Report on an inquiry into the Sanitary Condition of the Labouring Population of Great Britain published by the
Poor Law Commission.[6]