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1834 In The United Kingdom
Events from the year 1834 in the United Kingdom. Uniquely, four Prime Ministers serve during the year. Incumbents * Monarch – William IV * Prime Minister – Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey ( Whig) (until 16 July); William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne ( Whig) (starting 16 July, until 14 November); Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington (Tory) (starting 14 November, until 10 December); Robert Peel (Conservative) (starting 10 December) * Foreign Secretary – Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston (until 14 November) Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington (starting 14 November) * Parliament – 11th (until 29 December) Events * February – Robert Owen organises the Grand National Consolidated Trades Union. * March – William Whewell (anonymously) first publishes the term ''scientist'' in the ''Quarterly Review'' (but notes it as "not generally palatable"). * 18 March – the Tolpuddle Martyrs, six Dorset farm labourers, are sentenced to be transported to a penal colony for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1834 English Cricket Season
Events January–March * January – The Wilmington and Raleigh Railroad is chartered in Wilmington, North Carolina. * January 1 – Zollverein (Germany): Customs charges are abolished at borders within its member states. * January 3 – The government of Mexico imprisons Stephen F. Austin in Mexico City. * February 13 – Robert Owen organizes the Grand National Consolidated Trades Union in the United Kingdom. * March 6 – York, Upper Canada, is incorporated as Toronto. * March 11 – The United States Survey of the Coast is transferred to the Department of the Navy. * March 14 – John Herschel discovers the open cluster of stars now known as NGC 3603, observing from the Cape of Good Hope. * March 28 – Andrew Jackson is censured by the United States Congress (expunged in 1837). April–June * April 10 – The LaLaurie mansion in New Orleans burns, and Madame Marie Delphine LaLaurie flees to France. * April 14 – The Whig Party is officially named by United ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
