1806 in the United Kingdom

none October 2020 1806 Constituent countries of the United Kingdom England Ireland Scotland Wales Sport 1806 English cricket season Events from the year 1806 in the United Kingdom. Incumbents Monarch – George III Prime Minister – William Pitt the Younger (Tory) (until 23 January); William Grenville, 1st Baron Grenville (Coalition) (starting 11 February) Foreign Secretary – Henry Phipps, 1st Earl of Mulgrave (until 7 February) Charles James Fox (from 7 February) Charles Grey, Viscount Howick (from 24 September) Home Secretary – Lord Liverpool (until 5 February) Earl Spencer (from 5 February) Secretary of War – Lord Castlereagh (until 5 February) William Windham (from 5 February) Events 5 January – The body of Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson, lies in state in the Painted Hall of Greenwich Hospital, London. 8 January – Battle of Blaauwberg: British infantry force troops of the Batavian Republic in the Dutch Cape Colony to withdraw. 9 January The Dutch commandant of Cape Town surrenders to British forces. On 10 January, formal capitulation is signed under the Treaty Tree in Papendorp (modern-day Woodstock). Lord Nelson is given a state funeral and interment at St Paul's Cathedral in London, attended by the Prince of Wales.Hibbert Christopher Christopher Hibbert Nelson: A Personal History 1994 382 18 January – The Dutch Cape Colony capitulates to British forces, the origin of its status as a colony within the British Empire. 23 January – William Pitt the Younger dies aged 46 at Bowling Green House on Putney Heath of a gastrointestinal tract complaint and is succeeded as wartime Prime Minister by his cousin Lord Grenville. 6 February – Battle of San Domingo: The British Royal Navy gains a victory over the French off Santo Domingo. 11 February – Ministry of All the Talents formed by Grenville. 20 March – Construction begins of Dartmoor Prison, to house prisoners of war.Penguin Pocket On This Day Penguin Reference Library 0-14-102715-0 2006 8 April – Proceedings for the impeachment of Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville (on the initiative of Samuel Whitbread) for the misappropriation of public money at the Admiralty begin; he will be acquitted in the last impeachment trial ever held in the House of Lords. 16 May – The Order in Council of 16 May 1806 declares all ports from Brest (France) to the Elbe to be under a state of blockade by the Royal Navy.Documents upon the Continental System The Napoleon Series / Archive The Waterloo Association https://www.napoleon-series.org/research/government/diplomatic/c_continental.html 2025-04-21 4 July – Invasion of Naples (War of the Third Coalition): Battle of Maida in Calabria – British forces defeat the French. 7 July – Start of the first Gentlemen v Players cricket match (discontinued in 1963).Palmer Alan Palmer Veronica 1992 The Chronology of British History Century Ltd London 241–242 0-7126-5616-2https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/0/316.html Gentlemen v Players in 1806 scoreboard cricketarchive.com 2020-02-25 10 July – Vellore Mutiny, the first instance of a mutiny by the Indian sepoys against the British East India Company. 23 July – British invasions of the River Plate: A British expeditionary force of 1,700 men lands on the left bank of the Río de la Plata and invades Buenos Aires. 18 August – English seal hunter Abraham Bristow discovers the Auckland Islands.Exploring Polar Frontiers: A Historical Encyclopedia https://archive.org/details/exploringpolarfr00mill limited ABC-CLIO 2003 978-1-57607-423-7 Mills, William J. 39 Auckland Islands 437171111A. G. E. Jones Captain Abraham Bristow and the Auckland Islands Notes and Queries 1970 17 10 369–371 10.1093/nq/17-10-369 7 October – Carbon paper patented by Ralph Wedgwood. 20 October – Athenienne 1800 is wrecked in the Strait of Sicily with the loss of 347 of the 488 onboard. 29 October to 17 December – a General election sees Grenville continue as Prime Minister. 21 November – Napoleon's Berlin Decree initiates the Continental System, blocking the import of British manufactured goods to the rest of Europe.Napoleon's Continental Blockade – An Effective Substitute to Naval Weakness? Silvia Marzagali Naval Blockades and Seapower: Strategies and Counter-Strategies, 1805–2005 Bruce A. Elleman S. C. M. Paine London Routledge 2007 9786611158309 25 Undated Supposedly secret 'Delicate Investigation' by senior statesmen into the life of Caroline of Brunswick, the Prince of Wales's estranged wife, finds "no foundation" for allegations against her morals.Plowden, Alison (2005). Caroline and Charlotte: Regency Scandals 1795–1821. Stroud: Sutton Publishing. 0-7509-4173-1 Annual British iron production reaches 260,000 tons. Ongoing Anglo-Spanish War, 1796–1808 Napoleonic Wars, 1803–1815 Publications A New System of Domestic Cookery, 1st edition, "by A Lady" (Maria Eliza Rundell) published in London by John Murray. Rhymes for the Nursery by sisters Jane and Ann Taylor published in London, including Jane's "The Star" ("Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star").Iona and Peter Opie The Oxford Dictionary of Nursery Rhymes Oxford University Press 1997 0-19-860088-7 2nd 397–8 Iona and Peter OpieMax Cryer Love Me Tender: the Stories Behind the World's Best-loved Songs London Frances Lincoln 2009 978-0-7112-2911-2 83–5 https://archive.org/details/lovemetenderstor0000crye/page/83http://rpo.library.utoronto.ca/poem/2113.html The Star Representative Poetry Online University of Toronto 2005 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20110706222119/https://rpo.library.utoronto.ca/poem/2113.html 6 July 2011 Births 1 February – Jane Williams (Ysgafell), writer (died 1885) 6 March – Elizabeth Barrett Browning, poet (died 1861) 9 April – Isambard Kingdom Brunel, engineer (died 1859) 21 April – George Cornewall Lewis, statesman (died 1863) 4 May – William Fothergill Cooke, inventor (died 1879) 20 May – John Stuart Mill, philosopher (died 1873) 27 June – Augustus De Morgan, mathematician, logician (died 1871) 10 November – Alexander Milne, admiral (died 1896) 11 December William Prowting Roberts, Chartist lawyer (died 1871) Alfred Swaine Taylor, toxicologist, "father of British forensic medicine" (died 1880) Deaths c. January?? – Mungo Park, Scottish explorer (born 1771) 23 January – William Pitt the Younger, Prime Minister (born 1759)History of William Pitt 'The Younger' - GOV.UK https://www.gov.uk/government/history/past-prime-ministers/william-pitt www.gov.uk 1 July 2023 en 19 February – Elizabeth Carter, writer (born 1717) 20 February – Lachlan McIntosh, Scottish-born American military and political leader (born 1725) 17 March – David Dale, Scottish philanthropist (born 1739) 23 March – George Pinto, composer (born 1785) 24 May – John Campbell, 5th Duke of Argyll, Scottish field marshal (born 1723) 10 July – George Stubbs, painter (born 1724) 13 September – Charles James Fox, statesman (born 1749) 22 October – Thomas Sheraton, furniture designer (born 1751) 23 November – Roger Newdigate, politician (born 1719) 29 December – Charles Lennox, 3rd Duke of Richmond, politician (born 1735) References 32em 1806 Category:Years of the 19th century in the United Kingdom Category:1806 by country Category:1806 in Europe Category:1800s in the United Kingdom