1843 in History

Publication of "A Christmas Carol"

Publishes the opening instalment of an article opposing the ban on the Leipziger Allgemeine Zeitung.

Otto agrees to summon a National Assembly following the September uprising.

Publication of "Dead Souls", a satire based upon Russian officialdom

Publication of "Dead Souls", a satire based upon Russian officialdom

Establishes a Chilean settlement to assert sovereignty over the Strait of Magellan.

Publishes an article on local elections of deputies to the provincial assembly.

Marx marries Jenny von Westphalen after a lengthy engagement.

Brunel accidentally inhales a half-sovereign coin and later designs equipment to help remove it.

Marx moves to Paris with Jenny and enters a community of radical intellectuals.

Nelson's Column is completed in Trafalgar Square.

Nelson's statue is raised at the top of the column.

1st performance of, "Il Trovatore"

Appointed Poet Laureate

Begins a series of polemical articles answering the Allgemeine Zeitung.

Appointed President of Venezuela

Prince Albert attends the public launch of SS Great Britain in Bristol's Floating Harbour.

Publishes a reply to Oberpraesident von Schaper during the Rheinische Zeitung's dispute with Prussian authorities.

Marx resigns shortly before the authorities suppress the Rheinische Zeitung.

Publishes a polemical response to the Rhein-und-Mosel-Zeitung.

A military and popular uprising compels King Otto to accept constitutional government.

Leads the Defence Government in Montevideo during the opening of the long siege by Oribe's forces

SS Great Britain is launched as the largest ship in the world and a pioneering iron screw steamship.

Publishes a further critique of the Rhein-und-Mosel-Zeitung's political journalism.

The Great Western Railway works open at New Swindon and become a major centre for locomotive engineering.

The Thames Tunnel opens to pedestrians after eighteen years of construction begun under Marc and Isambard Brunel.

The Thames Tunnel opens to the public as the first successful tunnel beneath a navigable river.

Birth of Alice, 2nd child of Queen Victoria & Prince Albert

Birth of Alice, 2nd child of Queen Victoria & Prince Albert