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Great Britain in 1822

Historical records for Great Britain in 1822, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.

18Records
18Events
10Named people
4Places
7Categories

Historical records

July

30 July 1822Member of ParliamentEdward Stanley Derby, 14th

Politics / Whig Party

1st enters Parliament, as a Whig

August

12 August 1822Death of StewartStewart Castlereagh

Government / Tory Party Government

Death of Robert Stewart, commits suicide

12 August 1822SuicideStewart Castlereagh

Government / Tory Party Government

Death of Robert Stewart, commits suicide

25 August 1822Death of Frederick William HerschelFrederick William Herschel

Science / Astronomy

Death of Frederick William Herschel, died in his 84th year, which is the same number of years Uranus takes to orbit the Sun

25 August 1822Herschel Museum of AstronomyFrederick William Herschel

Bath · Science / Astronomy

Herschels house at 19 New King Street in Bath, Somerset where he made many telescopes and first observed Uranus, is now home to the Herschel Museum of Astronomy

August 1822Return to EnglandIsambard Kingdom Brunel

London · Science / Civil Engineering

Brunel completes his education in France and returns to England to begin his engineering career.

September

16 September 1822Foreign Secretary of Great BritainGeorge Canning Canning, 1st

Government / Tory Party Government

Appointed Foreign Minister, 2nd term

October

5 October 1822The LancetThomas Wakley

Science / Medicine

1st publication of The Lancet

Other Events

1822ApprenticeshipIsambard Kingdom Brunel

Paris · Science / Civil Engineering

Brunel studies precision engineering and horology under the celebrated clockmaker Abraham-Louis Breguet.

1822Birth of Robert William ThomsonRobert William Thomson

Science / Physics

Birth of Robert William Thomson

1822Breguet WorkshopIsambard Kingdom Brunel

Paris · Science / Civil Engineering

Brunel gains precision engineering experience in Abraham-Louis Breguet's workshop.

1822BurialStewart Castlereagh

Westminster Abbey · Government / Tory Party Government

Buried in Westminster Abbey

1822Discovery of ChlorineMichael Faraday

Science / Chemistry

Liquefies chlorine, used in bleaches

1822EducationIsambard Kingdom Brunel

Paris · Science / Civil Engineering

Brunel continues his mathematical education at the Lycee Henri-IV in Paris.

1822Engineering EducationIsambard Kingdom Brunel

Paris · Science / Civil Engineering

Brunel is ruled ineligible for admission to the Ecole Polytechnique because he is a foreign national.

1822Home Secretary of Great BritainRobert Peel

Government / Tory Party Government

Appointed Home Secretary

1822Invention of ElectromagnetWilliam Sturgeon

Science / Physics

Invents the 1st electromagnet

1822Leader of House of CommonsGeorge Canning Canning, 1st

Government / Tory Party Government

Appointed Leader of the House of Commons

Names involved

Edward Stanley Derby, 14thFrederick William HerschelGeorge Canning Canning, 1stIsambard Kingdom BrunelMichael FaradayRobert PeelRobert William ThomsonStewart CastlereaghThomas WakleyWilliam Sturgeon

Places involved

BathLondonParisWestminster Abbey

Provenance

This page is generated from stored World History Database records matching the exact country and year shown above. Exact duplicate display records are collapsed. Records without a month are listed after the monthly sections. Source provenance varies by record; formal academic citation should be checked against the relevant primary source, archive or specialist historical reference.