Chief Engineer
Brunel assumes full responsibility for directing the engineering work inside the Thames Tunnel.
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1827 in Great Britain
Explore 42 historical events and records for Great Britain in 1827.
Historical records for Great Britain in 1827
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January
Commander in Chief
Appointed Commander in Chief, British Army
February
Birth of George Lennox Rawdon Berkeley
Birth of George Lennox Rawdon Berkeley
March
Resignation of Robert Banks Jenkinson
Resigns after suffering a stroke, Prime Minister for 14 years 41 weeks
April
Prime Minister of Great Britain
Appointed Prime Minister of Great Britain for three months
May
Battle of Phaleron
Church commands Greek land forces during the failed attempt to relieve Athens
Battle of Phaleron
Cochrane supports operations to relieve the Acropolis of Athens
Thames Tunnel
The River Thames breaks into the tunnel and Brunel helps evacuate the workers before directing repairs to the breach.
Tunnel Flood
The River Thames breaks into the workings and Brunel directs efforts to save the tunnel and repair the breach.
July
Armistice Provision
Signs provisions intended to end active fighting while the powers mediate a political settlement.
Greek Autonomy Provision
Accepts a framework for Greek self-government while formal Ottoman suzerainty is retained.
Greek Mediation
Supports a tripartite agreement offering mediation and an autonomous Greek settlement under Ottoman suzerainty.
Greek Mediation Policy
Backs a settlement based on mediation rather than direct annexation or exclusive influence by any Great Power.
Ottoman Suzerainty
Accepts a plan in which the Sultan retains formal suzerainty while Greece receives internal autonomy.
Treaty of London
His government concludes the tripartite agreement with France and Russia proposing mediation and Greek autonomy under Ottoman suzerainty.
Treaty Signature
Signs the tripartite Treaty of London for Britain as Foreign Secretary.
August
Death of George Canning
Death of George Canning
Death of William Blake
Death of William Blake
Prime Minister of Great Britain
Appointed Prime Miinister of Britain, ater the death of George Canning
Continuation of Greek Policy
Inherits the policy of implementing the London agreement after Canning's death.
Treaty Enforcement
Commands the British Mediterranean squadron involved in enforcing the armistice policy arising from the London agreement.
October
Battle of Navarino
The naval Battle happens more by accident than by design as a result of a manoeuvre by the Allied Commander in Chief Admiral Codrington aimed at coercing Ibrahim to obey Allied instructions. Destroys the Turkish and Egyptian fleet at the Battle of Navarino while in command of a combined British, French and Russian fleet. A fleet seeks out Turkish & Egyptian fleets sinking 50 & destroying the Turkish fleet
Battle of Navarino
Leads the combined Allied fleet at Navarino after Ottoman-Egyptian forces refuse to comply with Allied demands.
Battle of Navarino
Leads the Allied fleet in the battle that destroys the Ottoman-Egyptian fleet and transforms the diplomatic balance over Greece.
Navarino Policy
Receives news of the Allied naval victory at Navarino while his government continues the policy created by Canning.
Treaty Enforcement
Commands the British contingent of the Allied fleet enforcing pressure for an armistice after Ottoman rejection of mediation.
November
Tunnel Banquet
A banquet is held inside the Thames Tunnel to demonstrate confidence in the pioneering construction project.
Other events (month unknown)
Birmingham Branch Opens
John Richards serves as Governor as the Bank of England establishes a branch in Birmingham to support regional banking and note circulation.
Bristol Branch Opens
John Richards serves as Governor as the Bank of England expands its provincial network with a branch in Bristol.
Canning Premiership Political Transition
The short premiership of George Canning was part of the rapidly changing party politics confronted by Cobbett's political commentary.
Chancellor of the Exchequer
Appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer
Dante Engravings Remain Unfinished
Blake's work on engraved designs for Dante remained unfinished at his death, leaving a notable visual interpretation.
Diving Operations
Brunel uses diving equipment and surface inspections to locate and repair the breach above the flooded tunnel.
Education
Enters Trinity College, Cambridge
Irish Secretary
Appointed Irish Secretary, 1st term
Journal Publishing Moves to London
The Edinburgh Review shifted its listed place of publication to London, while retaining the identity it had established in Scotland.
Master of the General of the Ordnance
Appointed Secretary to the Duke of Wellington as Master General of the Ordnance, and from 1827 till the death of the Duke in 1852
Peerage
Raised to the peerage as Viscount Goderich, of Nocton in the County of Lincoln
Resignation of Robert Peel
Resigns from the Government because he could not serve under a pro-Catholic, canning
Speech
Makes a speech in the Commons supporting flogging in the Army
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