23 February 1852GovernmentEdward Stanley Derby, 14th
Forms a minority Tory Protectionist Government for 9 months
Historical records for Great Britain in 1852, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.
Forms a minority Tory Protectionist Government for 9 months
Appointed Prime Minister of Great Britain, 1st term
Death of Arthr Wellesley
Birth of John Denton Pinkstone French
Birth of John French, later Earl of Ypres.
The Great Western Railway opens its Birmingham station at Snow Hill.
Appointed Privy Counsellor
Created Baron Raglan
Forms a coaltion Government of Peelites, Whigs & Radicals
The House of Commons Press Gallery opens for the 1st time
Buried at St Pauls Cathedral
Forced to resign after supporting the coup of Louis Napoleon in France
Forced to resign after supporting the coup of Louis Napoleon in France
Leads a Lib-Con coalition with Russell & Gladstone
Napier takes command of a column in the first Hazara expedition
Herbert Henry Asquith is born in 1852.
Appointed Attorney General, 2nd term
Birth of Herbert Henry Asquith
Captures lower Burma
Appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer, 1st term
Following the appointment of Lord Aberdeen as Prime Minister, head of a coalition of Whigs and Peelites, Gladstone became Chancellor of the Exchequer. The Whig Sir Charles Wood and the Tory Disraeli had both been perceived to have failed in the office and so this provided Gladstone with a great political opportunity
Brunel employs wrought-iron plate girders for approach spans and decking at the Chepstow railway bridge.
The Chepstow railway bridge uses Brunel's distinctive large inverted-W tubular girder over the River Wye.
Brunel completes the tubular railway bridge over the River Wye at Chepstow.
Publication of "Death of the Duke of Wellington"
Herschel discovered two moons of Saturn, Mimas and Enceladus; as well as two moons of Uranus, Titania and Oberon, he did not give these moons their names; rather, they were named by his son John in 1847 and 1852, respectively, well after his death
Herschel discovered two moons of Saturn, Mimas and Enceladus; as well as two moons of Uranus, Titania and Oberon, he did not give these moons their names; rather, they were named by his son John in 1847 and 1852, respectively, well after his death
Appointed First Lord of the Admiralty, 2nd term
Appointed Foreign Minister
Brunel develops a huge steamship intended to reach distant destinations without repeatedly stopping to take on coal.
Founds the National Board of Public Health
Appointed Prime Minister of Great Britain
Albert & Victoria purchase Balmoral Castle & its land for œ31,500
Minority Government is defeated following the Chancellors budget
Forced to resign by Lord Palmerstons proposed amendment to the Militia Bill
Brunel develops the concept of an exceptionally large steamship able to reach distant destinations without refuelling.
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