1846 in the United Kingdom
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Events from the year 1846 in the United Kingdom.
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[edit] Events
- 5 January - The United States House of Representatives votes to stop sharing the Oregon Territory with the United Kingdom.
- 13 March - Ballinglass Incident: eviction of 300 tenants at the village of Ballinglass in Ireland during the Irish Potato famine.
- 16 May - Under the leadership of Prime Minister Robert Peel, Parliament repeals the Corn Laws, replacing the old Colonial mercantile trade system with Free Trade.
- 29 June - Peel resigns and is succeeded by John Russell, 1st Earl Russell.
- 10 October - William Lassell discovers Triton, one of the moons of Neptune.
- Electric Telegraph Company founded.
- Railway Mania reaches its zenith.
[edit] Ongoing events
- Irish Potato Famine (1845–1849)
[edit] Births
- 18 February - Wilson Barrett, actor (d. 1904)
- 25 May - Princess Helena of the United Kingdom (d. 1923)
- 27 June - Charles Stewart Parnell, Irish political leader (d. 1891)
- 16 September - Anna Kingsford, physician, advocate of women's rights, anti-vivisection and vegetarianism (d. 1888)
[edit] Deaths
- 23 September - John Ainsworth Horrocks, English-born explorer of South Australia (b. 1818)
