1849 in the United Kingdom
overview of United Kingdom-related events during the year of 1849
Events from the year 1849 in the United Kingdom.
Incumbents
Monarch – Victoria
Prime Minister – Lord John Russell (Whig)
Foreign Secretary – Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston
Events
13 January – Second Anglo-Sikh War: British forces retreat from the Battle of Chillianwala.
22 January – Second Anglo-Sikh War: The city of Multan falls to the British East India Company following the Siege of Multan.
February–May – Shareholder enquiries into the conduct of railway financier George Hudson begins his downfall.
1 February – Abolition of the Corn Laws by the Importation Act 1846 comes fully into effect.
17 February – 65 people, almost all under the age of 20, are crushed to death in a panic caused by a small fire in the Theatre Royal, Glasgow.
21 February – Second Anglo-Sikh War: Battle of Gujrat – British East India Company forces defeat those of the Sikh Empire in Punjab.
1 March – Nathaniel Cooke registers the design of the Staunton chess set, which is first marketed in September by Jaques of London with an endorsement by Howard Staunton.
3 March – The Arana-Southern Treaty with the Argentine Confederation ends British involvement in the Anglo-French blockade of the Río de la Plata.
30 March – The Second Anglo-Sikh War ends with the U.K. annexing the Punjab.
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