Events
- 13 February — Rowland Hill's government inquiry into postal reform discusses the idea of carrying letters in a separate sheet which folded to become an envelope and the idea of "a bit of paper" which could be affixed to a letter to flag that postage had been paid.
- March — A new city in the Australian colonies is named for Lord Melbourne, the Prime Minister.
- 3 June — The London Hippodrome opens in Bayswater.
- 12 June — Cooke and Wheatstone file their patent for the electrical telegraph.
- 20 June — William IV dies from heart failure at Windsor Castle. Due to none of his ten children being legitimate, his 18-year-old niece, Princess Victoria of Kent, ascends the throne as Queen Victoria. At 6.00 a.m., Francis Conyngham, 2nd Marquess Conyngham (Lord Chamberlain) and William Howley (Archbishop of Canterbury) call on her at Kensington Palace to break the news. She will reign for more than 63 years. Under Salic law, the Kingdom of Hanover passes to William's brother, Ernest Augustus, Duke of Cumberland, ending the personal union of Britain and Hanover which has persisted since 1714.
- 30 June — The use of the pillory as a punishment is abolished by act of parliament.
- 1 July — General Register Office begins the practice of registering births, marriages and deaths.
- 13 July — Queen Victoria moves from Kensington Palace into Buckingham Palace, the first reigning British monarch to make this, rather than St James's Palace, their London home.
- 19 July — The Isambard Kingdom Brunel-designed steamship SS Great Western is launched in Bristol.
- 20 July — Euston Station, London's first mainline railway terminus, is opened.
- 24 July–18 August — General election results in a Whig victory.
- 28 August — Lea & Perrins begin making Worcestershire sauce.
- 9 November — Stockbroker Moses Montefiore becomes the first Jew to receive a knighthood.
- 15 November — Isaac Pitman publishes Pitman Shorthand.
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