1810 in the United Kingdom

Events from the year 1810 in the United Kingdom.

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April - Rioting in London after the imprisonment of Sir Francis Burdett MP, charged with libel against Parliament after calling for reform of the House of Commons.^[1]
3 May - Lord Byron swims across the Hellespont in Turkey.^[2]
8 July - Vere Street Coterie: Police raid a "molly house" in London and arrest several men for sodomy.
10 November - the Berners Street Hoax: Theodore Hook manages to attract dozens of people to 53 Berners Street in London.
17 November - Anglo-Swedish War: Sweden declares war on the United Kingdom.

King George III recognised as insane.
Chlorine named by Humphry Davy.
Sake Dean Mahomet opens Hindoostanee Coffee House, the first Indian restaurant in London.^[3]
Launch of the Carmarthen Journal, the oldest surviving newspaper in Wales.

12 January - John Dillwyn Llewelyn, botanist and pioneer photographer (died 1882)
15 January - John Evan Thomas, sculptor (died 1873)
19 January - John Jones, poet and architect (died 1869)
24 January - Thomas Jones, missionary (doed 1849)
10 March - Samuel Ferguson, poet and artist (died 1886)
29 September - Elizabeth Gaskell, novelist (died 1865)

^ Palmer, Alan & Veronica (1992). The Chronology of British History. London: Century Ltd. p. 244. ISBN 0-7126-5616-2.
^ Penguin Pocket On This Day. Penguin Reference Library. 2006. ISBN 0-141-02715-0.
^ "Icons, a portrait of England 1800-1820". http://www.icons.org.uk/theicons/icons-timeline/1800-1820. Retrieved on 2007-09-11.