What Else Happened in 1851?
Lord John Russell was Prime Minister – Lord Palmerston resigned as Foreign Secretary in December – The window tax was repealed – Lajos Kossuth, hero of the 1848 revolution in Hungary, arrived in England – The first submarine cable to Calais was laid – Landseer painted The Monarch of the Glen and Millais Mariana – Ruskin championed the Pre-Raphaelites – Macready played Macbeth for the last time -Marble Arch was moved to its present location from its original site opposite Buckingham Palace – David Livingstone reached the Zambezi – The Derby was won by the 3-1 favourite Teddington and the Grand National by Abd-el-Kader – JMW Turner died – Mrs Bloomer toured Britain advocating the wearing of pantaloons by women.
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