28 May – The national census is the first to measure age distribution and reveals that almost half of the population is under twenty years old.[5] Over the preceding decade in England and Wales the population has increased by 18%.
12 August–3 September – George IV becomes the first monarch to pay a state visit to Ireland since the 14th century.[8]
Undated
Elizabeth Fry and others establish the British Ladies' Society for Promoting the Reformation of Female Prisoners, an early example of a national women's organisation.
2 January – Catherine Huggins, actor, singer, director and manager (died 1887)
3 February – Elizabeth Blackwell, physician, abolitionist and women's rights activist (died 1910)
17 February – Lola Montez, born Eliza Rosanna Gilbert, Irish-born "Spanish dancer" and mistress of Ludwig I of Bavaria (died 1861 in the United States)
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