Events from the year 1845 in the United Kingdom. 3 January – first known arrest of a fugitive achieved through use of the new electric telegraph when murderer John Tawell is arrested after being followed by a detective alerted prior to Tawell's arrival at London Paddington station. February – Andover workhouse scandal begins.

In 1834, slaves in the British empire started a period of 'apprenticeship', during which they were obliged to work without pay for their former owners. Abolitionists campaigned against the system...

The Condition of the Working Class in England (German: Die Lage der arbeitenden Klasse in England) is an 1845 book by the German philosopher Friedrich Engels, a study of the industrial working class in Victorian England. Engels' first book, it was originally written in German; an English translation was published in 1887.

Nov 4, 2017 · Oct 9 Eminent and controversial Anglican priest John Henry Newman leaves Anglican Curch of England and is received into the Roman Catholic Church; Oct 10 Naval School (now called US Naval Academy) opens at Annapolis; Oct 13 Texas ratifies a state constitution

Jan 3, 2020 · In 1845, two ships left England to navigate the fabled Northwest Passage connecting the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. Then they vanished without a trace.

May 2 – Yarmouth suspension bridge in Great Yarmouth, England, collapses leaving around 80 dead, mostly children. [ 5 ] May 19 – HMS Erebus and HMS Terror , with 134 men, comprising Sir John Franklin 's expedition to find the Northwest Passage , sail from Greenhithe on the Thames .

Jan 21, 2022 · 1845 – Potato Famine. Otherwise known as the Great Famine or the Irish Potato Famine, this devastating ecological, economic, and humanitarian event was caused by an infestation that ruined one-half of the crops.

England was to become the “workshop of the world”; all other countries were to become for England what Ireland already was – markets for her manufactured goods, supplying her in return with raw materials and food.

Feb 15, 2014 · 1845 Engels laments in his Condition of the Working Class in England: “The worker is forced to live in such dilapidated dwellings because he cannot afford to rent better accommodation, or because no better cottages are available close to the factory where he is working.” The Final Report of the Health of the Towns Commission recommends that ...

Feb 22, 2023 · We follow the young John Ruskin’s progress through Europe, mapped out in a series of letters to his smotheringly supportive parents waiting at home. We look over the shoulder of John Henry Newman as he picks up his pen and carefully sets out his reasons for breaking with the Church of England.