- Lockhart becomes the first member of the Oxford Movement to convert.
- Pusey suspended as preacher for three years after he preached a sermon on the Catholic Doctrine of the Real Presence in the Eucharist
- Publication of 'Oxford University Sermons'.
- Publication of 'St Athanasius'.
- Newman resigns his parish at Littlemore, preaching his final Anglican Sermon.
| - Charles Dickens publishes 'A Christmas Carol'.
- The first Christmas Card printed.
- William Wordsworth appointed Poet Laureate.
- The SS Great Britain became the first iron propellor ship on the transatlantic crossing.
| - Hong Kong becomes a British Colony.
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