1891 in the United Kingdom
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| Centuries: | 18th century · 19th century · 20th century |
| Decades: | 1860s 1870s 1880s 1890s 1900s 1910s 1920s |
| Years: | 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 |
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[edit] Events
- February 14 - In the FA cup Quarter Final, a goal is deliberately stopped by handball on the goal line. An Indirect free kick is awarded, since the Penalty kick was proposed that year but not implemented. This event probably changed public opinion on the penalty kick, which was seen as 'an Irishman's motion' before. (See William McCrum.)
- March 9 - 12 - Powerful storm off England's south coast; 14 ships sink
- March 17 - The British steamship SS Utopia sinks off the coast of Gibraltar, killing 574.
[edit] Events of unknown date
- New Scotland Yard becomes the HQ of London Metropolitan Police
[edit] Births
- February 9 - Ronald Colman, English actor (d. 1958)
- February 11 - J.W. Hearne, English cricketer (d. 1965)
- May 7 - Harry McShane, Scottish socialist (d. 1988)
- June 20 - John A. Costello, second President of Ireland (d. 1976)
- October 20 - James Chadwick, English physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1974)
[edit] Deaths
- March 15 - Sir Joseph Bazalgette, English civil engineer (b. 1819)
- October 6 - Charles Stewart Parnell, Irish nationalist leader (b. 1846)
- October 15 - Gilbert Arthur a Beckett, English writer (b. 1837)
[edit] Fictional events
- Sherlock Holmes is believed to have died in the Reichenbach fall with the "Napoleon of crime", Professor James Moriarty.
