1871 in the United Kingdom

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1871 in the United Kingdom:

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Events from the year 1871 in the United Kingdom.

Contents 1 Events 1.1 Unknown dates 2 Births 3 Deaths 4 References

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• 26 January - Rugby Football Union established in London. ^[1]
• 21 March - Marriage of Princess Louise to John Campbell, Marquess of Lorne, whose father, the 8th Duke of Argyll, is the serving Secretary of State for India.
• 29 March - The Royal Albert Hall is opened by Queen Victoria.
• 18 June - University Tests Act removes religious tests at Oxford, Cambridge and Durham.
• 20 July - C. W. Alcock proposes that 'a Challenge Cup should be established in connection with the Association', giving birth to the FA Cup.
• 10 November - Henry Morton Stanley locates missing explorer and missionary, Dr. David Livingstone in Ujiji, near Lake Tanganyika, and greets him saying "Dr. Livingstone, I presume?"

[edit] Unknown dates

• trade unions legalised.
• George Biddell Airy discovers astronomical aberration is independent of the local medium.
• Neath RFC founded
• Reading Football Club formed

[edit] Births

• 18 February - Harry Brearley, inventor (d. 1948)
• 19 March - Schofield Haigh, cricketer (d. 1921)
• 24 September - Lottie Dod, athlete (d. 1960)

[edit] Deaths

• 11 May - John Herschel, astronomer (b. 1792)
• 1 September - James Pennethorne, architect (b. 1801)
• 18 October - Charles Babbage, mathematician and inventor (b. 1791)
• 14 December - George Hudson, railway financier (b. 1800)
• 28 December - John Henry Pratt, clergyman and mathematician (b. 1809)

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