1873 in the United Kingdom
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Events from the year 1873 in the United Kingdom.
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[edit] Events
- 1 April - The British steamer RMS Atlantic sinks off Nova Scotia killing 547.
- Anglo-Ashanti Wars: The United Kingdom declares war against Ghana's King Kofi KariKari, who was involved in the trading of slaves.
- Britain puts pressure on Sultan Barghash Sayyid who closes slave markets in Zanzibar.
- James Clerk Maxwell publishes his work A Treatise on Electricity and Magnetism.
[edit] Births
- 7 February - Thomas Andrews, shipbuilder (d. 1912)
- 19 April - Sydney Barnes, cricketer (d. 1967)
- 17 May - Dorothy Richardson, feminist writer (d. 1957)
- 22 November - Johnny Tyldesley, cricketer (d. 1930)
- 17 December - Ford Maddox Ford, writer (d. 1939)
- 26 December - Thomas Wass, Nottinghamshire bowler (d. 1953)
[edit] Deaths
- 18 January - Edward George Bulwer-Lytton, writer (b. 1803)
- 7 February - Sheridan Le Fanu, writer (b. 1814)
- 27 April - William Charles Macready, actor (b. 1793)
- 1 May - David Livingstone, explorer of Africa (b. 1813)
- 8 May - John Stuart Mill, philosopher (b. 1806)
- 20 July - Richard Bethell, 1st Baron Westbury, Lord Chancellor of Great Britain (b. 1800)
- 17 September - Alexander Berry, adventurer and Australian pioneer (b. 1781)
- 1 October - Edwin Henry Landseer, painter (b. 1802)
