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 1879 in the United Kingdom: |
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Events from the year 1879 in the United Kingdom.
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- 11 January - Anglo-Zulu War begins.
- 22 January - Zulu troops massacre British troops at the Battle of Isandlwana. At Rorke's Drift, outnumbered British soldiers drive the attackers away after hours of fighting. [1]
- 12 March - Anglo-Zulu War: At the Battle of Intombe, a British force over one-hundred strong is ambushed and destroyed by Zulu forces.
- 13 March - Marriage of The Duke of Connaught and Strathearn, third son of Queen Victoria, to Princess Louise Marguerite of Prussia.
- 28 March - Anglo-Zulu War: British forces suffer a defeat at the Battle of Hlobane.
- 29 March - Anglo-Zulu War: Battle of Kambula: British forces defeat 20,000 Zulus.
- 3 April - Anglo-Zulu War: British forces successfully lift the two-month Siege of Eshowe.
- 26 May - Russia and the United Kingdom sign the Treaty of Gandamak establishing an Afghan state.
- 14 June - Sidney Faithorn Green, an Anglican priest in the Church of England, is tried and convicted for using Ritualist practices.
- 4 July - The Anglo-Zulu War effectively ends at the Battle of Ulundi.
- 28 December - The Tay Bridge Disaster: The central part of the Tay Rail Bridge in Dundee, Scotland collapses as a train passed over it, killing 75.
- 30 December - The Pirates of Penzance is first performed in Paignton, Devon.
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