1869 in the United Kingdom
Events from the year 1869 in the United Kingdom.
Incumbents
Events
- 6 March — The first international cycle race is held at Crystal Palace, London.[1]
- 31 March — The Conservative Party holds both seats in the Blackburn by-election[2]
- 22 May — Sainsbury's first store opened, in Drury Lane, London.[3]
- 2 June — Seven men are tried at Mold for attacking a colliery manager following a pay cut. A riot breaks out as those convicted are being transported to the railway station; soldiers fire on the crowd, killing four people.[4]
- 10 June — An underground explosion at Ferndale Colliery in the Rhondda kills 53.[5]
- 26 July — Irish Church Act disestablishes the Church of Ireland with effect from 1871.[6]
- 9 August — Evidence (Further) Amendment Act permits those taking part in legal proceedings to make an affirmation if they conscientiously object to taking an oath.
- 27 August — Oxford University Boat Club wins the first international boat race held on the River Thames against Harvard University.[1]
- October — The 'Edinburgh Seven', led by Sophia Jex-Blake, start to attend lectures at the University of Edinburgh Medical School, the first women in the UK to do so (although they will not be allowed to take degrees).[7]
- 11 October — Red River Rebellion against British forces in Canada.[6]
- 16 October — England's first residential university-level women's college, the College for Women, predecessor of Girton College, Cambridge, is founded at Hitchin by Emily Davies and Barbara Bodichon.
- 4 November — The first issue of scientific journal Nature is published in London, edited by Norman Lockyer.
- 19 November — The Hudson's Bay Company surrenders its claim to Rupert's Land in Canada under its letters patent back to the British Crown.[6]
- 22 November — In Dumbarton, Scotland, the clipper ship Cutty Sark is launched (she is one of the last clippers built, and the only one to survive into the 21st century).[1]
Undated
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Penguin Pocket On This Day. Penguin Reference Library. 2006. ISBN 0-14-102715-0.
- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 23484. p. 2051. 2 April 1869. Retrieved 15 December 2010.
- ↑ Baren, Maurice (1996). How it All Began Up the High Street. London: Michael O'Mara Books. ISBN 1-85479-667-4.
- ↑ "The Riot In Wales". The Times (26455). 4 June 1869. p. 12.
- ↑ The Welsh Academy Encyclopaedia of Wales. John Davies, Nigel Jenkins, Menna Baines and Peredur Lynch. 2008. p.280. ISBN 978-0-7083-1953-6.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Palmer, Alan; Veronica (1992). The Chronology of British History. London: Century Ltd. pp. 290–291. ISBN 0-7126-5616-2.
- ↑ Elston, M. A. (2004). "Edinburgh Seven (act. 1869–1873)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. Retrieved 2011-01-28.
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