1876 in the United Kingdom
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Events from the year 1876 in the United Kingdom.
Incumbents
- Monarch — Victoria
- Prime Minister — Benjamin Disraeli (Conservative)
Events
- 1 January — The Bass Brewery Red Triangle becomes the first registered trademark symbol, under the Trade Mark Registration Act 1875.[1]
- April — The Royal Titles Act (introduced by Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Benjamin Disraeli) grants Queen Victoria the title of Empress of India from 1877.[2]
- 7 April — Robert Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Earl of Lytton, becomes Viceroy of India.[2]
- 1 May — The Settle-Carlisle Railway is opened to passenger traffic.[3]
- 13 July — The prosecution of Arthur Tooth, an Anglican clergyman, for using ritualist practices begins.
- August
- The Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli, is made Earl of Beaconsfield by Queen Victoria.[2]
- Medical Act enables (but does not require) institutions granting medical qualifications to allow them to women.
- 5 September — William Gladstone's Bulgarian Horrors pamphlet is published.[2]
- 7 October — First greyhound race to use an artificial hare is held, at Hendon.[4]
Undated
- Charles Wells opens his brewery based in Bedford.
- The Conchological Society of Great Britain & Ireland is founded.
- Port Vale Football Club is formed.
- Stourbridge Football Club is formed.
- Henry Wickham smuggles rubber seeds out of Brazil leading to the eventual collapse of the Amazon rubber boom.[2]
- Grey squirrel introduced to England at Henbury Park, Cheshire.
Publications
- Isabella Banks' novel The Manchester Man.
- Walter Besant and James Rice's novel The Golden Butterfly.[5]
- Lewis Carroll's nonsense poem The Hunting of the Snark.
- George Eliot's novel Daniel Deronda.[2]
- Anthony Trollope's book The Prime Minister, fifth of the Palliser novels.[2]
Births
- 29 January — Havergal Brian, composer (died 1972)
- 16 February — G.M. Trevelyan, historian (died 1962)
- 11 March — Carl Ruggles, composer (died 1971)
- 28 April — Thomas Crisp, Victoria Cross recipient (died 1917)
- 7 May — Samuel Courtauld, art collector (died 1947)
- 13 June — William Sealy Gosset, chemist (died 1937)
- 8 August
- Charles Hamilton, children's story writer (died 1961)
- Sophia Duleep Singh, Princess and suffragette (died 1948)
- 1 September — Harriet Shaw Weaver, political activist (died 1961)
- 6 October — Githa Sowerby, dramatist (died 1970)
- 2 November — William Haywood, architect (died 1957)
- 7 November — Charlie Townsend, cricketer (died 1958)
Deaths
- 24 May — Henry Kingsley, novelist (born 1830)
References
- ↑ "United Kingdom Intellectual Property Office".
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 Everett, Jason M., ed. (2006). "1876". The People's Chronology. Thomson Gale.
- ↑ Gough, John (1989). The Midland Railway: a chronology (2nd ed.). Gwernymynydd: Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 183. ISBN 0-901461-12-1.
- ↑ Palmer, Alan; Veronica (1992). The Chronology of British History. London: Century Ltd. pp. 299–300. ISBN 0-7126-5616-2.
- ↑ Leavis, Q. D. (1965). Fiction and the Reading Public (2nd ed.). London: Chatto & Windus.