1884 in the United Kingdom
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Events from the year 1884 in the United Kingdom.
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[edit] Incumbents
- Monarch - Victoria of the United Kingdom
- Prime Minister - William Gladstone, Liberal
[edit] Events
- 4 January - The Fabian Society is founded in London.[1]
- 18 January - Dr William Price attempts to cremate the body of his infant son, Jesus Christ Price, setting a legal precedent for cremation in the UK.
- 26 January–29 March - The first British Home Championship is held between the football teams of England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales.
- 1 February - First fasicle of the Oxford English Dictionary is published.[1]
- 15 February - Emma Keyse is murdered and John 'Babbacombe' Lee is suspected
- 22 April - Colchester earthquake: four die in the UK's most destructive earthquake.
- 8 July - the NSPCC (National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children) founded in London.[1]
- 13 October
- International Meridian Conference in Washington, D.C. fixes the Greenwich meridian as the world's prime meridian.[1]
- Mahdist War: General Charles Gordon besieged in Khartoum.[2]
- 18 October - University of Wales, Bangor founded.
- 2 November - the Home Office Baby is delivered to the Home Office.
- 4 December - Tom Dudley and Edwin Stephens are convicted of murder in the case of R v. Dudley and Stephens
- 9 December - Dudley and Stephens receive the mandatory death penalty with a recommendation for clemency.
- 10 December - Third Reform Act gives farm workers the vote, subject to the same restrictions as already applied elsewhere.[2]
- 13 December - Dudley and Stephens are told that the death penalties have been commuted to six months' imprisonment.
[edit] Undated
- British Police officers go on armed patrol in London.
[edit] Publications
- First volume of the Oxford English Dictionary.
[edit] Births
- 18 January - Arthur Ransome, author and journalist (died 1967)
- 13 March - Sir Hugh Walpole, novelist (died 1941)
- 10 May - Olga Petrova, English-born actress (died 1977)
- 19 December - Stanley Unwin, publisher (died 1968)
[edit] Deaths
- 1 March - Isaac Todhunter, mathematician (born 1820)
- 28 March - Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany, member of the royal family (born 1853)
- 5 April - John Wisden, cricketer and creator of Wisden Cricketers' Almanack (born 1826)
- 10 September - George Bentham, botanist (born 1800)
- 6 November - Henry Fawcett, statesman, economist and Postmaster General (born 1833)
[edit] References
- ^ a b c d (2006) Penguin Pocket On This Day. Penguin Reference Library. ISBN 0-141-02715-0.
- ^ a b Palmer, Alan & Veronica (1992). The Chronology of British History. London: Century Ltd, 309-310. ISBN 0-7126-5616-2.
