1886 in the United Kingdom
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Events from the year 1886 in the United Kingdom.
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[edit] Incumbents
- Monarch - Victoria of the United Kingdom
- Prime Minister - Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury, Conservative (until 28 January), William Gladstone, Liberal (until 20 July), Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury, Conservative
[edit] Events
- 1 January - Burma was presented to Queen Victoria as a birthday gift, after the country was annexed into British India in November, 1885.
- 18 January - British Hockey Association founded.[1]
- 27 January - Salisbury loses supports of the Irish Party, and resigns as Prime Minister.[1]
- 1 February
- William Ewart Gladstone becomes Prime Minister for the third time.[2]
- Mersey railway opens, linking Birkenhead to Liverpool.[1]
- 7-8 February Two days of rioting in London's West End by unemployed. Coincides with the coldest winter in 30 years.
- March - Linfield F.C. is formed in Belfast.
- 10 March - First Crufts dog show held in London.[3]
- 4 April - Gladstone introduces the First Irish Home Rule Bill in Parliament. It was defeated on 8 June.
- 30 June - Royal Holloway, University of London opened by Queen Victoria in Surrey.
- 27 July - General election won by the Conservative Party under Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury.
- 1 September - The Severn Tunnel opens.[1]
- 9 December - Southport and St Anne's lifeboats disaster.
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- Scotch whisky distiller William Grant & Sons is founded.
[edit] Publications
- H. Rider Haggard's novel King Solomon's Mines.
- Thomas Hardy's novel The Mayor of Casterbridge.
- Henry James' novel The Bostonians.
- Robert Louis Stevenson's novels Doctor Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Kidnapped.
[edit] Births
- 10 May - Olaf Stapledon, author and philosopher (d. 1950)
- 20 May - John Jacob Astor, 1st Baron Astor of Hever, businessman (d. 1971)
- 18 June - George Mallory, climber (d. 1924)
- 24 June - George Shiels, dramatist (d. 1949)
- 26 August - Ronald Niel Stuart, Royal Navt Captain (d. 1954)
- 27 August - Rebecca Helferich Clarke, composer and violist (d. 1979)
- 27 August - Eric Coates, composer (d. 1957)
- 13 September - Robert Robinson, chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1975)
- 20 September - Charles Williams, author (d. 1945)
- 26 September - Archibald Vivian Hill, physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1977)
[edit] Deaths
- 9 August - Samuel Ferguson, poet and artist (born 1810)
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- Andrew Nicholl, painter (born 1804)
[edit] References
- ^ a b c d Palmer, Alan & Veronica (1992). The Chronology of British History. London: Century Ltd. pp. 311-312. ISBN 0-7126-5616-2.
- ^ PMs in history William Ewart Gladstone, 10 Downing Street website
- ^ Penguin Pocket On This Day. Penguin Reference Library. 2006. ISBN 0-141-02715-0.
