1872 in the United Kingdom
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Events from the year 1872 in the United Kingdom.
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[edit] Incumbents
- Monarch - Victoria of the United Kingdom
- Prime Minister - William Gladstone, Liberal
[edit] Events
- 2 February - British government buys a number of forts on the Gold Coast from the Netherlands.[1]
- 5 March - Tichborne Case decided against the impostor Arthur Orton.
- 11 March - Work begins erecting Seven Sisters Colliery, South Wales; located on one of the richest coal sources in Britain.
- 16 March - In the first ever final of the FA Cup, the world's oldest football competition, Wanderers F.C. defeated Royal Engineers A.F.C. 1-0 at The Oval in Kennington, London.[2]
- 18 July - the Ballot Act 1872 introduces secret ballots in United Kingdom elections.[2]
- 31 July - Licensing Act 1872 establishes licenses for public houses and limits drinking hours.[1]
- 1 September - Group of Icaiche Maya under Marcos Canul attack Orange Walk Town in British Honduras. British send troops against them.
- 21 November - Wigan F.C. founded (now Wigan Warriors R.L.F.C.)
- 30 November - Scotland v England: the first FIFA-recognized international football match takes place at Hamilton Crescent in Scotland.[2]
- 12 December - A meteorite struck earth near Banbury.
- 21 December - The HMS Challenger sails from Portsmouth on the four year scientific expedition that would lay the foundation for the science of oceanography.
[edit] Undated
- London Metropolitan Police strike.
[edit] Publications
- Samuel Butler's novel Erewhon.
- George Eliot's novel Middlemarch.
- Thomas Hardy's anonymous romantic novel Under the Greenwood Tree.
[edit] Births
- 18 May - Bertrand Russell, philosopher and mathematician, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Literature (died 1970)
- 31 May - Heath Robinson, cartoonist and illustrator (died 1944)
- 23 July - Edward Adrian Wilson, explorer, physician, naturalist and ornithologist (died 1912)
- 21 August - Aubrey Beardsley, artist (died 1898)
- 8 October - John Cowper Powys, writer and philosopher (died 1963)
- 12 October - Ralph Vaughan Williams, composer (died 1958)
- 26 December - Norman Angell, politician, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (died 1967)
[edit] Deaths
- 27 February - John McLeod Campbell, churchman (born 1800)
- 1 April - Frederick Maurice, theologian (born 1805)
- 28 November - Mary Somerville, mathematician (born 1780)
- 15 December - Lady Beaconsfield, wife of Benjamin Disraeli (born 1792)
[edit] References
- ^ a b Palmer, Alan & Veronica (1992). The Chronology of British History. London: Century Ltd. pp. 294-295. ISBN 0-7126-5616-2.
- ^ a b c Penguin Pocket On This Day. Penguin Reference Library. 2006. ISBN 0-141-02715-0.
