1866 in the United Kingdom
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Events from the year 1866 in the United Kingdom.
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[edit] Incumbents
- Monarch - Victoria of the United Kingdom
- Prime Minister - John Russell, 1st Earl Russell, Liberal (until 28 June), Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby, Conservative
[edit] Events
- 12 January - Royal Aeronautical Society is formed in London.
- 11 May - London bank Overend, Gurney and Company collapses precipitating a financial crisis.[1]
- 26 June - Lord Russell resigns as Prime Minister, following splits in the Liberal Party over parliamentary reform. Earl of Derby takes over, leading a minority Conservative administration.[2]
- 5 July - Marriage of Princess Helena of the United Kingdom, third daughter of Queen Victoria, to Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg.
- 23 July to 25 July - Demonstrations in Hyde Park in favour of parliamentary reform turn violent.[2]
- 27 July - The Transatlantic telegraph cable is successfully completed, allowing transatlantic telegraph communication for the first time.[3]
[edit] Undated
- Mae Hen Wlad fy Nhadau is adopted as the national anthem of Wales.
- A cholera epidemic in London causes over 5,000 deaths.[4]
- Invention of the clinical thermometer by Thomas Clifford Allbutt.[4]
- John Langdon Down describes Down syndrome.[4]
- Elizabeth Garrett Anderson opens the St Mary's Dispensary where women could seek medical advice from exclusively female practitioners.[4]
- Morris Chair introduced by William Morris.[4]
- Colman's mustard receives a Royal Warrant.[4]
- John Graham Chambers founds the Amateur Athletic Club, drawing up rules for athletic competition.[2]
[edit] Publications
- George Eliot's novel Felix Holt, the Radical.[4]
- John Robert Seeley's controversial, and anonymous, work Ecce Homo.[2]
[edit] Births
- 17 April - Ernest Starling, physiologist (died 1927)
- 7 June - Ernest William Hornung, author (died 1921)
- 26 June - George Herbert, 5th Earl of Carnarvon, financier of Egyptian excavations (died 1923)
- 28 July - Beatrix Potter, children's author (died 1943)
- 21 September - H. G. Wells, writer (died 1946)
- 12 October - Ramsay MacDonald, Prime Minister (died 1937)
- 8 November - Herbert Austin, 1st Baron Austin, car designer (died 1941)
- 30 November - Robert Broom, paleontologist (died 1951)
- date unknown - Ethna Carbery, Irish poet (died 1902)
[edit] Deaths
- 23 January - Thomas Love Peacock, satirist (born 1785)
- 27 January - John Gibson, sculptor, (born 1790)
- 6 March - William Whewell, scientist, philosopher, and historian of science (born 1794)
- 5 April - Thomas Hodgkin, physician (born 1798)
- 1 December - George Everest, geodesist (born 1790)
[edit] References
- ^ Elliott, G. (2006). The Mystery of Overend & Gurney: A Financial Scandal in Victorian London. London: Methuen. ISBN 0-413-77573-9.
- ^ a b c d Palmer, Alan & Veronica (1992). The Chronology of British History. London: Century Ltd. pp. 287-288. ISBN 0-7126-5616-2.
- ^ Penguin Pocket On This Day. Penguin Reference Library. 2006. ISBN 0-141-02715-0.
- ^ a b c d e f g "1866." The People's Chronology. Ed. Jason M. Everett. Thomson Gale, 2006.
