1886 in the United Kingdom
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Events from the year 1886 in the United Kingdom.
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Incumbents [edit]
- Monarch — Queen Victoria
- Prime Minister — Robert Cecil, Marquess of Salisbury (Conservative; until 28 January), William Ewart Gladstone (Liberal; until 20 July), Marquess of Salisbury (Conservative; after 20 July)
Events [edit]
- January — Ulster Protestant Unionists begin to lobby against the Irish Home Rule Bill, establishing the Ulster Loyal Anti-Repeal Union in Belfast.
- 13 January — After six years of campaigning, the atheist Charles Bradlaugh is permitted to affirm rather than take the traditional oath, allowing him to take his seat as a Member of Parliament.[1]
- 18 January — The Hockey Association is founded,[2] largely on the initiative of sports clubs in the London area, and codifies the rules for hockey.[3][4]
- 27 January — Salisbury loses supports of the Irish Party, and resigns as Prime Minister.[2]
- 1 February
- William Ewart Gladstone becomes Prime Minister for the third time.[5]
- Mersey Railway opens, linking Birkenhead and Liverpool.[2]
- 7–8 February — Two days of rioting in the West End of London by the unemployed, coinciding with the coldest winter in thirty years.
- March
- Gladstone announces his support for Irish Home Rule.
- Linfield F.C. is formed in Belfast.
- 10 March — First Crufts dog show held in London.[6]
- April — New English Art Club mounts its first exhibition.
- 8 April — Gladstone introduces the Government of Ireland Bill (the first Irish Home Rule Bill) in the House of Commons.[7] During the debates on the Bill
- Financial Secretary to the Treasury H.H. Fowler states his support for the Bill which in his words would bring about a "real Union—not an act of Parliament Union—but a moral Union, a Union of heart and soul between two Sister Nations".
- Lord Randolph Churchill voices his opposition with the slogan "Ulster will fight, Ulster will be right".
- 11 May — The International Exhibition of Navigation, Commerce and Industry in Liverpool is opened by Queen Victoria.
- 8 June — The Irish Home Rule Bill fails to pass in Parliament on a vote of 343-313. Ulster Protestants celebrate its defeat, leading to renewed rioting on the streets of Belfast and the deaths of seven people, with many more injured.[8]
- 12 June — Gladstone calls for a dissolution of Parliament.
- 25 June
- Crofters' Holdings (Scotland) Act grants security of tenure to crofters.[9]
- Riot (Damages) Act provides for property owners to recover compensation from local police forces in the event of damage due to riot.
- 30 June — Royal Holloway College opened by Queen Victoria in Surrey.
- 12 July–mid-September — Belfast riots: Beginning with the Orange Institution parades and continuing sporadically throughout the summer, clashes take place between Catholics and Protestants, and also between Loyalists and police. Thirteen people are killed in a weekend of serious rioting, with an official death toll of 31 people over the period.[8]
- 23 July — The inaugural Eclipse Stakes, run at Sandown Park in Surrey with a prize fund of £10,000 donated by Leopold de Rothschild, making it at this time the richest British horse race, is won by the stallion Bendigo.[10]
- 27 July — General election won by the Conservative Party under Salisbury.
- 1 September — The Severn Tunnel opens.[2]
- 11 October — Memorial statue to Sister Dora unveiled in Walsall.[11]
- 9 December
- 25 December — Great snow storm in London.[13]
Undated [edit]
- Edinburgh School of Medicine for Women founded by Dr Sophia Jex-Blake.
- The following Association football clubs are founded:
- Ormonde wins the English Triple Crown by finishing first in the Epsom Derby, 2,000 Guineas and St Leger.
- Scotch whisky distiller William Grant & Sons is founded.
Publications [edit]
- Frances Hodgson Burnett's first children's novel Little Lord Fauntleroy (complete in book form)
- Marie Corelli's first novel A Romance of Two Worlds.
- Thomas Hardy's novel The Mayor of Casterbridge.
- Henry James' novel The Bostonians.
- Robert Louis Stevenson's novels Kidnapped and Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde.
Births [edit]
24 Jan- Holly Born
- 10 May — Olaf Stapledon, author and philosopher (died 1950)
- 20 May — John Jacob Astor, 1st Baron Astor of Hever, businessman (died 1971)
- 18 June — George Mallory, climber (died 1924)
- 24 June — George Shiels, dramatist (died 1949)
- 26 August — Ronald Niel Stuart, Royal Navy Captain (died 1954)
- 27 August — Rebecca Helferich Clarke, composer and violist (died 1979)
- 27 August — Eric Coates, composer (died 1957)
- 13 September — Robert Robinson, chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1975)
- 20 September — Charles Williams, author (died 1945)
- 26 September — Archibald Vivian Hill, physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1977)
Deaths [edit]
- 16 April — Andrew Nicholl, painter (born 1804)
- 9 August — Samuel Ferguson, poet and artist (born 1810)
References [edit]
- ^ "Palace of Westminster, London". Humanist Heritage. Retrieved 2011-02-01.
- ^ a b c d Palmer, Alan; Veronica (1992). The Chronology of British History. London: Century Ltd. pp. 311–312. ISBN 0-7126-5616-2.
- ^ "History and Rules of Hockey". Hockey in England. England Hockey Board. Archived from the original on 14 December 2010. Retrieved 2011-01-26.
- ^ "General History of Field Hockey". Retrieved 2012-10-12.
- ^ "William Ewart Gladstone". Number10. Prime Minister's Office. Archived from the original on 17 August 2010. Retrieved 2010-09-09.
- ^ Penguin Pocket On This Day. Penguin Reference Library. 2006. ISBN 0-14-102715-0.
- ^ Stewart, A. T. Q. (1981). Edward Carson. Gill's Irish Lives. Dublin: Gill & Macmillan. ISBN 0-7171-1075-3.
- ^ a b "Parades and Marches - Chronology 2: Historical Dates and Events". Conflict Archive on the Internet (CAIN). Retrieved 28 January 2010.
- ^ "The Crofters Land Act passed — 1886". Scotland's History. BBC. Retrieved 2010-11-10.
- ^ Wood, Greg (4 July 2003). "Nayef heads 14 rivals in Eclipse". The Guardian. Retrieved 2012-10-12.
- ^ Robertson, Patrick (1974). The Shell Book of Firsts. London: Ebury Press. p. 169. ISBN 0-7181-1279-2.
- ^ Jones, Terry H. "Saint Edmund Campion". Saints.SPQN.com. Retrieved 2010-10-18.
- ^ Blake, Richard. The Book of Postal Dates, 1635–1985. Caterham: Marden. p. 17.
- ^ Soar, Phil; Tyler, Martin (2005). The Official Illustrated History of Arsenal. London: Hamlyn. p. 23. ISBN 978-0-600-61344-2.
