1864 in the United Kingdom
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Events from the year 1864 in the United Kingdom.
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[edit] Incumbents
- Monarch - Victoria of the United Kingdom
- Prime Minister - Henry Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston, Liberal
[edit] Events
- 11 January - Charing Cross railway station in London opens.[1]
- 11 March - Great Sheffield Flood: the Dale Dike Dam bursts devastating Sheffield.
- 24 March - Britain cedes the Ionian Islands to Greece.[2]
- 5 September–6 September - Bombardment of Shimonoseki: An American, British, Dutch and French alliance engages the powerful feudal Japanese warlord or daimyo Lord Mori Takachika of the Chōshū clan based in Shimonoseki, Japan.
- 28 September - International Workingmen's Association founded in London.[1]
- 10 October - Quebec Conference to discuss plans for the creation of a Dominion of Canada, begins.[2]
- 8 December - The Clifton Suspension Bridge across the River Avon, designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel, opens to traffic.[1]
[edit] Undated
- James Clerk Maxwell discovers microwaves.
- John Alexander Reina Newlands produces the first periodic table of the elements.
[edit] Publications
- John Wisden publishes first edition of Wisden Cricketers' Almanack. It goes on to become the major annual cricket publication.
- Charles Dickens's novel Our Mutual Friend.
- Anthony Trollope's novel The Small House at Allington and Can You Forgive Her? (serialisation).
[edit] Births
- 8 January - Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence (d. 1892)
- 20 February - Henry Rawlinson, 1st Baron Rawlinson, general (d. 1925)
- 22 April - Phil May, caricaturist (d. 1903)
- 14 September - Robert Cecil, 1st Viscount Cecil of Chelwood, politician and diplomat, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d. 1958)
- 31 October - Cosmo Lang, Archbishop of Canterbury (d. 1945)
- 26 November - Edward Higgins, the 3rd General of The Salvation Army (d. 1947)
[edit] Deaths
- 29 January - Lucy Aikin, writer (b. 1781)
- 15 September - John Hanning Speke, explorer (b. 1827)
- 8 December - George Boole, mathematician and philosopher (b. 1815)
[edit] References
- ^ a b c (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, 284-285. ISBN 0-7126-5616-2.
