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Kingdom</i></small> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/w/index.php?title=1879_in_England&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1879 in England (page does not exist)">England</a> | <a href="/wiki/1879_in_Ireland" title="1879 in Ireland">Ireland</a> | <a href="/wiki/1879_in_Scotland" title="1879 in Scotland">Scotland</a> | <a href="/wiki/1879_in_Wales" title="1879 in Wales">Wales</a> </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:#f3f3f3"> <td style="text-align:center;"><small><i>Sport</i></small> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><div> <p><a href="/wiki/1879_English_cricket_season" title="1879 English cricket season">1879 English cricket season</a><br /> <a href="/wiki/Football_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Football in the United Kingdom">Football</a>: <a href="/wiki/1878%E2%80%9379_in_English_football" title="1878–79 in English football">England</a><br /> </p> </div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Events from the year <b><a href="/wiki/1879" title="1879">1879</a> in the <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom_of_Great_Britain_and_Ireland" title="United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland">United Kingdom</a></b>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Incumbents">Incumbents</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1879_in_the_United_Kingdom&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Incumbents"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Monarch_of_the_United_Kingdom" class="mw-redirect" title="Monarch of the United Kingdom">Monarch</a> – <a href="/wiki/Queen_Victoria" title="Queen Victoria">Victoria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Prime Minister of the United Kingdom">Prime Minister</a> – <a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Disraeli" title="Benjamin Disraeli">Benjamin Disraeli</a> (<a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a>)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Events">Events</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1879_in_the_United_Kingdom&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Events"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>1 January – <a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Henry_Blackwell" title="Benjamin Henry Blackwell">Benjamin Henry Blackwell</a> opens the first <a href="/wiki/Blackwell_UK" class="mw-redirect" title="Blackwell UK">Blackwell</a>'s bookshop in <a href="/wiki/Oxford" title="Oxford">Oxford</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>8 January – British army occupies <a href="/wiki/Kandahar" title="Kandahar">Kandahar</a> in <a href="/wiki/Afghanistan" title="Afghanistan">Afghanistan</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-CBH_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CBH-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>11 January – <a href="/wiki/Anglo-Zulu_War" title="Anglo-Zulu War">Anglo-Zulu War</a> begins.</li> <li>22 January – <a href="/wiki/Zulu_people" title="Zulu people">Zulu</a> troops led by King <a href="/wiki/Cetshwayo" title="Cetshwayo">Cetshwayo</a> massacre British troops at the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Isandlwana" title="Battle of Isandlwana">Battle of Isandlwana</a>. At <a href="/wiki/Rorke%27s_Drift" class="mw-redirect" title="Rorke's Drift">Rorke's Drift</a>, outnumbered British soldiers drive the attackers away after hours of fighting.<sup id="cite_ref-Pocket_On_This_Day_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Pocket_On_This_Day-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>3 February – Mosley Street in <a href="/wiki/Newcastle_upon_Tyne" title="Newcastle upon Tyne">Newcastle upon Tyne</a> becomes the world's first public highway to be lit by the electric <a href="/wiki/Incandescent_light_bulb" title="Incandescent light bulb">incandescent light bulb</a>, invented by <a href="/wiki/Joseph_Swan" title="Joseph Swan">Joseph Swan</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>March – the standard design of <a href="/wiki/Pillar_box#Anonymous_boxes" title="Pillar box">pillar box</a> reverts to a cylindrical shape (the "anonymous" style cast by <a href="/wiki/Andrew_Handyside_and_Company" title="Andrew Handyside and Company">Andrew Handyside and Company</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>2 March – <a href="/wiki/Murder_of_Julia_Martha_Thomas" title="Murder of Julia Martha Thomas">murder of Julia Martha Thomas</a> at <a href="/wiki/Richmond,_London" title="Richmond, London">Richmond upon Thames</a>.</li> <li>12 March – Anglo-Zulu War: At the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Intombe" title="Battle of Intombe">Battle of Intombe</a>, a British force over one-hundred strong is ambushed and destroyed by Zulu forces.</li> <li>13 March – marriage of <a href="/wiki/Prince_Arthur,_Duke_of_Connaught" class="mw-redirect" title="Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught">The Duke of Connaught and Strathearn</a>, third son of <a href="/wiki/Queen_Victoria" title="Queen Victoria">Queen Victoria</a>, to <a href="/wiki/Princess_Louise_Margaret,_Duchess_of_Connaught" class="mw-redirect" title="Princess Louise Margaret, Duchess of Connaught">Princess Louise Marguerite of Prussia</a>.</li> <li>28 March – Anglo-Zulu War: British forces suffer a defeat at the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Hlobane" title="Battle of Hlobane">Battle of Hlobane</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Pocket_On_This_Day_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Pocket_On_This_Day-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>29 March – Anglo-Zulu War: <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Kambula" title="Battle of Kambula">Battle of Kambula</a> – British forces defeat 20,000 Zulus.</li> <li>3 April – Anglo-Zulu War: British forces successfully lift the two-month <a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Eshowe" title="Siege of Eshowe">Siege of Eshowe</a>.</li> <li>12 May – <a href="/wiki/John_Henry_Newman" title="John Henry Newman">John Henry Newman</a> elevated to <a href="/wiki/Cardinal_(Catholicism)" class="mw-redirect" title="Cardinal (Catholicism)">Cardinal</a>.</li> <li>26 May – <a href="/wiki/Russia" title="Russia">Russia</a> and the United Kingdom sign the <a href="/wiki/Treaty_of_Gandamak" title="Treaty of Gandamak">Treaty of Gandamak</a> establishing an <a href="/wiki/Afghan_state" class="mw-redirect" title="Afghan state">Afghan state</a>.</li> <li>June–August – the wettest summer in England and Wales since records began in 1766, and the equal seventh-coolest since <a href="/wiki/Central_England_temperature" title="Central England temperature">the CET series</a> begins in 1659.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>6 June – <a href="/wiki/William_Denny_and_Brothers" title="William Denny and Brothers">William Denny and Brothers</a> launch the world's first ocean-going ship to be built of <a href="/wiki/Mild_steel" class="mw-redirect" title="Mild steel">mild steel</a>, the SS <i>Rotomahana</i>, at <a href="/wiki/Dumbarton" title="Dumbarton">Dumbarton</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>14 June – <a href="/wiki/Sidney_Faithorn_Green" title="Sidney Faithorn Green">Sidney Faithorn Green</a>, an <a href="/wiki/Anglican" class="mw-redirect" title="Anglican">Anglican</a> <a href="/wiki/Priest" title="Priest">priest</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Church_of_England" title="Church of England">Church of England</a>, is tried and convicted for using <a href="/wiki/Ritualism" class="mw-redirect" title="Ritualism">Ritualist</a> practices.</li> <li>4 July – the Anglo-Zulu War effectively ends with British victory at the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Ulundi" title="Battle of Ulundi">Battle of Ulundi</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-CBH_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CBH-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>16 August – <a href="/wiki/Fulham_F.C." title="Fulham F.C.">Fulham F.C.</a> founded in London as the Fulham St Andrew's Church Sunday School football club.</li> <li>19 August – the foundation stone of the fourth <a href="/wiki/Eddystone_Lighthouse" title="Eddystone Lighthouse">Eddystone Lighthouse</a> is laid by <a href="/wiki/Edward_VII" title="Edward VII">The Prince of Wales</a> and <a href="/wiki/Alfred,_Duke_of_Saxe-Coburg_and_Gotha" title="Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha">The Duke of Edinburgh</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Pocket_On_This_Day_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Pocket_On_This_Day-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>September – <a href="/wiki/Doncaster_Rovers_F.C." title="Doncaster Rovers F.C.">Doncaster Rovers F.C.</a> formed by railway fitter Albert Jenkins.</li> <li>18 September – <a href="/wiki/Blackpool_Illuminations" title="Blackpool Illuminations">Blackpool Illuminations</a> lit for the first time.<sup id="cite_ref-Pocket_On_This_Day_3-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Pocket_On_This_Day-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>2 October – William Denny and Brothers launch the world's first <a href="/wiki/Transatlantic_crossing" title="Transatlantic crossing">transatlantic</a> steamer to be built of mild steel, the SS <i>Buenos Ayrean</i>, at Dumbarton for Liverpool owners. On 1 December she makes her maiden voyage out of Glasgow for South America.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>13 October – first female students admitted to study for degrees at the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Oxford" title="University of Oxford">University of Oxford</a>, at the new <a href="/wiki/Lady_Margaret_Hall" class="mw-redirect" title="Lady Margaret Hall">Lady Margaret Hall</a> and <a href="/wiki/Somerville_College" class="mw-redirect" title="Somerville College">Somerville Hall</a> and with the <a href="/wiki/St_Anne%27s_College,_Oxford" title="St Anne's College, Oxford">Society of Oxford Home-Students</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-CBH_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CBH-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>17 October – <a href="/wiki/Sunderland_A.F.C." title="Sunderland A.F.C.">Sunderland A.F.C.</a> is formed as 'Sunderland and District Teachers A.F.C.' in the North East.</li> <li>27 October – <i><a href="/wiki/Liverpool_Echo" title="Liverpool Echo">Liverpool Echo</a></i> newspaper first published.<sup id="cite_ref-Pocket_On_This_Day_3-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Pocket_On_This_Day-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>November–March 1880 – probably the longest ever fog in the city's history engulfs <a href="/wiki/London" title="London">London</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>December – the world's first <a href="/wiki/Santa%27s_workshop" title="Santa's workshop">Christmas grotto</a> opens in <a href="/wiki/Lewis%27s" title="Lewis's">Lewis's</a> <a href="/wiki/Liverpool" title="Liverpool">Liverpool</a> department store as 'Christmas Fairyland'.</li> <li>15–23 December – <a href="/wiki/Second_Anglo-Afghan_War" title="Second Anglo-Afghan War">Second Anglo-Afghan War</a>: British victory at the <a href="/wiki/Siege_of_the_Sherpur_Cantonment" title="Siege of the Sherpur Cantonment">Siege of the Sherpur Cantonment</a>.</li> <li>28 December – the <a href="/wiki/Tay_Bridge_Disaster" class="mw-redirect" title="Tay Bridge Disaster">Tay Bridge Disaster</a>: The central part of the <a href="/wiki/Tay_Rail_Bridge" class="mw-redirect" title="Tay Rail Bridge">Tay Rail Bridge</a> in <a href="/wiki/Dundee,_Scotland" class="mw-redirect" title="Dundee, Scotland">Dundee, Scotland</a> collapses in a storm as a train passes over it, killing 78.<sup id="cite_ref-CBH_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CBH-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>30 December – the <a href="/wiki/Comic_opera" title="Comic opera">comic opera</a> <i><a href="/wiki/The_Pirates_of_Penzance" title="The Pirates of Penzance">The Pirates of Penzance</a></i> is first presented in <a href="/wiki/Paignton" title="Paignton">Paignton</a>, <a href="/wiki/Devon" title="Devon">Devon</a><sup id="cite_ref-Pocket_On_This_Day_3-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Pocket_On_This_Day-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> in a token performance for U.K. copyright reasons; the world première is given the following day in <a href="/wiki/New_York_City" title="New York City">New York City</a>, the only <a href="/wiki/Gilbert_and_Sullivan" title="Gilbert and Sullivan">Gilbert and Sullivan</a> work to have its official debut outside England.</li> <li>1 January to 31 December – the combination of the severest winter since 1814, a late spring, an exceptionally cool summer and a cold dry autumn produces the third-coldest year in the CET series and the coldest since 1740,<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> with an annual mean of 7.44 °C or 45.39 °F.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Undated">Undated</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1879_in_the_United_Kingdom&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Undated"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Gabardine" title="Gabardine">Gabardine</a> is invented by <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Burberry" title="Thomas Burberry">Thomas Burberry</a>, founder of the <a href="/wiki/Burberry" title="Burberry">Burberry</a> fashion house in <a href="/wiki/Basingstoke" title="Basingstoke">Basingstoke</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/School_meal" title="School meal">School meals</a> provided for destitute and poorly nourished children in Manchester.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Publications">Publications</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1879_in_the_United_Kingdom&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Publications"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kate_Greenaway" title="Kate Greenaway">Kate Greenaway</a>'s first book, with her own colour illustrations, <i><a href="/wiki/Under_the_Window" title="Under the Window">Under the Window: Pictures & Rhymes for Children</a></i>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Silas_Hocking" class="mw-redirect" title="Silas Hocking">Silas Hocking</a>'s novel <i>Her Benny</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Meredith" title="George Meredith">George Meredith</a>'s novel <i><a href="/wiki/The_Egoist_(novel)" title="The Egoist (novel)">The Egoist</a></i>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anthony_Trollope" title="Anthony Trollope">Anthony Trollope</a>'s last <a href="/wiki/Palliser_novels" title="Palliser novels">Palliser novel</a> <i><a href="/wiki/The_Duke%27s_Children" title="The Duke's Children">The Duke's Children</a></i> (serialised in <i><a href="/wiki/All_the_Year_Round" title="All the Year Round">All the Year Round</a></i>).</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Boy%27s_Own_Paper" class="mw-redirect" title="Boy's Own Paper">The Boy's Own Paper</a></i> first published (19 January).</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Births">Births</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1879_in_the_United_Kingdom&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Births"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>1 January <ul><li><a href="/wiki/E._M._Forster" title="E. M. Forster">E. M. Forster</a>, novelist (died 1970)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ernest_Jones" title="Ernest Jones">Ernest Jones</a>, <a href="/wiki/Psychoanalyst" class="mw-redirect" title="Psychoanalyst">psychoanalyst</a> (died 1958)</li></ul></li> <li>8 January – <a href="/wiki/Charles_Bryant_(actor)" title="Charles Bryant (actor)">Charles Bryant</a>, actor and director (died 1948)</li> <li>10 January – <a href="/wiki/Bobby_Walker_(footballer,_born_1879)" title="Bobby Walker (footballer, born 1879)">Bobby Walker</a>, Scottish footballer (died 1930)</li> <li>13 January – <a href="/wiki/William_Reid_Dick" title="William Reid Dick">William Reid Dick</a>, sculptor (died 1961)</li> <li>28 January – <a href="/wiki/Una_Duval" title="Una Duval">Una Duval</a>, née Dugdale, suffragette (died 1975)</li> <li>26 February – <a href="/wiki/Frank_Bridge" title="Frank Bridge">Frank Bridge</a>, composer (died 1941)</li> <li>5 March – <a href="/wiki/William_Beveridge" title="William Beveridge">William Beveridge</a>, economist and social reformer (died 1963)</li> <li>20 April – <a href="/wiki/Robert_Wilson_Lynd" title="Robert Wilson Lynd">Robert Wilson Lynd</a>, essayist and writer (died 1949)</li> <li>26 April – <a href="/wiki/Owen_Willans_Richardson" title="Owen Willans Richardson">Owen Willans Richardson</a>, physicist, <a href="/wiki/Nobel_Prize_in_Physics" title="Nobel Prize in Physics">Nobel Prize</a> laureate (died 1959)</li> <li>29 April – <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Beecham" title="Thomas Beecham">Thomas Beecham</a>, conductor (died 1961)</li> <li>19 May – <a href="/wiki/Waldorf_Astor,_2nd_Viscount_Astor" title="Waldorf Astor, 2nd Viscount Astor">Viscount Waldorf Astor</a>, businessman and politician (died 1952)</li> <li>25 May – <a href="/wiki/Max_Aitken,_1st_Baron_Beaverbrook" title="Max Aitken, 1st Baron Beaverbrook">Max Aitken, 1st Baron Beaverbrook</a>, Canadian-British business tycoon, politician and writer (died 1964)</li> <li>30 May – <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Colin_Blythe" title="Colin Blythe">Colin Blythe</a>, bowler (cricket) (killed on active service 1917)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vanessa_Bell" title="Vanessa Bell">Vanessa Bell</a>, painter (died 1961)</li></ul></li> <li>4 June – <a href="/wiki/Mabel_Lucie_Attwell" title="Mabel Lucie Attwell">Mabel Lucie Attwell</a>, illustrator (died 1964)</li> <li>6 June – <a href="/wiki/Patrick_Abercrombie" title="Patrick Abercrombie">Patrick Abercrombie</a>, town planner (died 1957)</li> <li>13 July – <a href="/wiki/Alan_Wace" title="Alan Wace">Alan Wace</a>, archaeologist (died 1957)</li> <li>15 July – <a href="/wiki/Joseph_Campbell_(poet)" title="Joseph Campbell (poet)">Joseph Campbell</a>, poet and lyricist (died 1944)</li> <li>1 August – <a href="/wiki/William_Percival_Crozier" title="William Percival Crozier">William Percival Crozier</a>, editor of <i><a href="/wiki/The_Manchester_Guardian" class="mw-redirect" title="The Manchester Guardian">The Manchester Guardian</a></i> (died 1944)</li> <li>7 August – <a href="/wiki/James_Peters_(rugby)" class="mw-redirect" title="James Peters (rugby)">James Peters</a>, black rugby union international (died 1954)</li> <li>13 August – <a href="/wiki/John_Ireland_(composer)" title="John Ireland (composer)">John Ireland</a>, composer (died 1962)</li> <li>27 September – <a href="/wiki/Cyril_Scott" title="Cyril Scott">Cyril Scott</a>, composer and writer (died 1970)</li> <li>10 December – <a href="/wiki/E._H._Shepard" title="E. H. Shepard">E. H. Shepard</a>, artist and book illustrator (died 1976)</li> <li>23 December – <a href="/wiki/Louise_Hampton" title="Louise Hampton">Louise Hampton</a>, English actress (died 1954)<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>27 December – <a href="/wiki/Sydney_Greenstreet" title="Sydney Greenstreet">Sydney Greenstreet</a>, actor (died 1954)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Deaths">Deaths</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1879_in_the_United_Kingdom&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Deaths"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>22 January – <a href="/wiki/John_Vivian_(Liberal_politician)" title="John Vivian (Liberal politician)">John Vivian</a>, Liberal MP, member of the <a href="/wiki/Vivian_family_(baronets_and_barons)" title="Vivian family (baronets and barons)">Vivian family</a>, 60<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>18 February – <a href="/wiki/Rayner_Stephens" title="Rayner Stephens">Rayner Stephens</a>, radical reformer and Methodist minister (born 1805)</li> <li>25 February – <a href="/wiki/Charles_Peace" title="Charles Peace">Charles Peace</a>, criminal (executed) (born 1832)<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>3 March <ul><li><a href="/wiki/William_Kingdon_Clifford" title="William Kingdon Clifford">William Kingdon Clifford</a>, geometer and philosopher (born 1845)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Howitt" title="William Howitt">William Howitt</a>, historical writer and poet (born 1792)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Annie_Keary" title="Annie Keary">Annie Keary</a>, novelist, poet and children's writer (born 1825)</li></ul></li> <li>22 March – <a href="/wiki/John_George_Woodford" title="John George Woodford">Sir John Woodford</a>, general and archaeologist (born 1785)</li> <li>23 March – <a href="/wiki/Walter_Calverley_Trevelyan" title="Walter Calverley Trevelyan">Sir Walter Trevelyan</a>, naturalist and geologist (born 1797)</li> <li>8 April – Sir <a href="/wiki/Anthony_Panizzi" title="Anthony Panizzi">Anthony Panizzi</a>, librarian (born 1797 in Italy)</li> <li>21 April – <a href="/wiki/George_Hadfield_(politician)" title="George Hadfield (politician)">George Hadfield</a>, radical politician (born 1787)</li> <li>25 April – <a href="/wiki/Charles_Tennyson_Turner" title="Charles Tennyson Turner">Charles Tennyson Turner</a>, poet (born 1808)</li> <li>4 May – <a href="/wiki/William_Froude" title="William Froude">William Froude</a>, hydrodynamicist (born 1810)</li> <li>8 May – <a href="/wiki/Henry_Collen" title="Henry Collen">Henry Collen</a>, royal miniature portrait painter (born 1797)</li> <li>10 May – <a href="/wiki/Robert_Thompson_Crawshay" title="Robert Thompson Crawshay">Robert Thompson Crawshay</a>, ironmaster (born 1817)<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>3 June – <a href="/wiki/Frances_Ridley_Havergal" title="Frances Ridley Havergal">Frances Ridley Havergal</a>, religious poet (born 1836)<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>7 June – <a href="/wiki/William_Tilbury_Fox" title="William Tilbury Fox">William Tilbury Fox</a>, dermatologist (born 1836)<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>3 August – <a href="/wiki/Joseph_Severn" title="Joseph Severn">Joseph Severn</a>, painter (born 1793)</li> <li>10 August – <a href="/wiki/George_Long_(scholar)" title="George Long (scholar)">George Long</a>, classical scholar (born 1800)</li> <li>20 August – <a href="/wiki/John_Shaw-Lefevre" class="mw-redirect" title="John Shaw-Lefevre">Sir John Shaw-Lebevre</a>, barrister, Whig politician and civil servant (born 1797)</li> <li>19 September – <a href="/wiki/Clara_Rousby" title="Clara Rousby">Clara Rousby</a>, actress (born 1848)<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>23 September – <a href="/wiki/Francis_Kilvert" title="Francis Kilvert">Francis Kilvert</a>, diarist (peritonitis) (born 1840)<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>26 September – Sir <a href="/wiki/William_Rowan" title="William Rowan">William Rowan</a>, field marshal (born 1789)</li> <li>5 November – <a href="/wiki/James_Clerk_Maxwell" title="James Clerk Maxwell">James Clerk Maxwell</a>, physicist (born 1831)<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>6 December – <a href="/wiki/John_Bentinck,_5th_Duke_of_Portland" title="John Bentinck, 5th Duke of Portland">John Bentinck, 5th Duke of Portland</a> (born 1800)</li> <li>11 December – <a href="/wiki/William_Thomas_(Gwilym_Marles)" title="William Thomas (Gwilym Marles)">William Thomas (Gwilym Marles)</a>, minister and poet (born 1834)<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>13 December – <a href="/wiki/William_Calcraft" title="William Calcraft">William Calcraft</a>, hangman (born 1800)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span 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href="/wiki/1808_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1808 in the United Kingdom">1808</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1809_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1809 in the United Kingdom">1809</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1810_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1810 in the United Kingdom">1810</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1811_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1811 in the United Kingdom">1811</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1812_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1812 in the United Kingdom">1812</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1813_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1813 in the United Kingdom">1813</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1814_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1814 in the United Kingdom">1814</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1815_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1815 in the United Kingdom">1815</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1816_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1816 in the United Kingdom">1816</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1817_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1817 in the United Kingdom">1817</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1818_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1818 in the United Kingdom">1818</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1819_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1819 in the United Kingdom">1819</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1820_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1820 in the United Kingdom">1820</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1821_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1821 in the United Kingdom">1821</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1822_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1822 in the United Kingdom">1822</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1823_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1823 in the United Kingdom">1823</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1824_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1824 in the United Kingdom">1824</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1825_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1825 in the United Kingdom">1825</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1826_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1826 in the United Kingdom">1826</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1827_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1827 in the United Kingdom">1827</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1828_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1828 in the United Kingdom">1828</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1829_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1829 in the United Kingdom">1829</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1830_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1830 in the United Kingdom">1830</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1831_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1831 in the United Kingdom">1831</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1832_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1832 in the United Kingdom">1832</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1833_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1833 in the United Kingdom">1833</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1834_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1834 in the United Kingdom">1834</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1835_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1835 in the United Kingdom">1835</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1836_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1836 in the United Kingdom">1836</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1837_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1837 in the United Kingdom">1837</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1838_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1838 in the United Kingdom">1838</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1839_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1839 in the United Kingdom">1839</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1840_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1840 in the United Kingdom">1840</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1841_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1841 in the United Kingdom">1841</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1842_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1842 in the United Kingdom">1842</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1843_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1843 in the United Kingdom">1843</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1844_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1844 in the United Kingdom">1844</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1845_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1845 in the United Kingdom">1845</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1846_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1846 in the United Kingdom">1846</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1847_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1847 in the United Kingdom">1847</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1848_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1848 in the United Kingdom">1848</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1849_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1849 in the United Kingdom">1849</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1850_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1850 in the United Kingdom">1850</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1851_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1851 in the United Kingdom">1851</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1852_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1852 in the United Kingdom">1852</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1853_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1853 in the United Kingdom">1853</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1854_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1854 in the United Kingdom">1854</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1855_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1855 in the United Kingdom">1855</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1856_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1856 in the United Kingdom">1856</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1857_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1857 in the United Kingdom">1857</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1858_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1858 in the United Kingdom">1858</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1859_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1859 in the United Kingdom">1859</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1860_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1860 in the United Kingdom">1860</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1861_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1861 in the United Kingdom">1861</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1862_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1862 in the United Kingdom">1862</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1863_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1863 in the United Kingdom">1863</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1864_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1864 in the United Kingdom">1864</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1865_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1865 in the United Kingdom">1865</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1866_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1866 in the United Kingdom">1866</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1867_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1867 in the United Kingdom">1867</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1868_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1868 in the United Kingdom">1868</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1869_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1869 in the United Kingdom">1869</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1870_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1870 in the United Kingdom">1870</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1871_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1871 in the United Kingdom">1871</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1872_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1872 in the United Kingdom">1872</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1873_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1873 in the United Kingdom">1873</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1874_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1874 in the United Kingdom">1874</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1875_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1875 in the United Kingdom">1875</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1876_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1876 in the United Kingdom">1876</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1877_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1877 in the United Kingdom">1877</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1878_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1878 in the United Kingdom">1878</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">1879</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1880_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1880 in the United Kingdom">1880</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1881_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1881 in the United Kingdom">1881</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1882_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1882 in the United Kingdom">1882</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1883_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1883 in the United Kingdom">1883</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1884_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1884 in the United Kingdom">1884</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1885_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1885 in the United Kingdom">1885</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1886_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1886 in the United Kingdom">1886</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1887_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1887 in the United Kingdom">1887</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1888_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1888 in the United Kingdom">1888</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1889_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1889 in the United Kingdom">1889</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1890_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1890 in the United Kingdom">1890</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1891_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1891 in the United Kingdom">1891</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1892_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1892 in the United Kingdom">1892</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1893_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1893 in the United Kingdom">1893</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1894_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1894 in the United Kingdom">1894</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1895_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1895 in the United Kingdom">1895</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1896_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1896 in the United Kingdom">1896</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1897_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1897 in the United Kingdom">1897</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1898_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1898 in the United Kingdom">1898</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1899_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1899 in the United Kingdom">1899</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1900_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1900 in the United Kingdom">1900</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1901_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1901 in the United Kingdom">1901</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1902_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1902 in the United Kingdom">1902</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1903_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1903 in the United Kingdom">1903</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1904_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1904 in the United Kingdom">1904</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1905_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1905 in the United Kingdom">1905</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1906_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1906 in the United Kingdom">1906</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1907_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1907 in the United Kingdom">1907</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1908_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1908 in the United Kingdom">1908</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1909_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1909 in the United Kingdom">1909</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1910_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1910 in the United Kingdom">1910</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1911_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1911 in the United Kingdom">1911</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1912_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1912 in the United Kingdom">1912</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1913_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1913 in the United Kingdom">1913</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1914_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1914 in the United Kingdom">1914</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1915_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1915 in the United Kingdom">1915</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1916_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1916 in the United Kingdom">1916</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1917_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1917 in the United Kingdom">1917</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1918_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1918 in the United Kingdom">1918</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1919_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1919 in the United Kingdom">1919</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1920_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1920 in the United Kingdom">1920</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1921_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1921 in the United Kingdom">1921</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1922_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1922 in the United Kingdom">1922</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1923_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1923 in the United Kingdom">1923</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1924_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1924 in the United Kingdom">1924</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1925_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1925 in the United Kingdom">1925</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1926_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1926 in the United Kingdom">1926</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Years in the<br /><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">United Kingdom<br />of Great Britain and<br />Northern Ireland</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1927_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1927 in the United Kingdom">1927</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1928_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1928 in the United Kingdom">1928</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1929_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1929 in the United Kingdom">1929</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1930_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1930 in the United Kingdom">1930</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1931_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1931 in the United Kingdom">1931</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1932_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1932 in the United Kingdom">1932</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1933_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1933 in the United Kingdom">1933</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1934_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1934 in the United Kingdom">1934</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1935_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1935 in the United Kingdom">1935</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1936_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1936 in the United Kingdom">1936</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1937_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1937 in the United Kingdom">1937</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1938_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1938 in the United Kingdom">1938</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1939_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1939 in the United Kingdom">1939</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1940_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1940 in the United Kingdom">1940</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1941_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1941 in the United Kingdom">1941</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1942_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1942 in the United Kingdom">1942</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1943_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1943 in the United Kingdom">1943</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1944_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1944 in the United Kingdom">1944</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1945_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1945 in the United Kingdom">1945</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1946_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1946 in the United Kingdom">1946</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1947_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1947 in the United Kingdom">1947</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1948_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1948 in the United Kingdom">1948</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1949_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1949 in the United Kingdom">1949</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1950_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1950 in the United Kingdom">1950</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1951_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1951 in the United Kingdom">1951</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1952_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1952 in the United Kingdom">1952</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1953_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1953 in the United Kingdom">1953</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1954_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1954 in the United Kingdom">1954</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1955_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1955 in the United Kingdom">1955</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1956_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1956 in the United Kingdom">1956</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1957_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1957 in the United Kingdom">1957</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1958_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1958 in the United Kingdom">1958</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1959_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1959 in the United Kingdom">1959</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1960_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1960 in the United Kingdom">1960</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1961_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1961 in the United Kingdom">1961</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1962_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1962 in the United Kingdom">1962</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1963_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1963 in the United Kingdom">1963</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1964_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1964 in the United Kingdom">1964</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1965_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1965 in the United Kingdom">1965</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1966_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1966 in the United Kingdom">1966</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1967_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1967 in the United Kingdom">1967</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1968_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1968 in the United Kingdom">1968</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1969_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1969 in the United Kingdom">1969</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1970_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1970 in the United Kingdom">1970</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1971_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1971 in the United Kingdom">1971</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1972_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1972 in the United Kingdom">1972</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1973_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1973 in the United Kingdom">1973</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1974_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1974 in the United Kingdom">1974</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1975_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1975 in the United Kingdom">1975</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1976_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1976 in the United Kingdom">1976</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1977_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1977 in the United Kingdom">1977</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1978_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1978 in the United Kingdom">1978</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1979_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1979 in the United Kingdom">1979</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1980_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1980 in the United Kingdom">1980</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1981_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1981 in the United Kingdom">1981</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1982_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1982 in the United Kingdom">1982</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1983_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1983 in the United Kingdom">1983</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1984_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1984 in the United Kingdom">1984</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1985_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1985 in the United Kingdom">1985</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1986_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1986 in the United Kingdom">1986</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1987_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1987 in the United Kingdom">1987</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1988_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1988 in the United Kingdom">1988</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1989_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1989 in the United Kingdom">1989</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1990_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1990 in the United Kingdom">1990</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1991_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1991 in the United Kingdom">1991</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1992_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1992 in the United Kingdom">1992</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1993_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1993 in the United Kingdom">1993</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1994_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1994 in the United Kingdom">1994</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1995_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1995 in the United Kingdom">1995</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1996_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1996 in the United Kingdom">1996</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1997_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1997 in the United Kingdom">1997</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1998_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1998 in the United Kingdom">1998</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1999_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1999 in the United Kingdom">1999</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2000_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="2000 in the United Kingdom">2000</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2001_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="2001 in the United Kingdom">2001</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2002_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="2002 in the United Kingdom">2002</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2003_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="2003 in the United Kingdom">2003</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="2004 in the United Kingdom">2004</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2005_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="2005 in the United Kingdom">2005</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2006_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="2006 in the United Kingdom">2006</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2007_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="2007 in the United Kingdom">2007</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="2008 in the United Kingdom">2008</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2009_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="2009 in the United Kingdom">2009</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2010_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="2010 in the United Kingdom">2010</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="2011 in the United Kingdom">2011</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="2012 in the United Kingdom">2012</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2013_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="2013 in the United Kingdom">2013</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="2014 in the United Kingdom">2014</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="2015 in the United Kingdom">2015</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="2016 in the United Kingdom">2016</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="2017 in the United Kingdom">2017</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="2018 in the United Kingdom">2018</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="2019 in the United Kingdom">2019</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2020_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="2020 in the United Kingdom">2020</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2021_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="2021 in the United Kingdom">2021</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="2022 in the United Kingdom">2022</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2023_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="2023 in the United Kingdom">2023</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="2024 in the United Kingdom">2024</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="1879_in_Europe" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" 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