- 1874 in the United Kingdom
Events from the year
1874 in theUnited Kingdom .Incumbents
*Monarch -
Victoria of the United Kingdom
*Prime Minister -William Gladstone , Liberal (until17 February ),Benjamin Disraeli , ConservativeEvents
*
23 January - Marriage of the Duke of Edinburgh, second son of Queen Victoria, to Grand Duchess Marie Alexandrovna of Russia, only daughter of EmperorAlexander III of Russia .
*31 January - British defeat theAshanti atBattle of Amoafo .cite book |last=Palmer |first=Alan & Veronica |year=1992 |title= The Chronology of British History|publisher= Century Ltd|location=London|pages= 296-297|isbn= 0-7126-5616-2]
*20 February to10 August - Agricultural workers go on strike.
*23 February -Walter Clopton Wingfield patents a game called "sphairistike" which is more commonly calledlawn tennis .cite book|title=Penguin Pocket On This Day|publisher=Penguin Reference Library|isbn=0-141-02715-0|year=2006]
*5 March - Conservative Party underBenjamin Disraeli, 1st Earl of Beaconsfield win the general election despite polling fewer votes than the Liberal Party underWilliam Ewart Gladstone .
*14 March - Peace treaty with theAshanti gives freedom of movement for British Gold Coast traders, and a promise to endhuman sacrifice .
*13 May - TsarAlexander II of Russia makes a state visit to Britain. [cite web|url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2003/06/23/nputin123.xml|title="Tsar Alexander swept in to visit Victoria with entourage of 70", The Telegraph|date=2003-06-22|accessdate=2008-02-14]
*7 August -Public Worship Regulation Act bans ritualistic practices in theChurch of England .
*30 August -Factory Act establishes 56-hour working week and prevents children from being used aschimney sweep s.Undated
* Scottish football team
Heart of Midlothian F.C. founded.Publications
*
Thomas Hardy 's novel "Far from the Madding Crowd ".Births
*
20 January -Steve Bloomer , footballer, cricketer and baseball player (died 1938)
*25 January - William Somerset Maugham, author (died 1965)
*11 February -Fritz Bennicke Hart , composer (died 1949)
*15 February -Ernest Shackleton , explorer (died 1922)
*9 May
**Lilian Baylis , theatrical producer (died 1937)
** Howard Carter, archaeologist (died 1939)
*19 May - Gilbert Jessop, cricketer (died 1955)
*29 May - Gilbert Keith Chesterton, author (died 1936)
*21 September -Gustav Holst , composer (died 1934)
*15 October -Prince Alfred of Edinburgh and Saxe-Coburg-Gotha (died 1899)
*26 October -Martin Lowry , chemist (died 1936)
*30 November -Winston Churchill ,Prime Minister of the United Kingdom , recipient of theNobel Prize in Literature (died 1965)Deaths
*
24 April - John Phillips, geologist (born 1800)
*21 November - William Jardine, naturalist (born 1800)References
ee also
Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.