1886 in the United Kingdom

Events from the year 1886 in the United Kingdom.

Incumbents

*Monarch - Victoria of the United Kingdom
*Prime Minister - Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury, Conservative (until 28 January), William Gladstone, Liberal (until 20 July), Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury, Conservative

Events

* 1 January - Burma was presented to Queen Victoria as a birthday gift, after the country was annexed into British India in November, 1885.
* 18 January - British Hockey Association founded.
* 27 January - Salisbury loses supports of the Irish Party, and resigns as Prime Minister.cite book |last=Palmer |first=Alan & Veronica |year=1992 |title= The Chronology of British History|publisher= Century Ltd|location=London|pages= 311-312|isbn= 0-7126-5616-2]
* 1 February
** William Ewart Gladstone becomes Prime Minister for the third time. [ [http://www.number-10.gov.uk/output/Page145.asp PMs in history William Ewart Gladstone, 10 Downing Street website] ]
** Mersey railway opens, linking Birkenhead to Liverpool.
* March - Linfield F.C. is formed in Belfast.
* 10 March - First Crufts dog show held in London.cite book|title=Penguin Pocket On This Day|publisher=Penguin Reference Library|isbn=0-141-02715-0|year=2006]
* 4 April - Gladstone introduces the First Irish Home Rule Bill in Parliament. It was defeated on 8 June.
* 30 June - Royal Holloway, University of London opened by Queen Victoria in Surrey.
* 27 July - General election won by the Conservative Party under Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury.
* 1 September - The Severn Tunnel opens.
* 9 December - Southport and St Anne's lifeboats disaster.

Undated

* Scotch whiskey distiller William Grant & Sons is founded.

Publications

* H. Rider Haggard's novel "King Solomon's Mines".
* Thomas Hardy's novel "The Mayor of Casterbridge".
* Henry James' novel "The Bostonians".
* Robert Louis Stevenson's novels "Doctor Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" and "Kidnapped".

Births

* 10 May - Olaf Stapledon, author and philosopher (d. 1950)
* 20 May - John Jacob Astor, 1st Baron Astor of Hever, businessman (d. 1971)
* 18 June - George Mallory, climber (d. 1924)
* 24 June - George Shiels, dramatist (d. 1949)
* 26 August - Ronald Niel Stuart, Royal Navt Captain (d. 1954)
* 27 August - Rebecca Helferich Clarke, composer and violist (d. 1979)
* 27 August - Eric Coates, composer (d. 1957)
* 13 September - Robert Robinson, chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1975)
* 20 September - Charles Williams, author (d. 1945)
* 26 September - Archibald Vivian Hill, physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1977)

Deaths

* 9 August - Samuel Ferguson, poet and artist (b. 1810)

Undated

* Andrew Nicholl, painter (b. 1804)

References

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