1876 in the United Kingdom
- 1876 in the United Kingdom
Events from the year 1876 in the United Kingdom.
Incumbents
*Monarch - Victoria of the United Kingdom
*Prime Minister - Benjamin Disraeli, Conservative
Events
* April
** The Settle-Carlisle Railway is opened to passenger traffic.
** The Royal Titles Act 1876 gives Queen Victoria the title of Empress of India.["1876." The People's Chronology. Ed. Jason M. Everett. Thomson Gale, 2006.] ]
* 7 April - Robert Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Earl of Lytton becomes Viceroy of India.
* 13 July - The prosecution of Arthur Tooth, an Anglican clergyman, for using ritualist practices begins.
* August - The Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli made Earl of Beaconsfield by Queen Victoria.
* 5 September - William Gladstone's "Bulgarian Horrors" pamphlet is published.
* 7 October - First greyhound race to use an artificial hare is held, at Hendon.[cite book |last=Palmer |first=Alan & Veronica |year=1992 |title= The Chronology of British History|publisher= Century Ltd|location=London|pages= 299-300|isbn= 0-7126-5616-2] ]Undated
* Charles Wells opens his brewery based in Bedford.
* The Conchological Society of Great Britain & Ireland is founded.
* Port Vale Football Club is formed.
* Stourbridge Football Club is formed.
* Henry Wickham smuggles rubber seeds out of Brazil leading to the eventual collapse of the Amazon rubber boom.
Publications
* Anthony Trollope's book "The Prime Minister" published, the fifth of the Palliser novels.
* George Eliot's book "Daniel Deronda" published.
Births
* 29 January - Havergal Brian, composer (died 1972)
* 16 February - G.M. Trevelyan, historian (died 1962)
* 11 March - Carl Ruggles, composer (died 1971)
* 28 April - Thomas Crisp, Victoria Cross recipient (died 1917)
* 7 May - Samuel Courtauld, art collector (died 1947)
* 13 June - William Sealy Gosset, chemist (died 1937)
* 8 August - Sophia Duleep Singh, Princess and suffragette (died 1948)
* 1 September - Harriet Shaw Weaver, political activist (died 1961)
* 2 November - William Haywood, architect (died 1957)
* 7 November - Charlie Townsend, cricketer (died 1958)
Deaths
* 24 May - Henry Kingsley, novelist (born 1830)
References
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