1870 in the United Kingdom

1870 in the United Kingdom

Events from the year 1870 in the United Kingdom.

Incumbents

*Monarch - Victoria of the United Kingdom
*Prime Minister - William Gladstone, Liberal

Events

* 19 May - The Home Government Association is established in Ireland by Isaac Butt to argue for devolution for Ireland and repeal of the Act of Union 1800.
* 2 June - Competitive examination for entry to the British civil service introduced.cite book |last=Palmer |first=Alan & Veronica |year=1992 |title= The Chronology of British History|publisher= Century Ltd|location=London|pages= 291-292|isbn= 0-7126-5616-2]
* 2 August - opening of Tower Subway, the world's first underground railway under the River Thames.cite book|title=Penguin Pocket On This Day|publisher=Penguin Reference Library|isbn=0-141-02715-0|year=2006]
* 4 August - the British Red Cross established by Lord Wantage.
* 9 August
** The Elementary Education Act 1870 drafted by William Edward Forster MP encourages elementary education.cite book|last=Williams|first=Hywel|title=Cassell's Chronology of World History|publisher=Weidenfeld & Nicolson|year=2005|isbn=0-304-35730-8|pages=422–423]
** Married Women's Property Act confirms that wives may own property of their own.
* 1 October - postcards and halfpenny postage stamps introduced by the Post Office.

Undated

* London and Australia linked by telegraph.

Publications

* Serialisation of Charles Dickens' novel "The Mystery of Edwin Drood", incomplete due to his death on 9 June.

Births

* 12 February - Marie Lloyd, music-hall singer (died 1922)
* 4 March - Thomas Sturge Moore, poet, author and artist (died 1944)
* 17 March - Horace Donisthorpe, entomologist (died 1951)
* 9 May - Harry Vardon, golfer (died 1937)
* 11 August - Tom Richardson, cricketer (died 1912)
* 18 December - Saki, writer (died 1916)

Deaths

* 6 May - James Young Simpson, physician and researcher (born 1811)
* 9 June - Charles Dickens, novelist (born 1812)
* "date unknown" - Patrick MacDowell, sculptor (born 1799)

References

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