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{{Short description|UK-related events during the year of 1871}}
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* [[Monarch of the United Kingdom|Monarch]] – [[Queen Victoria|Victoria]]
* [[Monarch of the United Kingdom|Monarch]] – [[Queen Victoria|Victoria]]
* [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom|Prime Minister]] – [[William Ewart Gladstone]] ([[Liberal Party (UK)|Liberal]])
* [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom|Prime Minister]] – [[William Ewart Gladstone]] ([[Liberal Party (UK)|Liberal]])
* [[Parliament of the United Kingdom|Parliament]] – [[List of MPs elected in the 1868 United Kingdom general election|20th]]


==Events==
==Events==
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* 7 March – the first [[Rugby union|rugby]] international (played in Edinburgh) results in a 4–1 win by Scotland over England.<ref name=CBH/>
* 7 March – the first [[Rugby union|rugby]] international (played in Edinburgh) results in a 4–1 win by Scotland over England.<ref name=CBH/>
* 13 March – Britain, Russia, France, Austria, [[Turkey]] and Italy agree to abrogate the 1856 [[Treaty of Paris (1856)|Treaty of Paris]] ending [[Black Sea]] neutrality.
* 13 March – Britain, Russia, France, Austria, [[Turkey]] and Italy agree to abrogate the 1856 [[Treaty of Paris (1856)|Treaty of Paris]] ending [[Black Sea]] neutrality.
* 21 March – marriage of [[Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll|Princess Louise]] to [[John Campbell, 9th Duke of Argyll|John Campbell, Marquess of Lorne]], whose father, the [[George Douglas Campbell, 8th Duke of Argyll|8th Duke of Argyll]], is the serving [[Secretary of State for India]].
* 21 March – [[John Campbell, 9th Duke of Argyll|John Campbell, Marquess of Lorne]] marries [[Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll|Princess Louise]], a daughter of Queen Victoria, at Windsor; she is the first legitimate daughter of a British monarch to marry a subject since 1515.
* 29 March – the [[Royal Albert Hall]] is opened by [[Queen Victoria]];<ref name="Pocket On This Day"/> it incorporates a [[Royal Albert Hall Organ|grand organ]] by [[Henry Willis & Sons]], the world's largest at this time.
* 29 March – the [[Royal Albert Hall]] is opened by [[Queen Victoria]];<ref name="Pocket On This Day"/> it incorporates a [[Royal Albert Hall Organ|grand organ]] by [[Henry Willis & Sons]], the world's largest at this time.
* 2 April – [[census in the United Kingdom]], the first to record economic and mental status.
* 2 April – [[census in the United Kingdom]], the first to record economic and mental status.
* 12 April – [[Durham Miners' Gala]] first held.<ref>{{cite web|title=History of Durham Miner's Gala|url=https://co-curate.ncl.ac.uk/durham-miners-gala/history/|work=Co-Curate|accessdate=2022-05-04}}</ref>
* 24 April – murder of servant girl [[Jane Clouson]] in [[Eltham]].
* 24 April – [[murder of Jane Clouson]], a servant girl, in [[Eltham]]; her probable murderer is acquitted.
* 11 May – the first trial in the [[Tichborne case]] begins in the [[Court of Common Pleas (England)]].
* 11 May – the first trial in the [[Tichborne case]] begins in the [[Court of Common Pleas (England)]].
* 15 May – [[cross-dresser]]s [[Boulton and Park]] are found not guilty of conspiracy to commit [[sodomy]] in London at the [[Court of King's Bench (England)|Court of Queen's Bench]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Cocks|first=H. G.|title=Nameless Offences: Homosexual Desire in the 19th Century|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=deniaAw7CFsC|year=2003|publisher=Bloomsbury Academic|location=London|isbn=978-1-86064-890-8}}</ref> The proceedings include the first recorded use of the word "[[Drag (entertainment)|drag]]" in an entertainment context.<ref>{{Cite OED|drag|access-date=2020-07-28|id=57406|ref={{sfnRef|"drag". ''Oxford English Dictionary''}}}}</ref>
* 26 May – [[Parliament of the United Kingdom|Parliament]] passes the [[Bank Holidays Act 1871|Bank Holidays Act]] creating four annual [[bank holiday]]s (five in Scotland).<ref name="Pocket On This Day"/>
* 26 May – [[Parliament of the United Kingdom|Parliament]] passes the [[Bank Holidays Act 1871|Bank Holidays Act]] creating four annual [[bank holiday]]s (five in Scotland).<ref name="Pocket On This Day"/>
* 29 May – first bank holiday held on [[Whit Monday]].<ref name="Pocket On This Day"/>
* 29 May – first bank holiday held on [[Whit Monday]].<ref name="Pocket On This Day"/>
* 6 June – ''[[Smith v Hughes]]'', a [[Landmark Cases in the Law of Contract|landmark case]] in [[English contract law]], is decided in the [[Court of King's Bench (England)|Court of Queen's Bench]], allowing an objective approach to interpretation of the parties' conduct when entering into a contract.
* 6 June – ''[[Smith v Hughes]]'', a [[Landmark Cases in the Law of Contract|landmark case]] in [[English contract law]], is decided in the [[Court of King's Bench (England)|Court of Queen's Bench]], allowing an objective approach to interpretation of the parties' conduct when entering into a contract.
* 18 June – the [[Universities Tests Act 1871|Universities Tests Act]] removes restrictions limiting access to [[University of Oxford|Oxford]], [[University of Cambridge|Cambridge]] and [[Durham University|Durham]] universities to members of the [[Church of England]].
* 18 June – the [[Universities Tests Act 1871|Universities Tests Act]] removes restrictions which have previously limited access to [[University of Oxford|Oxford]], [[University of Cambridge|Cambridge]] and [[Durham University|Durham]] universities to members of the [[Church of England]].
* 29 June – [[trade union]]s legalised by [[Trade Union Act 1871|Trade Union Act]].<ref name="Pocket On This Day"/>
* 29 June – [[trade union]]s are legalised by the [[Trade Union Act 1871|Trade Union Act]]<ref name="Pocket On This Day"/> but the [[Criminal Law Amendment Act 1871|Criminal Law Amendment Act]] criminalises coercion in a trade dispute.
* 20 July – [[C. W. Alcock]] proposes that 'a Challenge Cup should be established in connection with [[The Football Association|the Association]]', giving birth to the [[FA Cup]].<ref name="Pocket On This Day"/>
* 20 July – [[C. W. Alcock]] proposes that 'a Challenge Cup should be established in connection with [[The Football Association|the Association]]', giving birth to the [[FA Cup]] in football.<ref name="Pocket On This Day"/>
* August – [[Nine Hours Strike]] begins on Tyneside in favour of a shorter working day; employers capitulate after 14 weeks.
* August – [[Nine Hours Strike]] begins on Tyneside in favour of a shorter working day; employers capitulate after 14 weeks.
* 11 August – [[Stowmarket Guncotton Explosion]] kills 28.<ref>{{cite book|authorlink=Vivian Dering Majendie|first=Vivian Dering|last=Majendie|title=Report on the Explosion of Gun-Cotton at Stowmarket, on the 11th August 1871|year=1872}}</ref>
* 11 August – [[Stowmarket Guncotton Explosion]] kills 28.<ref>{{cite book|authorlink=Vivian Dering Majendie|first=Vivian Dering|last=Majendie|title=Report on the Explosion of Gun-Cotton at Stowmarket, on the 11th August 1871|year=1872}}</ref>
* 17 August – [[Regulation of the Forces Act 1871|Regulation of the Forces Act]] centralises and regularises control of the [[British Army]] as part of the [[Cardwell Reforms]], creating a structure of regional Brigade (Regimental) Districts.<ref name=CBH>{{cite book|last=Palmer|first=Alan|author2=Veronica|year=1992|title=The Chronology of British History|publisher=Century Ltd|location=London|pages=293–294|isbn=0-7126-5616-2}}</ref>
* 17 August – [[Regulation of the Forces Act 1871|Regulation of the Forces Act]] centralises and regularises control of the [[British Army]] as part of the [[Cardwell Reforms]], creating a structure of regional Brigade (Regimental) Districts.<ref name=CBH>{{cite book|last=Palmer|first=Alan|last2=Palmer |first2=Veronica|year=1992|title=The Chronology of British History|publisher=Century Ltd|location=London|pages=293–294|isbn=0-7126-5616-2}}</ref>
* 21 August
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* 21 August – Pedlars Act requires [[Peddler|pedlar]]s to be licensed.
** Prevention of Crimes Act provides for photography of criminals.
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* 1 November – [[sale of commissions]] in the [[British Army]] abolished as part of the [[Cardwell Reforms]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Bruce|first=Anthony P. C.|title=The Purchase System in the British Army, 1660–1871|url=https://archive.org/details/purchasesystemin0000bruc|url-access=registration|location=London|publisher=[[Royal Historical Society]]|year=1980}}</ref>
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** Pedlars Act requires [[Peddler|pedlar]]s to be licensed.
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* 1 November – [[sale of commissions]] in the [[British Army]] abolished as part of the [[Cardwell Reforms]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Bruce|first=Anthony P. C.|title=The Purchase System in the British Army, 1660–1871|url=https://archive.org/details/purchasesystemin0000bruc|url-access=registration|location=London|publisher=[[Royal Historical Society]]|year=1980}}</ref> Pensions are made available for officers.
* 6 November – MP [[Sir Charles Dilke, 2nd Baronet]], delivers a speech critical of the expense of maintaining the [[Monarchy of the United Kingdom|monarchy]] to a radical audience in [[Newcastle upon Tyne]].<ref>{{cite book|first=Thomas M.|last=Costa|chapter=Dilke, Charles Wentworth|title=Historical Dictionary of the British Empire|editor=Olson, James S. |editor2=Shadle, Robert |publisher=Greenwood Press|year=1996|isbn=0-313-27917-9}}</ref>
* 6 November – MP [[Sir Charles Dilke, 2nd Baronet]], delivers a speech critical of the expense of maintaining the [[Monarchy of the United Kingdom|monarchy]] to a radical audience in [[Newcastle upon Tyne]].<ref>{{cite book|first=Thomas M.|last=Costa|chapter=Dilke, Charles Wentworth|title=Historical Dictionary of the British Empire|editor=Olson, James S. |editor2=Shadle, Robert |publisher=Greenwood Press|year=1996|isbn=0-313-27917-9}}</ref>
* 7 November – the London–Australia [[telegraph]] cable is brought ashore at [[Darwin, Northern Territory|Darwin]].<ref>{{cite web|title=1871 Java - Port Darwin Cable|url=http://atlantic-cable.com/Cables/1871Java-PortDarwin/|work=History of the Atlantic Cable & Undersea Communications|date=2014-11-05|access-date=2015-01-03|archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/6VMpRyt0D?url=http://atlantic-cable.com/Cables/1871Java-PortDarwin/|archive-date=2015-01-06|url-status=live}}</ref>
* 7 November – the London–Australia [[telegraph]] cable is brought ashore at [[Darwin, Northern Territory|Darwin]].<ref>{{cite web|title=1871 Java - Port Darwin Cable|url=http://atlantic-cable.com/Cables/1871Java-PortDarwin/|work=History of the Atlantic Cable & Undersea Communications|date=2014-11-05|access-date=2015-01-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150105222157/http://atlantic-cable.com/Cables/1871Java-PortDarwin/|archive-date=2015-01-05|url-status=live}}</ref>
* 10 November – Welsh-born journalist [[Henry Morton Stanley]] locates missing Scottish explorer and missionary, Dr. [[David Livingstone]] in [[Ujiji]], near [[Lake Tanganyika]],<ref name="Pocket On This Day"/> and allegedly greets him saying "Dr. Livingstone, I presume?"
* 10 November – Welsh-born journalist [[Henry Morton Stanley]] locates missing Scottish explorer and missionary, Dr. [[David Livingstone]] in [[Ujiji]], near [[Lake Tanganyika]]<ref name="Pocket On This Day"/> and greets him saying "Dr. Livingstone, I presume?" (according to his later account).
* 17 November – [[George Biddell Airy]] presents his discovery that [[astronomical aberration]] is independent of the local medium.
* 17 November – [[George Biddell Airy]] presents his discovery that [[astronomical aberration]] is independent of the local medium.
* 25 November – first performance of ''[[The Bells (play)|The Bells]]'' starring [[Henry Irving]] at the [[Lyceum Theatre, London]].<ref>{{cite book|editor=Rowell, George|editor-link=George Rowell (historian)|year=1953|title=Nineteenth Century Plays|publisher=Oxford University Press|series=[[Oxford World's Classics|World's Classics]]}}</ref>
* 25 November – first performance of ''[[The Bells (play)|The Bells]]'' starring [[Henry Irving]] at the [[Lyceum Theatre, London]].<ref>{{cite book|editor=Rowell, George|editor-link=George Rowell (historian)|year=1953|title=Nineteenth Century Plays|publisher=Oxford University Press|series=[[Oxford World's Classics|World's Classics]]}}</ref>
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* 18 February – [[Harry Brearley]], inventor (died 1948)
* 18 February – [[Harry Brearley]], inventor (died 1948)
* 19 March – [[Schofield Haigh]], cricketer (died 1921)
* 19 March – [[Schofield Haigh]], cricketer (died 1921)
* 28 March – [[Silyn Roberts]], Welsh socialist and pacifist writer (died 1930)
* 28 March – [[R. Silyn Roberts]], Welsh socialist and pacifist writer (died 1930)
* 16 April – [[John Millington Synge]], Irish dramatist (died 1909)
* 16 April – [[John Millington Synge]], Irish dramatist (died 1909)
* 11 June – [[Walter Cowan]], admiral (died 1956)
* 11 June – [[Walter Cowan]], admiral (died 1956)
* 3 July – [[W. H. Davies]], poet (died 1940)
* 3 July – [[W. H. Davies]], poet (died 1940)
* 4 July – [[Hubert Cecil Booth]], engineer and inventor (died 1955)
* 15 August – [[Arthur Tansley]], botanist and ecologist (died 1955)
* 15 August – [[Arthur Tansley]], botanist and ecologist (died 1955)
* 6 September – [[Montagu Norman]], Governor of the Bank of England (died 1950)
* 6 September – [[Montagu Norman]], Governor of the Bank of England (died 1950)
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* 1 September – [[James Pennethorne|Sir James Pennethorne]], architect (born 1801)
* 1 September – [[James Pennethorne|Sir James Pennethorne]], architect (born 1801)
* 6 September – [[James Burns (Scottish shipowner)|James Burns]], Scottish shipowner (born 1789)
* 6 September – [[James Burns (Scottish shipowner)|James Burns]], Scottish shipowner (born 1789)
* 10 September - [[Ugo Foscolo (Italian poet) |Ugo Foscolo]], Italian poet (born 1821)
* 7 September – [[William Prowting Roberts]], Chartist lawyer (born 1806)
* 10 September – [[Ugo Foscolo]], Italian poet (born 1821)
* 21 September – [[Charlotte Elliott]], hymnwriter (born 1789)
* 21 September – [[Charlotte Elliott]], hymnwriter (born 1789)
* 7 October – [[John Fox Burgoyne|Sir John Burgoyne]], field marshal (born 1782)
* 7 October – [[John Fox Burgoyne|Sir John Burgoyne]], field marshal (born 1782)
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1871 in the United Kingdom
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Events from the year 1871 in the United Kingdom.

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References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d e Palmer, Alan; Palmer, Veronica (1992). The Chronology of British History. London: Century Ltd. pp. 293–294. ISBN 0-7126-5616-2.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g Penguin Pocket On This Day. Penguin Reference Library. 2006. ISBN 0-14-102715-0.
  3. ^ "History of Durham Miner's Gala". Co-Curate. Retrieved 4 May 2022.
  4. ^ Cocks, H. G. (2003). Nameless Offences: Homosexual Desire in the 19th Century. London: Bloomsbury Academic. ISBN 978-1-86064-890-8.
  5. ^ "drag". Oxford English Dictionary (Online ed.). Oxford University Press. Retrieved 28 July 2020. (Subscription or participating institution membership required.)
  6. ^ Majendie, Vivian Dering (1872). Report on the Explosion of Gun-Cotton at Stowmarket, on the 11th August 1871.
  7. ^ Bruce, Anthony P. C. (1980). The Purchase System in the British Army, 1660–1871. London: Royal Historical Society.
  8. ^ Costa, Thomas M. (1996). "Dilke, Charles Wentworth". In Olson, James S.; Shadle, Robert (eds.). Historical Dictionary of the British Empire. Greenwood Press. ISBN 0-313-27917-9.
  9. ^ "1871 Java - Port Darwin Cable". History of the Atlantic Cable & Undersea Communications. 5 November 2014. Archived from the original on 5 January 2015. Retrieved 3 January 2015.
  10. ^ Rowell, George, ed. (1953). Nineteenth Century Plays. World's Classics. Oxford University Press.
  11. ^ "Red kite – Population trends". RSPB. Retrieved 29 August 2011.
  12. ^ Donaldson, William (2004). "Alexander, William (1826–1894)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (Online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/39241. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  13. ^ Leavis, Q. D. (1965). Fiction and the Reading Public (2nd ed.). London: Chatto & Windus.
  14. ^ Finkelsteain, David (2021). "The 6d pamphlet that caused an invasion scare". History Scotland. 21 (5): 29–31.
  15. ^ Grasso, John (2011). Historical Dictionary of Tennis. Scarecrow Press. p. 85. ISBN 9780810872370.
  16. ^ Haines, Catharine M. C. (2001). International Women in Science: A Biographical Dictionary to 1950. Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO. p. 10. ISBN 978-1-57607-090-1.
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