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04/25/1864 |
A Peace Conference aimed at ending the German-Danish war convenes in London |
US/the World |
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08/28/1859 to 08/29/1859 |
A remarkable display of the Northern Lights is seen in Europe and North America |
Science/Technology |
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05/13/1861 |
A royal proclamation from London declares Britain neutral in the American war |
US/the World |
|
07/15/1867 |
Abdülaziz I of Turkey becomes the first Ottoman Emperor to visit the United Kingdom. |
US/the World |
|
04/27/1863 |
American child prodigy pianist Willie Pape plays his first public concert in London |
Education/Culture |
|
05/27/1860 |
American ship founders in the Bay of Biscay and is abandoned without loss of life |
Crime/Disasters |
|
01/23/1860 |
American-built clipper ship sails from London to Sydney in sixty-seven days |
Business/Industry |
|
01/02/1857 |
Andrew Ure, famous advocate of the factory system, dies in London |
Personal |
|
08/01/1861 |
Another great warehouse fire breaks out on the London Docks |
Crime/Disasters |
|
06/29/1858 |
Another great warehouse fire on the London Docks |
Crime/Disasters |
|
02/08/1862 |
At London's Covent Garden Theater, Sir Julius Benedict's light opera "The Lily of Killarney" opens |
Education/Culture |
|
12/25/1859 |
Australia-bound ship wrecked in the English Channel soon after sailing and all aboard are lost |
Crime/Disasters |
|
02/08/1861 |
Beneath the streets of London, a mystery gas kills four sewer workers |
Crime/Disasters |
|
11/18/1858 |
Big Ben sounds for the first time |
Foreign |
|
07/06/1866 |
Britain and the African Kingdom of Madagascar conclude a treaty of friendship and cooperation. |
US/the World |
|
03/31/1861 |
Britain becomes the first state to recognize the new united Kingdom of Italy |
US/the World |
|
02/05/1862 |
Britain rescinds its Trent Affair restrictions on the export of saltpeter and other war materials |
US/the World |
|
06/16/1860 |
Britain's Grenadier Guards Regiment celebrates its two hundredth anniversary |
US/the World |
|
02/19/1862 |
Britain's House of Commons debates a bill to allow a man to marry his deceased wife's sister |
Lawmaking/Litigating |
|
07/04/1861 |
Britain's National Rifle Association holds its annual Shooting Competition on Wimbledon Common |
Education/Culture |
|
07/12/1860 |
British author and dramatist George Soane dies at his London home |
Education/Culture |
|
12/23/1863 |
British author William Makepeace Thackeray dies suddenly at his home in London, aged fifty-two |
Personal |
|
04/05/1863 |
British Government seizes a newly-built schooner under the Foreign Enlistment Act |
US/the World |
|
06/15/1846 |
British parliament votes to repeal the Corn Laws |
US/the World |
|
08/25/1867 |
British scientist Michael Faraday, inventor of the electric generator, dies at his home near London. |
Personal |
|
04/23/1864 |
Celebrations for the 300th birthday of William Shakespeare are held around the world, but not in Paris |
Education/Culture |
|
05/25/1859 |
Charles Darwin begins the final editing of his great work on evolution |
Science/Technology |
|
10/10/1859 |
Charles Darwin finishes editing his great work on evolution and sends it to the printers |
Science/Technology |
|
11/24/1859 |
Charles Darwin's great work on evolution is published in London |
Science/Technology |
|
04/30/1859 |
Charles Dickens begins publication of his "The Tale of Two Cities" |
Education/Culture |
|
05/19/1866 |
Constable's famous painting "The Hay Wain" is sold at auction in London for a record £1,365. |
Education/Culture |
|
06/01/1865 |
Dana Conway, third son of Moncure Conway, is born in London, England |
Personal |
|
11/09/1855 |
David Salomons becomes the first Jewish Lord Mayor of London |
Religion/Philosophy |
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05/10/1858 |
Divorce becomes a little easier in the United Kingdom |
Foreign |
|
02/15/1859 |
Edward Fitzgerald publishes his translation of Omar Khayyám's poetry |
Cultural |
|
11/01/1852 |
Efficient telegraph service initiated between London and Paris |
Business/Industry |
|
11/08/1865 |
Famous British boxer, Tom Sayers, dies in London, aged thirty-nine |
Personal |
|
11/26/1859 |
Final installment of Charles Dickens' "The Tale of Two Cities" published in London |
Education/Culture |
|
06/24/1860 |
Florence Nightingale opens her school for female nurses at St. Thomas's Hospital in London |
US/the World |
|
12/14/1860 |
Former British Prime Minister Lord Aberdeen dies at his London home |
US/the World |
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02/01/1859 |
George Eliot publishes her best-selling three volume novel Adam Bede |
Education/Culture |
|
03/12/1862 |
George Peabody donates $750,000 to his adopted home city of London for charitable use |
Education/Culture |
|
07/06/1859 |
Heat soars in Europe to some of the highest temperatures recorded |
US/the World |
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02/21/1861 |
Huge gale blowing across southern England kills dozens and destroys the spire of Chichester Cathedral |
Crime/Disasters |
|
06/06/1864 |
In a formal ceremony on Corfu, Britain officially transfers the Ionian Islands to Greece |
US/the World |
|
06/08/1865 |
In a London ceremony, Henry Edward Manning is consecrated as the Catholic Archbishop of Westminster |
Religion/Philosophy |
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06/10/1866 |
In a unique accident near London, three English freight trains collide inside a tunnel and burn. |
Crime/Disasters |
|
07/09/1859 |
In Britain a legal judgment confirms that no British subject or company may own or sell slaves abroad |
Slavery/Abolition |
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07/11/1860 |
In Britain, a question requiring a person's religious affiliation is removed from the upcoming national census |
US/the World |
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02/28/1859 |
In Britain, Benjamin Disraeli introduces a Parliamentary Reform Bill in the House of Commons |
Foreign |
|
02/11/1867 |
In England, 20,000 people march in London in support of electoral reform. |
US/the World |
|
09/16/1861 |
In England, a boiler explosion in an oil cake mill on the River Thames kills all ten men of a repair crew |
Crime/Disasters |
|
12/19/1866 |
In England, a freak accident on the new London Underground kills three passengers. |
Crime/Disasters |
|
03/30/1861 |
In England, chemist William Brookes discovers a new chemical element |
Science/Technology |
|
04/28/1867 |
In England, London's journeymen tailors begin a lengthy work stoppage over pay. |
Business/Industry |
|
12/30/1866 |
In England, the famous Crystal Palace suffers heavy fire damage in its rebuilt location in south London. |
Crime/Disasters |
|
06/03/1865 |
In England, the future King George the Fifth is born at Marlborough House in London. |
Personal |
|
09/01/1866 |
In England, the new Cannon Street Station is opened as the London terminus for the South Eastern Railway. |
Business/Industry |
|
05/06/1867 |
In England, thousands gather in London's Hyde Park for a peaceful demonstration in support of franchise reform. |
Campaigns/Elections |
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01/24/1867 |
In England, unemployed shipyard workers loot bakeries and food shops on south-east London's riverside. |
Crime/Disasters |
|
07/02/1865 |
In England, William Booth preaches for the first time in East London, where he will found the Salvation Army |
Religion/Philosophy |
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01/11/1864 |
In London near Trafalgar Square, another new main-line railway station opens at Charing Cross |
Business/Industry |
|
04/19/1860 |
In London, a chief cashier admits to a million dollar embezzlement of his bank |
Business/Industry |
|
09/24/1867 |
In London, a Conference of the Anglican Bishops, including from the United States, opens at Lambeth Palace. |
Religion/Philosophy |
|
05/09/1864 |
In London, a locomotive on the new underground railway explodes spectacularly, though no lives are lost |
Crime/Disasters |
|
07/08/1864 |
In London, a major engineering project begins to construct the Victorian Embankment along the Thames |
Science/Technology |
|
06/22/1861 to 06/25/1861 |
In London, a massive fire burns millions in goods and kills the head of the London Fire Brigade |
Crime/Disasters |
|
03/28/1861 |
In London, a relief fund is launched for hundreds of thousands starving in north-west India |
US/the World |
|
05/30/1860 |
In London, a runaway train leaves the station at Kings Cross and crosses the road outside |
Crime/Disasters |
|
05/14/1860 |
In London, Adelina Patti makes her European operatic debut at Covent Garden aged nineteen |
Education/Culture |
|
02/21/1866 |
In London, American inventor Ross Winans launches the last of his series of "cigar boats" |
Science/Technology |
|
11/01/1860 |
In London, an explosion at the excavations for the new underground railway kills two railwaymen |
Crime/Disasters |
|
10/31/1861 |
In London, Britain, France, and Spain agree to a military intervention in Mexico to force payment of debts |
US/the World |
|
02/22/1864 |
In London, British authorities execute five seamen for murder on the high seas |
Crime/Disasters |
|
05/02/1863 |
In London, British labor leaders call on U.S. Ambassador Adams to relay their support to President Lincoln |
US/the World |
|
01/12/1866 |
In London, British powered human flight enthusiasts found the world's oldest aeronautical society |
Science/Technology |
|
11/02/1867 |
In London, Charles Dickens' literary friends hold a massive farewell banquet before his visit to America. |
Education/Culture |
|
12/01/1860 |
In London, Charles Dickens' new novel begins serialized publication |
Education/Culture |
|
05/15/1860 |
In London, chief cashier of Union Bank sentenced to twenty years for million dollar embezzlement |
Crime/Disasters |
|
07/29/1866 to 08/04/1866 |
In London, cholera continues its European assault, killing five thousand in two weeks. |
Crime/Disasters |
|
08/26/1860 |
In London, fire destroys the large and popular St. Martin's Hall in Covent Garden |
Crime/Disasters |
|
12/06/1867 |
In London, Her Majesty's Theater, the largest opera house in England, is destroyed by fire. |
Crime/Disasters |
|
12/13/1867 |
In London, Irish nationalists blow up a prison wall in an attempt to rescue two comrades and kill four people. |
Crime/Disasters |
|
06/10/1859 |
In London, Lord Derby's attempt to form a new government is defeated |
US/the World |
|
06/18/1859 |
In London, Lord Palmerston returns as Prime Minister of a new Whig-Liberal government |
Foreign |
|
01/15/1867 |
In London, more than forty skaters drown in Regent's Park when the lake's ice gives way. |
Crime/Disasters |
|
03/23/1861 |
In London, Oxford wins the eighteenth annual Oxford and Cambridge boat race |
Education/Culture |
|
04/01/1859 |
In London, Parliament defeats a key Conservative bill for reform and the Government resigns the next day |
US/the World |
|
07/05/1865 |
In London, Parliament passes the world's first speed limits on public roads |
Lawmaking/Litigating |
|
07/16/1860 |
In London, Prince Albert opens the Fourth International Statistical Congress |
Science/Technology |
|
05/20/1867 |
In London, Queen Victoria lays the cornerstone of the Royal Albert Hall. |
Education/Culture |
|
06/23/1860 |
In London, Queen Victoria reviews 21,000 men of the Volunteer Movement in Hyde Park |
US/the World |
|
06/22/1863 |
In London, Speke and Grant describe their finding the Nile's source to the Royal Geographical Society |
Education/Culture |
|
06/12/1863 |
In London, the Arts Club is officially founded at its inaugural General Meeting |
Education/Culture |
|
07/20/1865 |
In London, the cornerstone is laid for the new Blackfriars Bridge across the Thames |
Science/Technology |
|
07/04/1865 |
In London, the first edition of Lewis Carroll's "Alice on Wonderland" is published, only to be swiftly withdrawn |
Education/Culture |
|
12/08/1863 |
In London, the Football Association agrees the first uniform set of laws of the game |
Education/Culture |
|
10/26/1863 |
In London, the Football Association, the first governing body of its kind in the world, is founded |
Education/Culture |
|
05/23/1864 |
In London, the formal royal celebrations of the Queen's official birthday return after a four year hiatus |
US/the World |
|
03/22/1859 |
In London, the House of Lords defeats a bill which would have allowed a widower to marry his dead wife's sister |
Foreign |
|
05/24/1862 |
In London, the new Westminster Bridge opens to full traffic, five years behind schedule |
Science/Technology |
|
06/05/1861 |
In London, the Prince Consort opens the new gardens of the Royal Horticultural Society in South Kensington |
Education/Culture |
|
04/16/1862 |
In London, the U.S. Ambassador meets with the British and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society |
US/the World |
|
01/09/1863 |
In London, the world's first underground railway opens and carries 38,000 passengers on the day |
Science/Technology |
|
09/02/1861 |
In north London, another railway excursion accident kills sixteen and injures 320 |
Crime/Disasters |
|
05/06/1861 |
In Parliament, the British foreign secretary declares the Confederacy at war with the Union |
US/the World |
|
04/28/1866 |
In south London, England, a road bridge over a railway line collapses and kills six workers. |
Crime/Disasters |
|
05/30/1863 |
In southern England, a fatal train wreck on the Brighton to London line kills four and injures dozens more |
Crime/Disasters |
|
04/30/1866 |
In southern England, a late night railroad crash kills three and injures many more. |
Crime/Disasters |
|
09/01/1866 |
In the City of London, the new Cannon Street Railway Station opens for business. |
Business/Industry |
|
04/27/1866 |
In the east London docks, the new London Fire Brigade deals with another large Dockland warehouse fire |
Crime/Disasters |
|
08/21/1866 |
In the English Channel, a passenger ship is rammed and sinks with the loss of thirteen lives. |
Crime/Disasters |
|
11/30/1861 |
In the Trent Affair, the British Foreign Secretary demands an apology and release of Mason and Slidell |
US/the World |
|
09/15/1859 |
Isambard Kingdom Brunel dies in his London home from the effects of a stroke |
Personal |
|
08/23/1853 |
James Buchanan presents his credentials to Queen Victoria as United States Ambassador to Great Britain |
Legal/Political |
|
02/15/1848 |
Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels publish the Communist Manifesto in London |
Education/Culture |
|
03/08/1859 |
Kenneth Grahame, author of "The Wind in the Willows," born in Edinburgh |
Education/Culture |
|
07/26/1858 |
Lionel de Rothschild finally takes his seat in the British Parliament |
Foreign |
|
01/07/1861 |
Lions kill one of their keepers at the most popular circus in London |
Crime/Disasters |
|
10/16/1858 |
London based philanthropist George Peabody donates a further $200,000 to the Peabody Institute in Baltimore |
Education/Culture |
|
01/01/1866 to 01/02/1866 |
London's new Metropolitan Fire Brigade has its first test in a massive fire on the city's docks |
Crime/Disasters |
|
05/14/1862 |
London-based Swiss watchmaker patents the first practical chronograph |
Science/Technology |
|
10/27/1865 |
Lord Palmerston, late British prime minister, is buried in Westminster Abbey after a state funeral in London |
Personal |
|
05/25/1846 |
Louis Napoleon Bonaparte escapes from prison in France |
US/the World |
|
06/10/1863 |
Mason affair results in severe embarrassment for Moncure Conway |
Lawmaking/Litigating |
|
07/12/1858 |
Massive explosion and fire at a fireworks factory in London |
Crime/Disasters |
|
06/21/1858 |
Massive fire on the London Docks |
Crime/Disasters |
|
08/17/1860 to 08/18/1860 |
Massive fire on the London Docks burns for two days causing a million dollars in damage |
Crime/Disasters |
|
01/01/1868 |
Mildred Conway, first daughter of Moncure Conway, is born in London, England |
Personal |
|
01/01/1864 |
Moncure Conway becomes minister at South Place Chapel in London, England |
Religion/Philosophy |
|
01/01/1893 to 01/01/1897 |
Moncure Conway returns to South Place Chapel in London |
Religion/Philosophy |
|
04/11/1863 |
Moncure Conway sails to England to gain support for the Union |
Legal/Political |
|
06/30/1860 |
Murillo's "Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception" sells at auction in London for 9000 guineas |
US/the World |
|
09/21/1859 |
Mystery of the disappearance of the Franklin Expedition a decade before solved |
Science/Technology |
|
07/25/1860 |
Napoleon III seeks to reassure Britain that he does not threaten peace in Europe |
US/the World |
|
05/28/1864 |
On Corfu, British officials transfer administration of the Ionian Islands to Greece |
US/the World |
|
10/10/1860 |
On the London docks, fire completely destroys a massive sugar refinery |
Crime/Disasters |
|
02/28/1865 |
On the lower River Thames in London, ten teenage naval cadets drown when their cutter overturns |
Crime/Disasters |
|
04/08/1865 |
On the River Thames in London, Oxford scores its fifth victory in a row over Cambridge in the annual University Boat Race |
Education/Culture |
|
03/19/1864 |
On the River Thames outside London, Oxford takes the twenty-first Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race |
Education/Culture |
|
12/29/1860 |
On the River Thames, the Royal Navy launches the first iron-hulled ocean-going armored steam frigate |
Science/Technology |
|
03/24/1866 |
On the Thames in London, Oxford beat Cambridge in the University Boat Race for the sixth year in a row. |
Education/Culture |
|
04/13/1867 |
On the Thames in London, Oxford wins the twenty-fourth rowing of the University Boat Race. |
Education/Culture |
|
04/17/1866 |
On the Thames, after much difficulty, a massive new Royal Navy warship is launched |
Science/Technology |
|
08/08/1865 |
On the Thames, in London, Harry Kelley regains his world sculling championship |
Education/Culture |
|
04/15/1859 |
Oxford wins the traditional University Boat Race on the Thames when the Cambridge boat sinks |
Foreign |
|
07/22/1860 |
Pope Pius IX removes the second ranking British Catholic Archbishop from office |
Religion/Philosophy |
|
06/22/1860 |
Queen Victoria accepts President Buchanan's invitation for her son to visit the United States |
US/the World |
|
01/06/1866 |
Queen Victoria emerges from mourning to open the British Parliament, her first public function since 1861. |
US/the World |
|
03/07/1866 |
Queen Victoria institutes the Albert Medal to reward civilian acts of bravery during rescue from the sea. |
US/the World |
|
05/22/1867 |
Queen Victoria proclaims that a Federal Canada will achieve Dominion status on July 1, 1867. |
Lawmaking/Litigating |
|
07/28/1863 |
Queen Victoria's address adjourning Parliament reiterates her government's "strict neutrality" in America |
US/the World |
|
04/02/1865 |
Richard Cobden, famed free trade advocate and strong British supporter of the Union dies in London |
Personal |
|
10/12/1859 |
Robert Stephenson, eminent British engineer, dies in London |
Personal |
|
06/10/1846 |
Rubber tire for carriage wheels patented in England |
Science/Technology |
|
05/08/1847 |
Rubber tire for carriage wheels patented in the United States |
Commercial |
|
09/09/1861 |
Seneca Indian and American champion runner Deerfoot makes an impressive debut on his tour of Britain |
Education/Culture |
|
12/16/1861 |
Seneca Indian runner Deerfoot ends his first season in England winning thirteen of fifteen races |
Education/Culture |
|
02/12/1860 |
Sir William Napier, Peninsula War general and distinguished military historian, dies in London |
Personal |
|
11/23/1852 |
Six tons of bullion from the new Australian goldfields arrives in London |
Business/Industry |
|
07/01/1859 |
Tennyson's newly published Idylls of the King selling strongly in England |
Education/Culture |
|
06/22/1863 |
The Alexandra Case, over British neutrality in ship-building, opens in London |
US/the World |
|
06/26/1863 |
The Alexandra Case, over British neutrality in ship-building, reaches a verdict in London |
US/the World |
|
02/14/1861 |
The Bank of England again raises its discount rate as the pressure on bullion continues |
Business/Industry |
|
04/11/1861 |
The Bank of England drops its discount rate for the third time in three weeks to five percent |
Business/Industry |
|
05/04/1863 |
The British government's plan to end income tax exemptions for charities meets with fierce opposition |
US/the World |
|
09/04/1863 |
The British Prime Minister orders the detention of two recently British-built vessels for the Confederacy |
US/the World |
|
09/06/1866 |
The close-run Great Tea Race between clipper-ships from China to London ends after ninety-nine days |
Business/Industry |
|
11/18/1852 |
The Duke of Wellington buried in St. Paul's Cathedral in London |
Foreign |
|
04/16/1867 |
The Emperor of Abyssinia receives a blunt warning to release his European hostages or face British military action |
US/the World |
|
02/03/1867 |
The famous four lions at the base of Nelson's Column are lifted into place on London's Trafalgar Square. |
Education/Culture |
|
11/21/1860 |
The French Empress relaxes in England and Scotland on a private visit |
US/the World |
|
12/13/1860 |
The French Empress returns to France from Britain after her relaxed three week private visit |
US/the World |
|
02/20/1858 |
The Government falls in Britain; Lord Palmerston's Coalition gives way to the Earl of Derby's Conservatives |
Foreign |
|
05/18/1857 |
The Great Reading Room at the British Museum opens to the public |
Foreign |
|
11/13/1866 to 11/14/1866 |
The Leonid Meteor Display make a spectacular appearance over Europe. |
Science/Technology |
|
04/25/1864 |
The London Peace Conference aimed at ending the German-Danish war breaks up in failure |
US/the World |
|
01/15/1859 |
The National Portrait Gallery opens to the public in London |
Education/Culture |
|
11/16/1859 |
The National Rifle Association founded in London |
US/the World |
|
07/02/1860 |
The National Rifle Association holds its first shooting meeting on Wimbledon Common in London |
US/the World |
|
01/08/1862 |
The news of the release of Slidell and Mason reaches the British Isles |
US/the World |
|
08/30/1861 |
The third serious warehouse fire of the summer on the London Docks kills two and injures several others |
Crime/Disasters |
|
06/21/1861 |
The Times of London catches up on it backlog of contracted advertisements with a one-off triple sized issue |
Business/Industry |
|
03/29/1864 |
The treaty formalizing the new Greek monarchy, and the transfer of the Ionian Islands, is signed in London |
US/the World |
|
01/01/1862 |
The United States releases the Confederate commissioners Mason and Slidell into British custody |
US/the World |
|
02/06/1861 |
The world's first weather forecast is transmitted from the Meteorological Office in London |
Science/Technology |
|
12/28/1859 |
Thomas Babington Macaulay, British statesman and historian, dies in London |
Personal |
|
10/19/1861 |
Thomas Wildey, founder of the Order of Odd Fellows in the United States, dies at his home in Baltimore |
Personal |
|
01/28/1861 |
Train crash outside London kills one of Queen Victoria's doctors and injure many others |
Crime/Disasters |
|
05/28/1859 |
Underwater telegraph line down the Red Sea from Suez to Aden is completed |
Science/Technology |
|
02/22/1859 |
Washington's Birthday celebrated around the country and in London and Paris |
Cultural |
|
02/05/1867 |
With great ceremony, Queen Victoria opens the new session of the British Parliament in London. |
Lawmaking/Litigating |
|
04/04/1861 |
With pressure on its bullion reserves easing, the Bank of England drops its discount rate again |
Business/Industry |
|
05/16/1861 |
With war in the United States underway, the Bank of England raises its discount rate again |
Business/Industry |
|
12/29/1851 |
Young Men's Christian Association in America founded in Boston |
Religion/Philosophy |
