1872 in the United Kingdom
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Events from the year 1872 in the United Kingdom.
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[edit] Events
- 5 March - Tichborne Case decided against the impostor Arthur Orton.
- 11 March - Work begins erecting Seven Sisters Colliery, South Wales; located on one of the richest coal sources in Britain.
- 16 March - In the first ever final of the FA Cup, the world's oldest football competition, Wanderers F.C. defeated Royal Engineers A.F.C. 1-0 at The Oval in Kennington, London. [1]
- 1 September - Group of Icaiche Maya under Marcos Canul attack Orange Walk Town in British Honduras. British send troops against them.
- 30 November - First ever international football match takes place at Hamilton Crescent in Scotland.
- 12 December - A meteorite struck earth near Banbury.
- 21 December - The HMS Challenger sails from Portsmouth on the four year scientific expedition that would lay the foundation for the science of oceanography.
[edit] Unknown dates
- London Metropolitan Police strike.
- Thomas Hardy anonymously publishes his romantic novel Under the Greenwood Tree.
[edit] Births
- 18 May - Bertrand Russell, philosopher and mathematician, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Literature (d. 1970)
- 31 May - Heath Robinson, cartoonist and illustrator (d. 1944)
- 23 July - Edward Adrian Wilson, explorer, physician, naturalist and ornithologist (d. 1912)
- 21 August - Aubrey Beardsley, artist (d. 1898)
- 26 December - Norman Angell, politician, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d. 1967)
[edit] Deaths
- 27 February - John McLeod Campbell, churchman (b. 1800)
- 1 April - Frederick Maurice, theologian (b. 1805)
- 28 November - Mary Somerville, mathematician (b. 1780)
- 15 December - Lady Beaconsfield, wife of Benjamin Disraeli (b. 1792)
[edit] References
- ^ (2006) Penguin Pocket On This Day. Penguin Reference Library. ISBN 0-141-02715-0.
