1884 in the United Kingdom

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Events from the year 1884 in the United Kingdom.

Contents 1 Incumbents 2 Events 2.1 Unknown dates 3 Births 4 Deaths 5 References

[edit] Incumbents

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

[edit] Events

• 4 January - The Fabian Society is founded in London. ^[1]
• 18 January - Dr William Price attempts to cremate the body of his infant son, Jesus Christ Price, setting a legal precedent for cremation in the UK.
• 26 January–29 March - The first British Home Championship is held between the football teams of England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales.
• 1 February - First fasicle of the Oxford English Dictionary is published.^[1]
• 22 April - Colchester earthquake: the UK's most destructive earthquake in Colchester.
• October - International Meridian Conference in Washington, D.C. fixes the Greenwich meridian as the world's prime meridian.
• 18 October - University of Wales, Bangor founded.

[edit] Unknown dates

• Bechuanaland becomes a British protectorate.
• British Police officers go on armed patrol in London.

[edit] Births

• 18 January - Arthur Ransome, author and journalist (d. 1967)
• 13 March - Sir Hugh Walpole, novelist (d. 1941)
• 10 May - Olga Petrova, English-born actress (d. 1977)

[edit] Deaths

• 1 March - Isaac Todhunter, mathematician (born 1820)
• 28 March - Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany, member of the royal family (born 1853)
• 10 September - George Bentham, botanist (born 1800)

[edit] References