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Elementary Education Act 1870 (33 & 34 Vict. c. 75) drafted by William Edward Forster MP encourages elementary education by creating a system of secular school boards in England and Wales at whose schools attendance may be compulsory. [4] [7] Women are eligible to stand and vote for local school boards where created.
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1 January – disestablishment of the Church of Ireland by the Irish Church Act 1869 comes into effect. [1]26 January – Rugby Football Union established in London. [2]10 February – Great Gale in the North Sea: 28 ships wrecked and total fatalities are estimated at over fifty, including six crew of Bridlington life-boat Harbinger.
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The 1870s (pronounced "eighteen-seventies") was a decade of the Gregorian calendar that began on January 1, 1870, and ended on December 31, 1879. The trends of the previous decade continued into this one, as new empires , imperialism and militarism rose in Europe and Asia .
The International Exhibition building, 1872. The Annual International Exhibition was a yearly event held in South Kensington, London, United Kingdom between 1871 and 1874. It was preceded by the 1851 Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of All Nations and the 1862 International Exhibition in London, as well as many international exhibitions that been held in various countries since 1851.
1870 in: The UK • Wales • Elsewhere: Events from the year 1870 in Scotland. Incumbents Law officers. Lord ...