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The United Kingdom Census of 1861 recorded the people residing in every household on the night of 7 April 1861, [1] and was the third of the UK censuses to include details of household members. The census was taken and recorded everyone living in a household on Sunday 7 April 1861. [ 2 ]
The census in the United Kingdom is decennial, that is, held every ten years, although there is provision in the Census Act 1920 for a census to take place at intervals of five years or more. There are actually three separate censuses in the United Kingdom – in England and Wales , Scotland , and Northern Ireland – although they are often co ...
The Census of Prince Edward Island (1871) was a detailed enumeration in the colony of Prince Edward Island, and the last to take place prior to joining Canada in 1873. The census took place in April 1871, and published on August 23, 1871. [1] The total population count of Prince Edward Island in 1871 was 94,021.
7 April – United Kingdom census. The population is more than double that of 1801 and those living in urban areas are in a majority. 12 April – American Civil War breaks out, leading to Lancashire Cotton Famine (1861–1865). 13 May – British government resolves to remain neutral in the American Civil War. [4]
The Victorian era was a time of unprecedented population growth in Britain. The population rose from 13.9 million in 1831 to 32.5 million in 1901. Two major contributory factors were fertility rates and mortality rates. Britain was the first country to undergo the demographic transition and the Agricultural and Industrial Revolutions.
The two-volume Return of Owners of Land, 1873 is a survey of land ownership in the United Kingdom.It was the first complete picture of the distribution of land ownership in Great Britain [1] since the Domesday Book of 1086, thus the 1873 Return is sometimes called the "Modern Domesday", [2] and in Ireland since the Down Survey of 1655-1656.
Essendon was first incorporated as a borough on 27 December 1861. It became a town on 10 January 1890, and was proclaimed a city on 16 April 1909. Essendon initially incorporated the suburbs of Flemington and Kensington, but these suburbs split away to form the Borough of Flemington and Kensington on 17 March 1882, which merged in 1905 with the City of Melbourne.
This is a list of members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly from the elections of 26 August – 26 September 1859 to the elections of 2 – 19 August 1861. [ 1 ] The Assembly was created in 1856.