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5 July – speed limit in Britain originally introduced by the Locomotive Act 1861 is reduced by the Locomotives Act 1865 – becoming 2 mph in town and 4 mph in the country. [5] 14 July – a party led by Edward Whymper makes the first ascent of the Matterhorn. [1]
Richard Arkwright (1733–1792), revolutionised the cotton industry in England during the Industrial Revolution; once called the "father of the Industrial Revolution" Sir Timothy Berners-Lee (born 1955), inventor of the World Wide Web; Henry Bessemer (1813–1898), inventor of the Bessemer Process which was the first way of mass-producing steel
Pages in category "1865 in England" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. G. Guilden Morden boar; L.
1865 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar, the 1865th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 865th year of the 2nd millennium, the 65th year of the 19th century, and the 6th year of the 1860s decade. As of the start of 1865, the ...
The 1865 general election was regarded by contemporaries as being a generally dull contest nationally, which exaggerated the degree of corruption within individual constituencies. In his PhD thesis, Cornelius O'Leary described The Times as having reported "the testimony is unanimous that in the General Election of 1865 there was more profuse ...
Truly a timeless beauty. For decades, Ann-Margret was known as one of the most gorgeous women in Hollywood -- and at 78 years old, she's still a total knockout.
Since the magazine began honoring Hollywood's best-looking men in 1985 when it named Mel Gibson the Sexiest Man Alive, nearly three dozen other celebrities have held the title.
September 23 – John Frederick Herring, Sr., English painter, signmaker and coachman in Victorian England (born 1795) September 29 – François Joseph Heim, French painter (born 1787) November 1 – Charles-François Lebœuf, French sculptor (born 1792) December 24 – Charles Lock Eastlake, English painter and art collector (born 1793) date ...