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26 August – Elementary Education Act ("Mundella's Act") enforces school attendance up to the age of ten in England and Wales. [12] 1 September – Second Anglo-Afghan War: British victory at the Battle of Kandahar. 6–8 September – first cricket Test match held in Britain. [6]
The 1880s (pronounced "eighteen-eighties") was a decade of the Gregorian calendar that began on January 1, ... England and John Perry of Garvagh, County Londonderry, ...
Kingdoms in England and Wales about 600 AD. Urban sites were on the decline from the late Roman period and remained of very minor importance until around the 9th century. The largest cities in later Anglo-Saxon England however were Winchester, London and York, in that order, although London had eclipsed Winchester by the 11th century. Details ...
By the 1850s, around half of the children in England and Wales were in school (not including Sunday school). [78] From the 1833 Factory Act onwards, attempts were made to get child labourers into part time education, though this was often difficult to achieve. [79] Only in the 1870s and 1880s did children begin to be compelled into school. [78]
Pages in category "1880s in England" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. E.
1880s in England (16 C, 5 P) 1880s in Ireland (17 C, 12 P)- ... Pages in category "1880s in the United Kingdom" The following 37 pages are in this category, out of 37 ...
There have been 13 British monarchs since the political union of the Kingdom of England and the Kingdom of Scotland on 1 May 1707.England and Scotland had been in personal union since 24 March 1603; while the style, "King of Great Britain" first arose at that time, legislatively the title came into force in 1707.
The 1880 United Kingdom general election was a general election in the United Kingdom held from 31 March to 27 April 1880. Its intense rhetoric was led by the Midlothian campaign of the Liberals, particularly the fierce oratory of Liberal leader William Gladstone . [ 2 ]