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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]
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 ...
1865 in England (4 C, 5 P) 1865 in Ireland (2 C, 5 P) ... Pages in category "1865 in the United Kingdom" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total.
This is a timeline of British history, comprising important legal and territorial changes and political events in the United Kingdom and its predecessor states. To read about the background to these events, see History of England, History of Wales, History of Scotland, History of Ireland, Formation of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and History of the United Kingdom
1 January: The Metropolitan Fire Brigade is set up by the Metropolitan Fire Brigade Act 1865 under control of the Metropolitan Board of Works and under the leadership of Eyre Massey Shaw. July: Elizabeth Garrett Anderson opens the St Mary's Dispensary in Bryanston Square , Marylebone, where women can seek medical advice from exclusively female ...
Ralph Allen begins buying up Combe Down and Bathampton Down Mines for building stone. [7] James Brydges, 1st Duke of Chandos, buys Chandos House to let as lodgings. 1727–1728 – John Wood, the Elder, executes his first private commission in Bath, a new building for St John's Hospital. [9] 1727–1736 – Beaufort Square laid out by John Strahan.
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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.