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James Clerk Maxwell unifies electricity and magnetism into a single theory, classical electromagnetism, thereby showing that light is an electromagnetic wave.; The London School of Jewish Studies opens as the Jews' College, a rabbinical seminary, in London.
This article presents a timeline of events in the history of the United Kingdom from 1800 AD until 1899 AD. For a narrative explaining the overall developments, see the related History of the British Isles.
1855 was a common year ... Palm oil sales from West Africa to the United Kingdom reach 40,000 tons. Births. January–June. Caroline Rémy de Guebhard (b.
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
This article provides a list of wars occurring between 1800 and 1899.Conflicts of this era include the Napoleonic Wars in Europe, the American Civil War in North America, the Taiping Rebellion in Asia, the Paraguayan War in South America, the Zulu War in Africa, and the Australian frontier wars in Oceania.
January – first GPO wall-fitted post boxes put into place and agreed for general adoption. [2]25 January – the "Wedding March" by Felix Mendelssohn becomes a popular wedding recessional after it is played on this day at the marriage of Queen Victoria's daughter Victoria, "Vicky" the Princess Royal, to Prince Friedrich of Prussia in St James's Palace, London.
17 July – Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (born 1764) 7 October – John Jackson, boxer (born 1769) 12 October – Elizabeth Fry, humanitarian (born 1780) 26 October – Carolina Oliphant, Lady Nairne, Scottish songwriter and collector (born 1766) 17 November – Sir Salusbury Pryce Humphreys, admiral (born 1778)
27 April: London Zoo opens in Regent's Park for members of the Zoological Society of London, the first scientific zoo in the United Kingdom, [57] [58] and the Tower of London menagerie is transferred there. 21 June: King's College London is founded as a secular institution. [1] July: The stone Kingston Bridge opens. 12 August: The Kensington ...