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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]
Medieval England was a patriarchal society and the lives of women were heavily influenced by contemporary beliefs about gender and authority. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] However, the position of women varied according to factors including their social class ; whether they were unmarried, married, widowed or remarried; and in which part of the country they ...
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 ...
By the late 1860s a number of schools were preparing women for careers as governesses or teachers. The census reported in 1851 that 70,000 women in England and Wales were teachers, compared to the 170,000 who comprised three-fourths of all teachers in 1901. [6] [7] The great majority came from lower middle class origins. [8]
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.
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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 ...
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