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1863 In The United Kingdom
Events from the year 1863 in the United Kingdom. Incumbents * Monarch of the United Kingdom, Monarch – Queen Victoria, Victoria * Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Prime Minister – Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston (Liberal Party (UK), Liberal) Events * 8 January – Yorkshire County Cricket Club is founded at the Adelphi Hotel (Sheffield), Adelphi Hotel in Sheffield. * 10 January – the first section of the London Underground Railway opens to the public (Paddington to Farringdon Street). * 7 February – HMS Orpheus (1861), HMS ''Orpheus'' sinks attempting to enter Manukau Harbour in New Zealand with the loss of 189 lives. * 25 February – William Thomson (Archbishop of York), William Thomson enthroned as Archbishop of York. * 2 March – Clapham Junction railway station opens in London. * 10 March – marriage of Albert Edward, Prince of Wales (later Edward VII) to Alexandra of Denmark, Princess Alexandra of Denmark (later Queen Alexandra) at St George's Cha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1863 In England
Events January–March * January 1 – Abraham Lincoln signs the Emancipation Proclamation during the third year of the American Civil War, making the abolition of slavery in the Confederate states an official war goal. It proclaims the freedom of 3.1 million of the nation's four million slaves and immediately frees 50,000 of them, with the rest freed as Union armies advance. * January 2 – Lucius Tar Painting Master Company (''Teerfarbenfabrik Meirter Lucius''), predecessor of Hoechst, as a worldwide chemical manufacturing brand, founded in a suburb of Frankfurt am Main, Germany. * January 4 – The New Apostolic Church, a Christian and chiliastic church, is established in Hamburg, Germany. * January 7 – In the Swiss canton of Ticino, the village of Bedretto is partly destroyed and 29 killed, by an avalanche. * January 8 ** The Yorkshire County Cricket Club is founded at the Adelphi Hotel, in Sheffield, England. ** American Civil War – Se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
