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| Birth Lloyd George, David |  |
| 16th Jan Manchester Birth of David Lloyd George |
| Death Bruce, James | |
| Death of James Bruce |
| Election Goschen | |
| Elected Member of Parliament |
| Invasion of Mexico Temple, Henry John | |
| Vera Cruz British troops withdraw but Palmerston gives moral support to Napoleon III |
| Invention Locomotive Fairlie, Robert | |
| Pataents a locomotive with pivoting driving bogies to take tight curves |
| Lieutenant Gordon, Charles George Hamilton | |
24th Mar Appointed Lieutenant-Colonel with a force of 4,000 Chinese  |
| London Underground Gladstone, William Ewart | |
| 10th Jan London Opens the London Underground |
| Marriage Edward VII | |
10th Mar London Marries Alexandra, eldest daughter of King Chris tian IX of Denmark  |
| Publication Huxley, Thomas Henry | |
| Publication of, "Man's Place in Nature", expounds his theory of evolution |
| Publication Mill, John Stewart | |
| Publication of, "Utilitarianism" |
