1889 in the United Kingdom

none thumb | right | Portrait of the Prince of Wales, later King Edward VII, wearing full dress uniform in 1889. August 2019 April 2014 1889 Constituent countries of the United Kingdom England Ireland Scotland Wales Sport 1889 English cricket season Football: England Events from the year 1889 in the United Kingdom. Incumbents Monarch – Victoria Prime Minister – Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury (Conservative) Events 14 January – Birmingham is granted city status in the United Kingdom, despite not (at this time) having an Anglican cathedral, which has previously been a requirement for the honour in England. 26 January – Dundee is granted city status in the United Kingdom by letters patent.2019-01-24 Dundee – Scotland's First City? https://dundeecityarchives.wordpress.com/2019/01/24/scotlands-first-city/ 2022-01-21 The Dundee City Archives Blog en2019-01-28 Calling all history buffs: Dundee is actually the oldest city in Scotland - here's why https://www.seedundee.com/news/calling-all-history-buffs-dundee-is-actually-the-oldest-city-in-scotland-heres-why/ 2022-01-21 SeeDundee en-GBMilne Scott Dundee is Scotland's oldest city — and here's why https://www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/news/dundee/815091/dundee-is-scotlands-oldest-city-and-heres-why/ 2022-01-21 The Courier en-GB 5 February – The first issue of Glasgow University Magazine is published in Scotland. 12 February – The London County Council elects Lord Rosebery as its first Chairman.Palmer Alan Palmer Veronica 1992 The Chronology of British History Century Ltd London 315–316 0-7126-5616-2 17 February – Royal Society for the Protection of Birds founded in Manchester, originally known as "The Plumage League" to campaign against the use of plumage in women's clothing.http://www.rspb.org.uk/about/history/milestones.asp Milestones RSPB 19 February 2007 25 February – The landmark court decision in the case of The Moorcock establishes the concept of implied terms in English contract law.14 PD 64. 30 March – Preston North End win the FA Cup final with a 3–0 win over Wolverhampton Wanderers at Kennington Oval, London.http://www.fa-cupfinals.co.uk/1889.html 1889.html Fa-cupfinals.co.uk 15 June 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20110928080039/http://www.fa-cupfinals.co.uk/1889.html 28 September 2011 Having on 5 January sealed the first Football League title with no defeats all season, they complete the double.http://www.statto.com/football/teams/preston-north-end/1888-1889 Preston North End 1888–1889 Home statto.com 15 June 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20110907005120/http://www.statto.com/football/teams/preston-north-end/1888-1889 7 September 2011 live 1 April – New elected county councils in England and Wales (including the London County Council) created by the Local Government Act 1888, take up their powers.County Chambers's Encyclopedia Edwards John 1955 189–191 Newnes LondonThe County Council Elections The Times London 10 14 January 1889 32595The County Councils The Times 10 21 January 1889 32601 31 May – The Naval Defence Act dictates that the fleet strength of the Royal Navy must be equal to that of at least any two other countries. 12 June – Armagh rail disaster: runaway carriages from a Sunday school excursion collide with an oncoming train near Armagh in the north of Ireland, killing 80, leading to rapid passage of the Regulation of Railways Act 1889 on railway signalling and brakes in the UK.Currie J. R. L. The Runaway Train: Armagh 1889 1971 David & Charles Newton Abbot 0-7153-5198-2 6 July – Several aristocrats are implicated in the Cleveland Street scandal after police raid a male brothel in London.Williams Hywel Cassell's Chronology of World History https://archive.org/details/cassellschronolo0000will registration London Weidenfeld & Nicolson 2005 0-304-35730-8 15 July – The Scottish National Portrait Gallery opens in EdinburghThe Scottish National Portrait Gallery The Times 16 July 1889 5 32752 in premises designed by Rowand Anderson, the first in the world to be purpose-built as a portrait gallery.The History of the Scottish National Portrait Gallery http://www.nationalgalleries.org/visit/302-history-and-architecture History & Architecture National Galleries of Scotland https://web.archive.org/web/20120531064947/http://www.nationalgalleries.org/visit/302-history-and-architecture 31 May 2012 31 July – Louise, Princess Royal, marries Alexander Duff, 1st Duke of Fife. 3 August Mahdist War: Egyptian and British victory at the Battle of Toski. Opening of Hawarden Bridge, Wales. 6 August – The Savoy Hotel in London opens.Penguin Pocket On This Day Penguin Reference Library 0-14-102715-0 2006 14 August–15 September – London dockers strike for a minimum wage of sixpence an hour ("The dockers' tanner"), which they eventually receive, a landmark in the development of New Unionism.http://www.portcities.org.uk/london/server/show/ConNarrative.77/The-Great-Dock-Strike-of-1889.html The Great Dock Strike PortCities project 29 January 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20080225051202/http://www.portcities.org.uk/london/server/show/ConNarrative.77/The-Great-Dock-Strike-of-1889.html 25 February 2008 live 26 August Prevention of Cruelty to, and Protection of, Children Act ("Children's Charter") for the first time imposes criminal penalties to deter child abuse.David Batty https://www.theguardian.com/society/2005/may/18/childrensservices2 Timeline: a history of child protection The Guardian 18 May 2005 15 September 2010 Local Government (Scotland) Act establishes county councils in Scotland effective from 1890. Official Secrets Act for the first time imposes criminal penalties to deter officials from disclosing confidential information.Text of statute as originally enacted. 30 August Technical Instruction Act empowers county and county borough councils to make grants to secondary schools and provide scholarships.Education in England: a history Derek Gillard 2018 https://education-uk.org/history/timeline.html HDA 2020-10-24 Official opening of Royal Mail Mount Pleasant Sorting Office in London. 2 September – Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. move into their new Molineux stadium in the grounds of Wolverhampton's Molineux Hotel.http://www.thewolvessite.co.uk/mol_his.htm The History of Molineux 1889–1989 Thewolvessite.co.uk 2 July 1986 15 June 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120503175637/http://www.thewolvessite.co.uk/mol_his.htm 3 May 2012 dead 7 September Sheffield United F.C. play their first match, having been formed on 22 MarchSheffield United https://thebeautifulhistory.wordpress.com/clubs/sheffield-united/ The Beautiful History 21 May 2011 15 May 2015 at the Adelphi Hotel, Sheffield. Morley Memorial College for Working Men and Women opens in South London.The Royal Victoria Hall South London Press 7 September 1889 3 10 September – Last (possible) female victim of the Thames Torso Murders found.Bax Horton Sarah Arm of Eve: Investigating the Thames Torso Murders 2024 The History Press 978-1-80399-748-3 https://books.google.com/books?id=384MEQAAQBAJ 29 October – British South Africa Company receives a Royal Charter. October/November – Shah Jahan Mosque, Woking, opened for worship, founded by Gottlieb Wilhelm Leitner as the first purpose-built mosque in Britain.Nasir Ahmad http://www.wokingmuslim.org/pers/dr_leitner.htm Dr. Gottlieb Wilhelm Leitner (1840–1899) Woking Muslim Mission, England, 1913–1968 Ahmadiyya Anjuman Isha‘at Islam Lahore (U.K.) Wembley 31 August 2014 2 November – Wimbledon F.C. (as "Wimbledon Old Central Football Club") play their first match.The Historical Don http://historicaldons.com/index.php?od=2&yd=0 15 May 2015 Undated Trowbridge supersedes Wilton as the county town of Wiltshire.https://apps.wiltshire.gov.uk/communityhistory/Question/Details/51 Why is Trowbridge the county town of Wiltshire? Wiltshire & Swindon History Centre 2003 2022-08-10 Arthur Wharton signs for Rotherham Town F.C. for the 1889/90 season, becoming probably the world's first black professional football player.http://www.100greatblackbritons.com/bios/arthur_wharton-andrew_watson.html Arthur Wharton 100 Great Black Britons 16 October 2014Phil Vasili The First Black Footballer, Arthur Wharton, 1865-1930 London Frank Cass 1998 0-7146-4903-1 The little owl first breeds in England.Derek Niemann Little owl Discover Wildlife http://www.discoverwildlife.com/british-wildlife/little-owls 8 July 2011 14 April 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150414125459/http://www.discoverwildlife.com/british-wildlife/little-owls 14 April 2015 dead Publications Charles Booth's social survey Life and Labour of the People in London begins publication. Lewis Carroll's children's novel Sylvie and Bruno. T. H. Huxley's book Agnosticism. Jerome K. Jerome's comic travelogue Three Men in a Boat. Andrew Lang's The Blue Fairy Book. Robert Louis Stevenson's historical novel The Master of Ballantrae. Encyclopædia Britannica, 9th edition, completed in 24 main volumes. Wisden Cricketers' Almanack publishes its first Wisden Cricketers of the Year (actually titled Six Great Bowlers of the Year). The cricketers chosen are George Lohmann, Bobby Peel, Johnny Briggs, Charles Turner, J. J. Ferris and Sammy Woods. Births 9 January – Eileen Power, medieval economic historian (died 1940) 17 January – Ralph H. Fowler, astronomer and physicist (died 1944) 21 January – Edith Bratt, wife of J. R. R. Tolkien (died 1971) 31 January – Frank Foster, cricketer (died 1958) 5 February – Ernest Tyldesley, cricketer (died 1962) 19 February – Ernest Marsden, physicist (died 1970) 22 February Olave Baden-Powell, founder of the Girl Guides (died 1977) R. G. Collingwood, philosopher and historian (died 1943) 21 March – Bernard Freyberg, army officer, VC recipient and colonial governor (died 1963) 24 March – Albert Hill, athlete (died 1969) 8 April – Adrian Boult, conductor (died 1983) 14 April – Arnold J. Toynbee, historian (died 1975) 16 April – Charlie Chaplin, comic actor and film director (died 1977) 20 April – Harold Bache, cricketer (died 1916) 24 April – Stafford Cripps, politician (died 1952) 11 May – Paul Nash, painter (died 1946) 21 May – Bernard Rawlings, admiral (died 1962) 27 May – Hugh Franklin, activist for women's suffrage (died 1962) 31 May Charles Gordon Bell, pilot (died 1918) Athene Seyler, actress (died 1990) 1 June – Charles Kay Ogden, linguist, philosopher and writer (died 1957) 22 June – Joseph Cohen, solicitor, property developer, cinema magnate and Jewish community leader (died 1980) 23 June – Verena Holmes, mechanical engineer and inventor (died 1964) 22 July – James Whale, horror film director (died 1957 in Hollywood) 21 August – Richard O'Connor, General in World War II (died 1981) 25 September G. D. H. Cole, political and economic theorist, historian and detective fiction writer (died 1959) C. K. Scott-Moncrieff, writer and translator (died 1930) 27 October – Enid Bagnold, author and playwright (died 1981) 30 November – Edgar Douglas Adrian, 1st Baron Adrian, physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1977) Deaths 5 February – James Smetham, painter (born 1821) 11 March – Samuel Carter Hall, journalist (born 1800) 26 March Richard Plantagenet Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville, 3rd Duke of Buckingham and Chandos, soldier, politician and colonial administrator (born 1823) Elizabeth Ayton Godwin, hymn writer and religious poet (born 1817) 6 April Princess Augusta of Hesse-Kassel (Duchess of Cambridge), member of the royal family (born 1797) Benjamin Hall Kennedy, Latin scholar and promoter of women's higher education (born 1804) 8 June – Gerard Manley Hopkins, poet (born 1844) 10 September – Amy Levy, feminist poet and novelist, suicide (born 1861) 23 September Wilkie Collins, novelist (born 1824) Eliza Cook, Chartist poet (born 1818) 11 October – James Prescott Joule, physicist (born 1818) 18 November – William Allingham, poet and diarist (born 1824) 29 November – Martin Farquhar Tupper, writer and poet (born 1810) 12 December Edward Bradley ('Cuthbert Bede'), writer (born 1827) Robert Browning, poet (born 1812) 23 December – Constance Naden, poet and philosopher (born 1858) 30 December – Sir Henry Yule, Scottish orientalist (born 1820) See also List of British films before 1920 References 30em 1889 Category:Years of the 19th century in the United Kingdom Category:1889 by country Category:1880s in the United Kingdom Category:1889 in Europe