Jake Sneed 1870-1890 By jasneed74 Jun 9, 1870 Charles Dickens dies Charles Dickens Dies Mar 25, 1871 Lewis Carrol's "Through the Looking Glass publisned Lewis Carroll's "Through the Looking Glass" is published Jun 29, 1871 Trade Unions legalized by Parliment Trade Unions legalized by Parliment Jan 1, 1872 Thomas Hardy's "Under the Green Tree" published Nov 16, 1872 London Metro Police Strike Jan 9, 1873 Napoleon III dies. Apr 2, 1873 The first sleeping car is introduced in London Apr 4, 1873 The Kennel Club, the world first is founded. Apr 14, 1874 Astley Deep Pit Disaster- 56 miners killed in an accident. Nov 30, 1874 Winston Churchhill win Nobel Prize in Literature Apr 1, 1875 The first weather map to be published in the Times Oct 12, 1875 Aliester Crowley famed occultist born Apr 1, 1876 Queen Victoria granted the title "Empress of India" Oct 7, 1876 First greyhound race to use artifical hare held Oct 22, 1877 Scotland's worse mining accident kills 207 Nov 24, 1877 Anna Sewell's novel "Black Beauty" published Jan 14, 1878 Alexander Graham Bell demonstrates the telephone for the Queen Apr 25, 1878 Anna Sewell Dies Sep 3, 1878 640 Die in boating collison on the River Thames Dec 18, 1878 Joeseph Swan invents Incandescent Light Bulb Jan 11, 1879 Anglo-Zulu war begins Jul 4, 1879 Anglo-Zulu war ends Jan 21, 1880 Fair Lady Pit accident kills 62 coal miners Jul 15, 1880 Risca Mining accident kills 120 coal miners Sep 8, 1880 Seaham mining accident kill 164 coal miners Dec 10, 1880 Naval Steam mining accident kills 101 coal miners Apr 18, 1881 Natural History Musuem opens in London Jul 26, 1881 First Publication of the London Evening News Jan 25, 1882 Virginia Wolf Born Mar 2, 1882 Assassination attempt on Queen Victoria fails. Apr 19, 1882 Charles Darwin dies Aug 18, 1882 Married women in Britian gain the right to own, sell and buy property Mar 14, 1883 Karl Marx dies Jun 11, 1883 183 children die in Victoria Hall disaster Feb 1, 1884 What would become the Oxford English Dictionary first published Jun 18, 1885 Clifton Hall accident kills 178 coal miners Feb 7, 1886 Two days of riots caused by the coldest winter in 30 years Dec 25, 1886 Worst recorded snowstorm hits London on Christmas Day May 9, 1887 Buffalo Bills Wild West Show opens in London Nov 13, 1887 Bloody Sunday- Violent clashes between London Police and Protestors Aug 7, 1888 Whitechapel Murders: Martha Tabram is found, but not believed to be a victim of Jack the Ripper Aug 31, 1888 Believed to be first victim of Jack the Ripper, Mary Ann Nichols is found Sep 8, 1888 Jack the Rippers second victim found Sep 30, 1888 Two more victims of Jack the Ripper found Nov 9, 1888 Jack the Ripper's last victim found Jun 12, 1889 Rail disaster kills 80 in Northern Ireland Aug 6, 1889 The famed Savoy Hotel opens Feb 6, 1890 Mining accident kills 176 coal miners Sep 15, 1890 Agatha Christie born