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1881 in the United Kingdom:
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Events from the year 1881 in the United Kingdom.

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1879 in the United Kingdom:
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1877 | 1878 | 1879 | 1880 | 1881 Events from the year 1879 in the United Kingdom.

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  • Monarch - Victoria of the United Kingdom
  • Prime Minister

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1880 in the United Kingdom:
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1878 | 1879 | 1880 | 1881 | 1882 Events from the year 1880 in the United Kingdom.

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  • Monarch - Victoria of the United Kingdom
  • Prime Minister

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1882 in the United Kingdom:
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1880 | 1881 | 1882 | 1883 | 1884 Events from the year 1882 in the United Kingdom.

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  • Monarch - Victoria of the United Kingdom
  • Prime Minister - William Gladstone, Liberal

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1883 in the United Kingdom:
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1881 | 1882 | 1883 | 1884 | 1885 Events from the year 1883 in the United Kingdom.

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  • Monarch - Victoria of the United Kingdom
  • Prime Minister - William Gladstone, Liberal

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18th century - 19th century - 20th century
1850s  1860s  1870s  - 1880s -  1890s  1900s  1910s
1878 1879 1880 - 1881 - 1882 1883 1884

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Motto
"Dieu et mon droit" [2]   (French)
"God and my right"
Anthem
"God Save the Queen" [3]
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Victoria (Alexandrina Victoria; 24 May 1819 – 22 January 1901) was the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 20 June 1837, and the first Empress of India from 1 May 1876, until her death on 22 January 1901.
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William Ewart Gladstone (29 December 1809 – 19 May 1898) was a British Liberal Party statesman and Prime Minister (1868–74, 1880–85, 1886 and 1892–94).
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Liberal Party was one of the two major British political parties from the early 19th century until the 1920s, and a third party of varying strength and importance up to 1988, when it merged with the Social Democratic Party (the SDP) to form a new party which would become known as
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founded Lima, the capital of Peru.
  • 1562 - Pope Pius IV reopens the Council of Trent for its third and final session.
  • 1670 - Henry Morgan captures Panama.
  • 1701 - Frederick I becomes King of Prussia.
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    • The First Boer War (Dutch: Eerste Boerenoorlog, Afrikaans: Eerste Vryheidsoorlog, literally First Freedom War) also known as the First Anglo-Boer War or the Transvaal War, was fought from 16 December 1880 until 23 March 1881.
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    Battle of Laing's Nek was a major battle fought at Laing's Nek during the First Boer War on January 28, 1881 at Coordinates: .
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    February 8 is the 1st day of the year (2nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 0 days remaining.

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    • 421 - Constantius III becomes co-Emperor of the Western Roman Empire.

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    Battle of Schuinshoogte Also known as Ingogo, was a battle fought at Coordinates: on February 8, 1881 during the First Boer War.
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    February 27 is the 1st day of the year (2nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 0 days remaining.

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    Majuba Hill (near Volksrust, South Africa) on 27 February, 1881 was a resounding victory for the Boers. Major-General Sir George Colley occupied the summit of the hill on the night of February 26-27, 1881. His motive for occupying the hill remains unclear.
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    March 1 is the 1st day of the year (2nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 0 days remaining.

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    Cunard Line, formerly Cunard White Star Line, is a British shipping company, operator of the ocean liners RMS Queen Elizabeth 2 (QE2) and RMS Queen Mary 2 (QM2), and cruise ship MS Queen Victoria (QV).
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    SS Servia was an ocean liner built by John Brown and Company, Clydebank, Scotland, for the Cunard Line. She had four decks and a promenade deck. At the time of her launching in 1 March 1881 it was the second largest of all ships in the world, after SS Great Eastern.
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    Steel is an alloy consisting mostly of iron, with a carbon content between 0.02% and 1.7 or 2.04% by weight (C:1000–10,8.67Fe), depending on grade. Carbon is the most cost-effective alloying material for iron, but various other alloying elements are used such as manganese and
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    April 5 is the 1st day of the year (2nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 0 days remaining.

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    • 456 - St. Patrick returns to Ireland as a missionary bishop.

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    1775: American Revolution begins]]
    • 1775 - American Revolutionary War: The Battle of Lexington and Concord which began the American Revolutionary War.
    • 1809 - The army of Austria attacks and is defeated by the forces of the Duchy of Warsaw in the Battle of Raszyn, part of

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    Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury, KG, GCVO, PC (3 February 1830 – 22 August 1903), known as Lord Robert Cecil before 1865 and as Viscount Cranborne
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    Conservative Party

    Leader David Cameron

    Founded Historical 1671, Modern 1830
    Headquarters 30 Millbank, London SW1

    Political Ideology Conservatism
    Liberal conservatism
    Political Position Centre-right

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    The Right Honourable the Lords Spiritual and Temporal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland in Parliament assembled

    Type Upper House

    Lord Speaker
    Hélène Hayman, Baroness Hayman, PC, (Non-affiliated)
    since July 4, 2006
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    Benjamin Disraeli, 1st Earl of Beaconsfield, KG, PC, FRS (born Benjamin D'Israeli; 21 December 1804–19 April 1881) was a British Conservative statesman and literary figure.
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    April 23 is the 1st day of the year (2nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 0 days remaining.

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    Gilbert and Sullivan refers to the Victorian era partnership of librettist W. S. Gilbert (1836–1911) and composer Arthur Sullivan (1842–1900). Together, they wrote fourteen comic operas between 1871 and 1896, of which H.M.S.
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    Patience, or Bunthorne's Bride, is a comic opera in two acts, with music by Arthur Sullivan and libretto by W. S. Gilbert. First performed at the Opera Comique, London, on April 23 1881, it moved to the 1,292-seat Savoy Theatre on October 10 1881, where it was the first
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    Opera Comique was a 19th-century opera house located in London, on the East Strand between Wych Street and Holywell Street, which opened in 1871, followed shortly by construction of the adjoining Globe Theatre (not Shakespeare's Globe Theatre).
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