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| 1st Channel Swim Web, Mathew |  |
| English Channel 1st to swim the English Channel |
| Election Gibson, Edward | |
| Dublin Elected Conservative Member of Parliament for Dublin University |
| Election Gorst, John Eldon | |
| Elected Member of Parliament |
| Livingstonion Livingstone, David | |
| Livingstonion The Free Church founds Livingstonion on the shores of Lake Nyasa |
| London Sewers Bazalgette, Joseph | |
| London Completes the construction of the London Sewerage System |
| Lord of the Admiralty Hornby, Geoffrey Thomas Phipps | |
| Appointed Lord of the Admiralty |
| Purchase Suez Canal Disraeli, Benjamin | |
| 27th Nov Suez Canal Purchases 40% Suez canal co shares from the Khedive with a œ4m Rothschild bank loan |
| Reform of Commons Disraeli, Benjamin | |
| 14th April London The Commons votes to exclude strangers by 1 vote |
| Resignation of Gladstone Gladstone, William Ewart | |
| 13th Jan Gladstone resigns as Party Leader in the Commons |
| Solicitor General Giffard, Hardinge Stanley | |
| Appointed Solicitor General |
| Vice Admiral Hornby, Geoffrey Thomas Phipps | |
| London Appointed Vice Admiral |
