1876 in the United Kingdom

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Events from the year 1876 in the United Kingdom.

Incumbents

1 January — The Bass Brewery Red Triangle becomes the first registered trademark symbol, under the Trade Mark Registration Act 1875.^[1]
April — The Royal Titles Act (introduced by Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Benjamin Disraeli) grants Queen Victoria the title of Empress of India from 1877.^[2]
7 April — Robert Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Earl of Lytton, becomes Viceroy of India.^[2]
1 May — The Settle-Carlisle Railway is opened to passenger traffic.^[3]
13 July — The prosecution of Arthur Tooth, an Anglican clergyman, for using ritualist practices begins.
August
- The Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli, is made Earl of Beaconsfield by Queen Victoria.^[2]
- The UK Medical Act of 1876 (39 and 40 Vict, Ch. 41) repeals the previous Medical Act in the United Kingdom and enables every university or other body in the United Kingdom entitled to grant qualifications for registration to grant such qualifications to all people without distinction of sex.^[4]^[5]^[6]
5 September — William Gladstone's Bulgarian Horrors pamphlet is published.^[2]
7 October — First greyhound race to use an artificial hare is held, at Hendon.^[7]

Charles Wells opens his brewery based in Bedford.
The Conchological Society of Great Britain & Ireland is founded.
Mary Sumner founds Christian women's organisation Mothers' Union.
Port Vale Football Club is formed.
Stourbridge Football Club is formed.
Saracens is formed.
Stockport Lacrosse Club, thought to be the oldest existing lacrosse club in the world, is founded at Cale Green Cricket Club Davenport, Greater Manchester, where they will still be playing in the 21st century.
Henry Wickham smuggles rubber seeds out of Brazil leading to the eventual collapse of the Amazon rubber boom.^[2]
Grey squirrel introduced to England at Henbury Park, Cheshire.

29 January — Havergal Brian, composer (died 1972)
16 February — G. M. Trevelyan, historian (died 1962)
11 March — Carl Ruggles, composer (died 1971)
28 April — Thomas Crisp, Victoria Cross recipient (died 1917)
7 May — Samuel Courtauld, art collector (died 1947)
13 June — William Sealy Gosset, chemist (died 1937)
19 June — Nigel Gresley, railway engineer and steam locomotive designer (Flying Scotsman and Mallard) (died 1941)
8 August
- Charles Hamilton, children's story writer (died 1961)
- Sophia Duleep Singh, Princess and suffragette (died 1948)
1 September — Harriet Shaw Weaver, political activist (died 1961)
6 October — Githa Sowerby, dramatist (died 1970)
2 November — William Haywood, architect (died 1957)
7 November — Charlie Townsend, cricketer (died 1958)

↑ "United Kingdom Intellectual Property Office".
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Everett, Jason M., ed. (2006). "1876". The People's Chronology. Thomson Gale.
↑ Gough, John (1989). The Midland Railway: a chronology (2nd ed.). Gwernymynydd: Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 183. ISBN 0-901461-12-1.
↑ "Key dates in Education Great Britain 1000 - 1899". Thepotteries.org. Retrieved 2015-07-03.
↑ The Short Titles Act 1896, section 2(1) and Schedule 2
↑ Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons (1892). Parliamentary Papers, House of Commons and Command. H.M. Stationery Office. pp. 40–.
↑ Palmer, Alan; Veronica (1992). The Chronology of British History. London: Century Ltd. pp. 299–300. ISBN 0-7126-5616-2.
↑ Leavis, Q. D. (1965). Fiction and the Reading Public (2nd ed.). London: Chatto & Windus.

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1876 in Europe

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