The idea of a university : defined and illustrated I. in nine discourses delivered to the Catholics of Dublin II. In occasional lectures and essays addressed to the members of the Catholic university / by John Henry Cardinal Newman.

Events in Newman's life	Events in the UK	Events in the wider world
Death of Father Richard Stanton. Death of Bishop Brownlow.	Elgar's Pomp and Circumstance premieres in Liverpool. Winston Churchill elected as an MP. Death of Queen Victoria.	First Nobel prizes awarded. King C Gillette began selling the safety razor. US President William McKinley assasinated and Theodore Roosevelt sworn in as President, renames the Executive Mansion, as The White House. First Australian Parliament opens in Mellbourne.