- Allegations against Mgr Capel investigated by a diocesan commission, he is found guilty and suspended..
- Death of Father Caswall.
- Death of Newman's sister, Jemima Mozley.
- Newman recieves official announcement of his being made a Cardinal and leaves for Rome..
| - Gilbert & Sullivan premiere their comic opera 'Pirates of Penzance'.
- The electric light bulb is developed.
| - FW Woolworth opens his first store.
- Design for the Statue of Liberty is patented.
- Anglo-Zulu War begins - a British defeat at the Battle of Isandlwana is followed by a noted victory at Rorke's Drift.
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