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  • Death of 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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