1877 in the United Kingdom
overview of United Kingdom-related events during the year of 1877
Events from the year 1877 in the United Kingdom.
Incumbents
Monarch – Victoria
Prime Minister – Benjamin Disraeli (Conservative)
Events
1 January – Queen Victoria is proclaimed Empress of India by the Royal Titles Act 1876.
March – The Nineteenth Century magazine is founded in London.
8 March – in an explosion at Worcester Colliery, Swansea, 17 men are killed.
12 March – Britain annexes Walvis Bay in South Africa.
14 March – former Argentine dictator Juan Manuel de Rosas dies in exile in Southampton.
15 March – English cricket team in Australia and New Zealand in 1876–77: the first Test cricket match takes place between England and Australia.
22 March – the Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings is established by William Morris and others meeting in Bloomsbury.
24 March – for the only time in history, the Boat Race between the Cambridge University and Oxford University Boat Clubs is declared a "dead heat" (i.e. a draw).
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