1869 in the United Kingdom

Events from the year 1869 in the United Kingdom.

[edit] Incumbents

6 March - the first international cycle race is held at Crystal Palace, London.^[1]
26 July - Irish Church Act 1869 disestablishes the Church of Ireland.^[2]
27 August - University of Oxford win the first international boat race held on the River Thames against Harvard University.^[1]
11 October - Red River Rebellion against British forces in Canada.^[2]
16 October - England's first residential college for women, Girton College, is founded at Hitchin.
4 November - The first issue of scientific journal Nature is published.
19 November - Britain takes over administration of Canada from the Hudson Bay Company.^[2]
22 November - In Dumbarton, Scotland the clipper ship Cutty Sark is launched (it was one of the last clipper ships to be built, and the only one surviving to the present day).^[1]

^ ^a ^b ^c Penguin Pocket On This Day. Penguin Reference Library. 2006. ISBN 0-141-02715-0.
^ ^a ^b ^c Palmer, Alan & Veronica (1992). The Chronology of British History. London: Century Ltd. pp. 290-291. ISBN 0-7126-5616-2.