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Reform of Religious Tests

Great Britain · Government / Liberal Party Government. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1871Date range
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Chronological records

1871

William Ewart Gladstone1871

London · Government / Liberal Party Government

The Test Act forbids Oxford & Cambridge to make relgious tests for teaching posts. The Ecclesiastical Titles Act of 1851 is repealed

Names involved

William Ewart Gladstone

Provenance

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