10 January 1863London UndergroundWilliam Ewart Gladstone
Opens the London Underground
Historical records for Great Britain in 1863, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.
Opens the London Underground
Fowler helps open the Metropolitan Railway, the world's first underground passenger railway.
Birth of David Lloyd George
Marries Alexandra, eldest daughter of King Christian IX of Denmark
Appointed Lieutenant Colonel with a force of 4,000 Chinese
Death of James Bruce
Income tax was reduced to ninepence (pounds 00s9d) in 1861; in 1863 to sevenpence; in 1864 to fivepence; and in 1865 to fourpence
British troops withdraw but Palmerston gives moral support to Napoleon III
Pataents a locomotive with pivoting driving bogies to take tight curves
Publication of "Mans Place in Nature", expounds his theory of evolution
Publication of "Mans Place in Nature", expounds his theory of evolution
Elected Member of Parliament
Elected a Fellow of the Royal Society
Publication of "Utilitarianism"
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