13 January 1875Resignation of William Ewart GladstoneWilliam Ewart Gladstone
Gladstone resigns as Party Leader in the Commons
Historical records for Great Britain in 1875, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.
Gladstone resigns as Party Leader in the Commons
The Commons votes to exclude strangers by 1 vote
Charles Stewart Parnell is first elected to the House of Commons (the lower level of British legislature), as a Home Rule League Member of Parliament for Meath
Charles Stewart Parnell is first elected to the House of Commons (the lower level of British legislature), as a Home Rule League Member of Parliament for Meath
Rothschild arranges emergency financing enabling Disraeli's Government to purchase the Khedive's Suez Canal shares.
Receives notice that Ismail Pasha's Suez Canal shares are available and moves quickly to secure them for Britain.
Handles diplomatic arrangements after Disraeli decides to purchase the Egyptian shares in the Suez Canal Company.
Manages Treasury implications of the emergency Suez Canal share purchase arranged before parliamentary approval.
Purchases 40% Suez canal Company shares from the Khedive with a 4 million pounds Rothschild bank loan
Completes the purchase of Egypt's Suez Canal Company shares for £4,000,000 with Rothschild financing.
Purchases 40% Suez canal Company shares from the Khedive with a 4 million pound Rothschild bank loan
Approves Disraeli's rapid purchase of Suez Canal shares as a strategic imperial success.
Criticises the Suez Canal purchase for being made without prior parliamentary consent.
1st to swim the English Channel
Helps found Small Heath Alliance, later Birmingham City Football Club.
Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli was accused by William Ewart Gladstone of undermining Britain's constitutional system, because he had not referred to, or obtained consent from Parliament when purchasing the shares with funding from the Rothschilds
Elected Conservative Member of Parliament for Dublin University
Conducts survey work in Galilee as part of the wider mapping programme in Palestine.
The Free Church founds Livingstonion on the shores of Lake Nyasa
Completes the construction of the London Sewerage System
Appointed Lord of the Admiralty
Promotes municipal ownership of gas supply as part of Birmingham civic reform.
Appointed Solicitor General
External debts forced Said Pashas successor, Ismail Pasha, to sell his countrys share in the canal for £4,000,000 (about pounds 85.9 million in 2014) to the United Kingdom in 1875, but French shareholders still held the majority.
Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli was accused by William Ewart Gladstone of undermining Britain's constitutional system, because he had not referred to, or obtained consent from Parliament when purchasing the shares with funding from the Rothschilds.
Appointed Vice Admiral
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