1 January 1887Rule of IndiaVictoria
Declared Empress of India by Disraeli
Historical records for Great Britain in 1887, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.
Declared Empress of India by Disraeli
Agreement between the powers maintaining the Mediterranean status quo against Turkey
Appointed Chief Secretary for Ireland
Irish Crimes Bill, trial by jury is suspended
Irish Crimes Bill, trial by jury is suspended
Hunter scores Villa's second goal in the 1887 FA Cup final.
Hodgetts scores Aston Villa's first goal in an FA Cup final.
Hunter captains Aston Villa to its first FA Cup after defeating West Bromwich Albion.
A meeting of Imperial Prime Minister's held in London
Parnell says the Times letter linking him to the Phoenix Park murders is a forgery. Accused by the British newspaper The Times of support for the brutal murders in May 1882 of the Chief Secretary for Ireland, Lord Cavendish and the Under Secretary Burke in Dublins Phoenix Park
The Congested Districts Board is set up to ease housing problems
Allows courts to revise unjust rents
Speaks during the London protest crisis.
Is arrested during the London protest.
Is arrested after the Trafalgar Square confrontation.
His government faces criticism after police violence in Trafalgar Square.
Leads protesters during the Trafalgar Square confrontation.
Leads unemployed and Irish nationalist demonstrators in London.
Protests against police violence after the Trafalgar Square clash.
Witnesses the protest and police confrontation.
Deploys police against the prohibited demonstration.
Born at St Mark's Vicarage, Kennington, London.
Publication of "Micah Clarke". Publication of "A Study In Scarlet", first of the Sherlock Holmes stories
Birth of Edward Hugh John Neale Dalton
Appointed Captain
Scott attends the Royal Naval College at Greenwich
Publication of "Facts for Socialists"
Publication of "Facts for Socialists"
Publication of "Micah Clarke". Publication of "A Study In Scarlet", first of the Sherlock Holmes stories
called "Bloody Balfour" by Irish Nationalists
Appointed to the Privy Council of Ireland
"Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely"
Scott attends the Royal Naval College at Greenwich
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