1892 in the United Kingdom

Events from the year 1892 in the United Kingdom.

Incumbents

*Monarch - Victoria of the United Kingdom
*Prime Minister - Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury, Conservative (until 11 August), William Gladstone, Liberal Party

Events

* 14 January - Death of Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence, second in line heir to the throne of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. Next in line is his younger brother Prince George of Wales.
* 15 March - Liverpool Football Club founded by John Houlding, the owner of Anfield. Houlding decided to form his own team after Everton left Anfield in an argument over rent.
* 19 May - British troops defeat Ijebu infantry at the battle of Yemoja river, in modern-day Nigeria, using a maxim gun.
* 22 May - British conquest of Ijebu-Ode marks major extension of colonial power into Nigerian interior.
* 24 May - Prince George of Wales becomes Duke of York.
* 4 July-18 July - General election: Unionist government loses its majority, but remains in office.cite book |last=Palmer |first=Alan & Veronica |year=1992 |title= The Chronology of British History|publisher= Century Ltd|location=London|pages= 319-320|isbn= 0-7126-5616-2]
* 18 August - William Ewart Gladstone becomes Prime Minister at head of Liberal government with Irish Nationalist Party support. [ [http://www.number-10.gov.uk/output/Page145.asp PMs in history William Ewart Gladstone, Number 10 Downing Street website] ]
* 31 October - Arthur Conan Doyle publishes "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes".
* December - Following a merger of Newcastle East Football Club and Newcastle West Football Club earlier that year, a new name was given to the club: Newcastle United Football Club.

Undated

* Abu Dhabi becomes a British protectorate.
* The Community of the Resurrection, an Anglican religious community for men, was founded by Charles Gore and Walter Frere.

Publications

* Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes collection "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes".
* George and Weedon Grossmith's novel "Diary of a Nobody".
* Rudyard Kipling's poetry collection "Barrack-Room Ballads".

Births

* 3 January - J. R. R. Tolkien, professor and author of The Lord of the Rings (died 1973)
* 9 March - Vita Sackville-West, poet, novelist and gardener (died 1962)
* 13 April - Arthur Travers Harris, Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief of RAF Bomber Command during World War 2 (died 1984)
* 3 May - George Paget Thomson, physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1975)
* 11 May - Margaret Rutherford, actress (died 1972)
* 13 June - Basil Rathbone, actor (died 1967)
* 8 July - Richard Aldington, poet (died 1962)
* 11 August - Hugh MacDiarmid, poet (died 1978)
* 6 September - Edward Victor Appleton, physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1965)
* 5 November - J. B. S. Haldane, geneticist (died 1964)
* 6 December - Osbert Sitwell, writer (died 1969)
* 21 December - Rebecca West, writer (died 1983)

Deaths

* 14 January - Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence, second in line for the throne of the United Kingdom (born 1864)
* 21 January - John Couch Adams, astronomer (born 1819)
* 31 January - Charles Spurgeon, preacher (born 1834)
* 19 April - T. Pelham Dale, Anglo-Catholic clergyman prosecuted for Ritualist practices in the 1870s (born 1821)
* 18 July - Thomas Cook, tourist pioneer (born 1808)
* 11 December - William Milligan, theologian (born 1821)

References

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