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Events from the year 1871 in the United Kingdom.
Incumbents Events - 1 January Disestablishment of the Church of Ireland by the Irish Church Act 1869 comes into effect.[1]
- 26 January Rugby Football Union established in London.[2]
- 10 February Great Gale in the North Sea: 28 ships wrecked and total fatalities are estimated at over fifty, including six crew of Bridlington life-boat Harbinger.
- 7 March First rugby international; Scotland v. England.[1]
- 13 March - Britain, Russia, France, Austria Turkey and Italy, agree to abrogate the 1856 Treaty of Paris ending Black Sea neutrality
- 21 March Marriage of Princess Louise to John Campbell, Marquess of Lorne, whose father, the 8th Duke of Argyll, is the serving Secretary of State for India.
- 29 March The Royal Albert Hall is opened by Queen Victoria.[2]
- 2 April Census in the United Kingdom, the first to record economic and mental status.
- 26 May Parliament passes the Bank Holidays Act creating four annual bank holidays (five in Scotland).[2]
- 29 May First bank holiday held on Whit Monday.[2]
- 18 June University Tests Act removes religious tests at Oxford, Cambridge and Durham.
- 29 June Trade unions legalised by act of parliament.[2]
- 20 July C. W. Alcock proposes that 'a Challenge Cup should be established in connection with the Association', giving birth to the FA Cup.[2]
- 17 August Regulation of the Forces Act centralises and regularises control of the British Army as part of the Cardwell Reforms, creating a structure of regional Brigade (Regimental) Districts.[1]
- 1 November Sale of commissions in the British Army abolished as part of the Cardwell Reforms.[3]
- 10 November Henry Morton Stanley locates missing explorer and missionary, Dr. David Livingstone in Ujiji, near Lake Tanganyika,[2] and greets him saying "Dr. Livingstone, I presume?"
- 25 November First performance of The Bells starring Henry Irving at the Lyceum Theatre, London.[4]
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