Part 37

=60=--Mr. Peabody thanked by H. M. the Queen for his munificent gifts to the poor of London Mar. 28, 1866

61--Government requires Electric Telegraph July 31, 1868

62--University of Edinburgh admits women to the study of medicine Oct. 27, 1869

63--Act for the abolition of imprisonment for debt comes into effect Jan. 1, 1870

64--Prof. Tyndall traces propagation of disease by dust and germs floating in the air Jan. 14, 1870

65--Prince of Wales attacked with typhoid fever Nov. 23, 1871

66--Geneva Convention awards the United States of America, on account of Alabama Claims, £3,000,000 against Great Britain Sept.14, 1873

67--Miss Richards, of Stapleton, walked 1000 miles in 1000 consecutive hours June 29, 1874

68--Captain Boynton crosses English Channel (second attempt) in his swimming dress May 28, 1875

69--British Museum lighted by electricity Oct. 20, 1879

=70=--Tay Bridge disaster Dec. 28, 1879

71--Death of Mrs. Mary Ann Cross (George Eliot) Nov. 22, 1880

72--International Medical Congress in London; 2000 doctors from all parts of the world Aug. 3, 1881

73--Greenwich Observatory changed mode of reckoning time; commencing at midnight as in the case of civil time Jan. 1, 1885

74--First complete copy of Revised Bible presented to H. M. The Queen May 15, 1885

75--Sixpenny Telegrams introduced Oct. 1, 1885

76--By Pope's special authority the Queen visits the Monastery of the Grande Chartreuse Apr. 23, 1887

77--Queen's Jubilee; 50th Anniversary June 20, 1887

78--The "Times" Newspaper celebrates its 100th Anniversary Jan. 1, 1888

79--First of 10 victims of "Jack the Ripper," Whitechapel, London Aug. 29, 1888

=80=--Henry Irving, Miss Terry and Lyceum Co., play at Sandringham, before the Queen, Royal Family and Guests Apr. 26, 1889

81--Lord Mayor of London, Cardinal Manning and Bishop of London, constitute a Board of Conciliation in the great Dock Strike Sept. 5, 1889

82--Sir E. Guinness gives £250,000 for the erection of dwellings for the poor of London and Dublin Nov. 19, 1889

83--Great Speech of Sir William Harcourt on Free Education in Scotland Aug. 1, 1890

84--Death of Cardinal Newman Aug. 11, 1890

85--Funeral of Charles Bradlaugh Feb. 3, 1891

86--Loss of s.s. "Utopia," off Gibraltar, 600 lives lost Mar. 17, 1891

87--International Postal Congress May 23, 1891