20 May – foundation stone laid for Truro Cathedral in Cornwall, the first to be built on a new site since the 13th century.[7]
15 July – an underground firedamp explosion at Risca Colliery in the Crosskeys district of Monmouthshire kills 120 coal miners[8][9] and 69 horses.[10]
27 July – Second Anglo-Afghan War: Afghan victory at the Battle of Maiwand.
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^"Charles Fuge Lowder". Project Canterbury. London: Catholic Literature Association. 1933. Retrieved 14 February 2021.