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The Housemans of Nidderdale
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 1875 - 1882 (7 years) Submit Photo / Document
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| 1 | 1875 | - 1875—1875: London's main sewage system completed
- 1 January 1875—1 January 1875: Midland Railway abolishes Second Class passenger facilities, leaving First Class and Third Class. Other British railway companies followed during the rest of the year. (Third Class was renamed Second Class in 1956)
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| 2 | 1876 | - 14 February 1876—14 February 1876: Alexander Graham Bell and Elisha Gray each file a patent for the telephone - Bell awarded the rights
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| 3 | 1877 | - 1877—1877: Edison invents microphone and phonograph
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| 4 | 1878 | - 1878—1878: Edison & Swan invent electric lamp
- 1878—1878: Red Flag Act in Britain limits mechanical road vehicles to 4mph
- 1878—1878: CID established at New Scotland Yard
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| 5 | 1879 | - 18 September 1879—18 September 1879: Blackpool illuminations switched on for first time
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| 6 | 1880 | - 1880—1880: Education Act: schooling compulsory for 5-10 year olds
- 1880—1880: Mosquito found to be the carrier of malaria
- 2 August 1880—2 August 1880: Greenwich Mean Time adopted throughout UK
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| 7 | 1881 | - 1881—1881: Postal Orders introduced
- 1881—1881: Flogging abolished in Army and Royal Navy
- September 1881—September 1881: Godalming in Surrey became the first town in England to have a public electricity
supply installed (but in 1884 it reverted to gas lighting until 1904)
- 26 October 1881—26 October 1881: Gunfight at OK Corral
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| 8 | 1882 | - 1882—1882: Fourth Eddystone Lighthouse completed
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