Drayton, Eleanor

Female 1879 - 1882  (3 years)  


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   Date  Event(s)
1879 
  • 18 Sep 1879—18 Sep 1879: Blackpool illuminations switched on for first time
1880 
  • 1880—1880: Education Act: schooling compulsory for 5-10 year olds
  • 1880—1880: Mosquito found to be the carrier of malaria
  • 2 Aug 1880—2 Aug 1880: Greenwich Mean Time adopted throughout UK
1881 
  • 1881—1881: Postal Orders introduced
  • 1881—1881: Flogging abolished in Army and Royal Navy
  • Sep 1881—Sep 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 Oct 1881—26 Oct 1881: Gunfight at OK Corral
1882 
  • 1882—1882: Fourth Eddystone Lighthouse completed