Important Dates in British History - a timeline
Here are events from 1850 that have shaped Britain and its peoples and affected its history. If you feel we have left something out please don't hesitate to let us know.
More dates from British history
On this day:
Launch of BBC2 - 1964, Enoch Powells Rivers of Blood Speech - 1968, Sinclair ZX Spectrum Launched - 1982
Famous and historic events from 1850
Opening of Menai Bridge
Tennyson becomes Poet laureate
Famous Britons born in 1850
Augustine Birrell
Edward Sharpey-Schafer
George Beilby
Ian MacLaren
Jesse Boot
John Milne
Lord Kitchener
Robert Louis Stevenson
Sidney Thomas
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