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Events from the year 1891 in the United Kingdom.

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  • 14 February — In the FA Cup Quarter Final, a goal is deliberately stopped by handball on the goal line. An Indirect free kick is awarded, since the Penalty kick was proposed that year but not implemented. This event probably changed public opinion on the penalty kick, which was seen as 'an Irishman's motion' before. (See William McCrum.)
  • 9–12 March — The Great Blizzard of 1891 in the south and west of England leads to extensive snow drifts and powerful storms off the south coast, with 14 ships sunk and approximately 220 deaths attributed to the weather conditions.[1][2]
  • 17 March — The British steamship SS Utopia sinks in the inner harbour of Gibraltar after collision with the battleship HMS Anson, killing 564.[3]
  • 18 March — Official opening of the London-Paris telephone system.[4]
  • 1 April — The London-Paris telephone system is opened to the general public.[4]
  • 5 April — Census in the United Kingdom.
  • 25 June — Arthur Conan Doyle's detective Sherlock Holmes appears in the Strand Magazine for the first time.[4]

Undated

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References

  1. ^ Woodward, Antony; Penn, Robert (2007). The Wrong Kind of Snow. London: Hodder & Stoughton. ISBN 978-0-340-93787-7. 
  2. ^ Carter, Clive (1971). The Blizzard of '91. Newton Abbot: David & Charles. ISBN 0-7153-5137-0. 
  3. ^ 562 passengers and crew from Utopia and two rescue sailors from HMS Immortalité"The Dead of the Utopia". The New York Times. 20 March 1891. http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=F10D10F7345F10738DDDA90A94DB405B8185F0D3. Retrieved 28 October 2010. 
  4. ^ a b c Penguin Pocket On This Day. Penguin Reference Library. 2006. ISBN 0-14-102715-0. 
  5. ^ Palmer, Alan; Veronica (1992). The Chronology of British History. London: Century Ltd. pp. 318–319. ISBN 0-7126-5616-2. 
  6. ^ "Baptist History". Baptist Union of Great Britain. 2008. Archived from the original on 03 October 2010. http://www.baptist.org.uk/baptist_life/baptist_history.html. Retrieved 2010-09-15. 
  7. ^ Leavis, Q.D. (1965). Fiction and the Reading Public (2nd ed.). London: Chatto & Windus. 

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