10 August – the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge Act removes most restrictions limiting fellowships in colleges of the ancient universities to clergy of the
Church of England and permits fellows to marry.
23 August – the
Merchandise Marks Act obliges exporters to indicate the place of manufacture of their goods.
11 September – collision of two outward bound sailing ships, Shaw, Savill Line's Avalanche, bound from London to
Wellington, New Zealand, and the North American Forest Queen, in ballast for New York, off the
Isle of Portland; over 120 persons die from both ships with only 12 survivors.[6]
4 December – American suffragette
Victoria Woodhull delivers her first public lecture in London after she and her sister
Tennessee Claflin settle in England following their involvement in sensational legal cases in the United States.[1]
23 December –
Thomas Wright, antiquarian (born 1810)
References
^
abcdefghEverett, Jason M., ed. (2006).
"1877". The People's Chronology. Thomson Gale. Archived from
the original on 27 May 2007. Retrieved 26 May 2007.
^
abPenguin Pocket On This Day. Penguin Reference Library. 2006.
ISBN0-14-102715-0.
^Hay, Ann G. (1978). "Fyleman, Rose (Amy)". In Kirkpatrick, D.L. (ed.). Twentieth-century Children's Writers. London: Macmillan. p. 485.
ISBN978-0-33323-414-3.
10 August – the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge Act removes most restrictions limiting fellowships in colleges of the ancient universities to clergy of the
Church of England and permits fellows to marry.
23 August – the
Merchandise Marks Act obliges exporters to indicate the place of manufacture of their goods.
11 September – collision of two outward bound sailing ships, Shaw, Savill Line's Avalanche, bound from London to
Wellington, New Zealand, and the North American Forest Queen, in ballast for New York, off the
Isle of Portland; over 120 persons die from both ships with only 12 survivors.[6]
4 December – American suffragette
Victoria Woodhull delivers her first public lecture in London after she and her sister
Tennessee Claflin settle in England following their involvement in sensational legal cases in the United States.[1]
23 December –
Thomas Wright, antiquarian (born 1810)
References
^
abcdefghEverett, Jason M., ed. (2006).
"1877". The People's Chronology. Thomson Gale. Archived from
the original on 27 May 2007. Retrieved 26 May 2007.
^
abPenguin Pocket On This Day. Penguin Reference Library. 2006.
ISBN0-14-102715-0.
^Hay, Ann G. (1978). "Fyleman, Rose (Amy)". In Kirkpatrick, D.L. (ed.). Twentieth-century Children's Writers. London: Macmillan. p. 485.
ISBN978-0-33323-414-3.