11 February – the lowest ever UK temperature of −27.2 °C (−17.0 °F) is recorded at
Braemar, in
Aberdeenshire. This record is equalled in
1982, and again in
1995.
25 January – first international
hockey match: Wales v. Ireland.[6]
6 February –
Pope Leo XIII issues a decree blessing the Marian image of
Our Lady of Walsingham for Catholic veneration at her newly restored shrine.
11 February – the lowest ever UK temperature of −27.2 °C (measured as −17 °F) is recorded at
Braemar in
Aberdeenshire. (This
UK Weather Record is equalled in 1982 and again in 1995.)
3–5 April – libel case of Wilde v Queensberry at the
Old Bailey in London: Queensberry, defended by
Edward Carson, is acquitted. Evidence of
Wilde's
homosexual relationships with young men renders him liable to criminal prosecution under the
Labouchere Amendment, while the
Libel Act 1843 renders him legally liable for the considerable expenses Queensberry has incurred in his defence, leaving Wilde penniless.
6 April – Oscar Wilde is arrested at the Cadogan Hotel, London, for "unlawfully committing acts of gross indecency with certain male persons" and detained on
remand in
Holloway Prison.
15 April – the
Welsh Grand Nationalsteeplechase is run for the first time, at
Ely Racecourse, Cardiff. A huge crowd breaks down barriers and almost overwhelms police trying to keep out gatecrashers.[13] Deerstalker is the winner but the horse Barmecide breaks its neck.[14]
April –
First-class cricket as defined by the
MCC is first played in England from this season.
^"In the Beginning – 1800s". Official Website. Bolton Wanderers Football Club. 7 June 2005. Archived from
the original on 22 July 2012. Retrieved 18 June 2012.
11 February – the lowest ever UK temperature of −27.2 °C (−17.0 °F) is recorded at
Braemar, in
Aberdeenshire. This record is equalled in
1982, and again in
1995.
25 January – first international
hockey match: Wales v. Ireland.[6]
6 February –
Pope Leo XIII issues a decree blessing the Marian image of
Our Lady of Walsingham for Catholic veneration at her newly restored shrine.
11 February – the lowest ever UK temperature of −27.2 °C (measured as −17 °F) is recorded at
Braemar in
Aberdeenshire. (This
UK Weather Record is equalled in 1982 and again in 1995.)
3–5 April – libel case of Wilde v Queensberry at the
Old Bailey in London: Queensberry, defended by
Edward Carson, is acquitted. Evidence of
Wilde's
homosexual relationships with young men renders him liable to criminal prosecution under the
Labouchere Amendment, while the
Libel Act 1843 renders him legally liable for the considerable expenses Queensberry has incurred in his defence, leaving Wilde penniless.
6 April – Oscar Wilde is arrested at the Cadogan Hotel, London, for "unlawfully committing acts of gross indecency with certain male persons" and detained on
remand in
Holloway Prison.
15 April – the
Welsh Grand Nationalsteeplechase is run for the first time, at
Ely Racecourse, Cardiff. A huge crowd breaks down barriers and almost overwhelms police trying to keep out gatecrashers.[13] Deerstalker is the winner but the horse Barmecide breaks its neck.[14]
April –
First-class cricket as defined by the
MCC is first played in England from this season.
^"In the Beginning – 1800s". Official Website. Bolton Wanderers Football Club. 7 June 2005. Archived from
the original on 22 July 2012. Retrieved 18 June 2012.