| Year Summary | The Monarch is Queen Victoria. Prime Minister is Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery (Liberal), then from 25 July it is Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury (Coalition). US President is Grover Cleveland (D-New York). The National Trust is founded. The FA Cup is stolen from a shop window in Birmingham and it is never recovered. The first professional American football game is played. English golfer Horace Rawlins wins the first U.S. Open golf tournament. H. G. Wells publishes <em>The Time Machine</em>. |
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