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Benjamin Disraeli buys for Britain a controlling share in the Suez Canal, with money borrowed from Lionel Nathan de Rothschild
Slavery is finally made illegal in the Portuguese empire
An agreement is signed between France and Britain to cooperate in the construction of a tunnel beneath the Channel
Henry James's early novel Roderick Hudson is serialized in the Atlantic Monthly and is published in book form in 1876
Turkish irregular soldiers, the ferocious bashibazouks, massacre some 15,000 Bulgarian civilians
The chaotic government finances of Egypt are placed under joint French and British control
William Gladstone's pamphlet Bulgarian Horrors, protesting at massacre by the Turks, sells 200,000 copies within a month
Henry James moves to London, which remains his home for the next 22 years
India becomes the 'jewel in the crown' of Queen Victoria when Benjamin Disraeli secures for her the title Empress of India
English poet Gerard Manley Hopkins develops a new verse form that he calls 'sprung rhythm'
Russian composer Pyotr Tchaikovsky begins an intense correspondence with a wealthy patron, Nadezhda von Meck
George Eliot publishes Daniel Deronda, contrasting Jewish idealism with upper-class English materialism
English cricketer W.G. Grace scores a record 344 runs, playing for the Marylebone Cricket Club against Kent at Canterbury
Lewis Carroll publishes The Hunting of the Snark, a poem about a voyage in search of an elusive mythical creature
Leopold II hosts a conference in Brussels on the subject of opening up the African continent
The first Test match is played in Melbourne between English and Australian cricket teams, with victory going to Australia
Britain annexes the Boer republic in the Transvaal
The ballet Swan Lake, with choreography by Julius Wenzel Reisinger to music by Tchaikovsky, has its premiere at the Bolshoi in Moscow
The first lawn-tennis championships are organized by the All-England Croquet Club at Wimbledon
Stanley completes his exploration of the Congo, reaching the Atlantic coast at Boma after a three-year journey
George Eliot is devastated by the death from cancer of G.H. Lewes, her partner of 25 years
On a wave of jingoism Benjamin Disraeli sends six British ironclads, in support of Turkey, to confront the Russians near Istanbul
William Crookes develops a special tube, now known as the Crookes tube, for the study of cathode rays
Romania achieves a new status as an internationally recognized independent nation
English-born US photographer Eadweard Muybridge publishes closely linked photographs revealing how a horse goes through its paces
