1880—1880: Education Act: schooling compulsory for 5-10 year olds
1880—1880: Mosquito found to be the carrier of malaria
2 Aug 1880—2 Aug 1880: Greenwich Mean Time adopted throughout UK
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1881
1881—1881: Postal Orders introduced
1881—1881: Flogging abolished in Army and Royal Navy
Sep 1881—Sep 1881: Godalming in Surrey became the first town in England to have a public electricity
supply installed (but in 1884 it reverted to gas lighting until 1904)
1880 - 1881 (1 year)
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