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Events from the year 1870 in the United Kingdom.

[edit] Incumbents

5 March - First ever international football match takes place under the approval of the Football Association at the Oval, London.
19 May - The Home Government Association is established in Ireland by Isaac Butt to argue for devolution for Ireland and repeal of the Act of Union 1800.^[1]
2 June - Competitive examination for entry to the British civil service introduced.^[2]
2 August - opening of Tower Subway, the world's first underground railway under the River Thames.^[3]
4 August - the British Red Cross established by Lord Wantage.^[3]
9 August
- The Elementary Education Act 1870 drafted by William Edward Forster MP encourages elementary education.^[1]^[3]
- Married Women's Property Act confirms that wives may own property of their own.^[2]
1 October - postcards and halfpenny postage stamps introduced by the Post Office.^[3]

Serialisation of Charles Dickens' novel The Mystery of Edwin Drood, incomplete due to his death on 9 June.

^ ^a ^b Williams, Hywel (2005). Cassell's Chronology of World History. Weidenfeld & Nicolson. pp. 422–423. ISBN 0-304-35730-8.
^ ^a ^b ^c Palmer, Alan & Veronica (1992). The Chronology of British History. London: Century Ltd. pp. 291–292. ISBN 0-7126-5616-2.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Penguin Pocket On This Day. Penguin Reference Library. 2006. ISBN 0-141-02715-0.