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Events from the year 1875 in the United Kingdom.

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1 January - Midland Railway abolishes Second Class passenger facilities, leaving First Class and Third Class. Other British Railway companies followed Midland's lead during the rest of the year. (Third Class was renamed Second Class in 1956).
1 April - The Times publishes the first daily weather map.^[1]
7 May - SS Schiller wrecks on rocks off the Isles of Scilly.
29 May - British Arctic Expedition: George Nares sets sail on an expedition to attempt to reach the North Pole via Smith Sound.
31 July - Public Health Act 1875 establishes a code of practice for sanitation across the country.^[2]
August - Scottish football team Hibernian F.C. founded.
13 August - Food and Drugs Act 1875 makes adulteration of food or drugs an offence.^[2]
25 August - Captain Matthew Webb becomes the first person to swim the English Channel.^[1]
September - Joseph Bazalgette completes the 30-year construction of London's sewer system.^[2]
6 December - passenger steamship Deutschland runs aground at Kentish Knock resulting in the death of 157 passengers and crew.

^ ^a ^b Penguin Pocket On This Day. Penguin Reference Library. 2006. ISBN 0-141-02715-0.
^ ^a ^b ^c Palmer, Alan & Veronica (1992). The Chronology of British History. London: Century Ltd. pp. 297–298. ISBN 0-7126-5616-2.