4 July –
Lewis Carroll's children's book Alice's Adventures in Wonderland is published by
Macmillan in London for
Daresbury-born Oxford don Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (Carroll),[1][4] three years after it was first narrated to
Alice Liddell and her sisters. He and his illustrator,
John Tenniel, withdraw this edition from UK distribution[6] and the first trade editions are published on 26 November and released in December (dated 1866).
September –
John Henry Walsh (writing as 'Stonehenge' in the magazine The Field) gives the first definition of a
dog breed standard (for the
pointer) based on physical form.[8]
11 November –
Duar War with
Bhutan ends with the Treaty of Sinchula, in which Bhutan cedes control of its southern passes to Britain in return for an annual subsidy.[1]
16 December –
Edward John Eyre, governor of
Jamaica, dismissed and censured for his excessive actions during the suppression of the recent rebellion.[4]
Undated
Legal case of St Helen's Smelting Co v Tipping decided in the House of Lords: a landowner is entitled to recover damages for harm done to his trees by fumes from a copper smelter.[9]
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