The legislation was passed, allowing females to be appointed as bishops of The Church of England.
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Explorer David Livingstone became the first European to see Victoria Falls.
Writer, explorer, and courtier Sir Walter Raleigh went on trial for suspected treason.
An earthquake struck Valdivia, south-central Chile, which caused a tsunami that damaged Hawaii, French Polynesia, and Japan.
All of London's Jews (approx. 680) were accused and arrested for coin clipping and counterfeiting.
The Ottoman Empire ended when the last Sultan Mehmed VI was exiled to Malta on a British warship.
