January – at the end of the longest and most expensive lunacy case in English history, William Frederick Windham, heir to Felbrigg Hall in Norfolk, is declared to be of sound mind.[1][2]
30 June – 'Revised Code', introducing a system of 'payment by results' for elementary schools in England and Wales, begins to come into effect. Government aid is given in annual grants based upon attendance and proficiency of students, teacher qualifications, and the state of schools.[8][9][10]
11 October – Jessie M'Lachlan, having been found guilty in the Sandyford murder case in Glasgow, is to be hanged, but has her sentence commuted to life imprisonment.
4 November – Anne Knight, social reformer (b. 1786)
26 November – Julia Pardoe, novelist and historian (b. 1804)
17 December – Katherine Thomson, writing as Grace Wharton, novelist and historian (b. 1797)
19 December – Lucas Barrett, naturalist and geologist (b. 1837)
20 December – Robert Knox, Scottish surgeon, anatomist and zoologist (b. 1791)[17]
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