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.
↑ Berry, George (1970). Discovering Schools. Tring: Shire Publications. ISBN0-85263-091-3.
↑ "Leader". The Times. No.24364. London. 30 September 1862. p.6.
↑ Arnold, Matthew; Great Britain. Education Dept; Marvin, Francis Sydney (1908). Reports on elementary schools 1852-1882. University of California Libraries. London, Printed for H. M. Stationery Office, by Wyman and sons, limited.
↑ Davies, Mark J. (2010). Alice in Waterland: Lewis Carroll and the River Thames in Oxford. Oxford: Signal Books. ISBN978-1-904955-72-6.
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