In 1874, Queen Victoria had been Queen for 37 years; New York City annexed an area called The Bronx; the first football team on the continental mainland of Europe in Dresden is formed; some noticeable people were born; Ernest Shackleton, Gertrude Stein, Harry Houdini, G.K. Chesterton, W. Churchill and Nance O’Neil and it also saw the death of Chang and Eng Bunker! However, most importantly for this article The House of Keys, lower house of the Tynwald, the legislature of the

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