Historedia
Person

Barnes Peacock

Events
1
Episodes
2
Years
1860

Every event in Historedia whose sources name Barnes Peacock, with the role they cite and all of that event’s episodes. This is not a biography, and mentions are grouped by name, so two people with the same name can share this page.

Events and episodes

  1. Section 377 enacted in the British Indian Penal Code

    1860

    Role: Reviser of the Draft

    1. 1860 · British IndiaCodification of Unnatural Offences

      Section 377 codified 'carnal intercourse against the order of nature' in 1860, serving as a model for other colonies.

    2. 6 October 1860 · Calcutta, India (named-locality qualifier; no passage states the physical site of the legislative act)Enactment of Section 377

      The Indian Penal Code, including Section 377, was passed into law on 6 October 1860 after revision by Barnes Peacock.

Sources

  1. Indian Penal Code Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-25