Historedia
Group or institution

British colonial authorities

Events
2
Episodes
2
Years
1870–1884

Every event in Historedia whose sources name British colonial authorities, 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. Female Infanticide Prevention Act 1870 passed in British India

    1870

    Role: Legislative enactment

    1. 1870 · British IndiaPassage of the Female Infanticide Prevention Act, 1870

      British colonial authorities passed Act VIII of 1870 to prevent the murder of female infants in British India.

  2. Hosay massacre at San Fernando and St Joseph, Trinidad

    1884

    Role: Suppressed the procession

    1. 30 October 1884 · Mon Repos, San FernandoShooting in San Fernando

      Colonial authorities fired buckshot into crowds of women, children, and men in Mon Repos, San Fernando, on 30 October 1884.

Sources

  1. Female Infanticide Prevention Act, 1870 Wikipedia, revision of 2026-03-25
  2. Hosay massacre Wikipedia, revision of 2026-06-17
  3. Hosay Wikipedia, revision of 2026-03-06