20 March

Arthur Orton is born in Wapping, east London, the son of a butcher.

Tichborne Claimant Convicted

A bankrupt butcher from Wagga Wagga said he was a lost English baronet. A grieving mother believed him; two juries and 188 court days did not.

The eighteenth and final part of the original serial is published.

Sweeney Todd Legend

The demon barber of Fleet Street was born in a penny serial in 1846. No record shows he ever lived, yet the 'true story' claim has never quite died.