| World History | Morley History | |
|---|---|---|
| First two-way telephone conversation | 1876 | Foundation stone of St Mary’s in the Wood on site of Old Chapel |
| Thomas Edison patents gramophone | 1878 | Joseph Whitwell erects rhubarb forcing sheds |
| Education Act | 1878 | |
| 1879 | First Morley school board elected | |
| Thomas Edison patents electric light bulb | 1880 | General election of 452 voters: 271 Lib and 129 Con |
| First stone of Peel Street Schools laid | 1880 | |
| 1880 | Morley market opened with big fete. Ben Worrall roasts bullock. | |
| First Kodak camera | 1881 | |
| 1883 | Morley Technical School opened. | |
| 1885 | Morley Cemetery Consecrated. | |
| 1885 | First Morley MP elected – Milnes Gaskell (Lib) 6,684, Dunnington Jefferson (Con) 3,177 | |
| 1885 | Charter of Incorporation as a Borough granted. | |
| 1886 | First Municipal Election | |
| 1886 | First Meeting of Town Council | |
| Queen Victoria’s Golden Jubilee | 1887 | |
| English Football League established | 1888 |