All times in UTC ·
Dashed edge = started before, or continues beyond, this day
Events on Friday 18 August 1882 1
1882Married Women's Property Act passedBritish law grants married women independent property rightsThe UK Parliament's Married Women's Property Act received royal assent on 18 August 1882, allowing married women in England and Wales to own, buy, and sell property in their own name. Previously a woman's property passed automatically to her husband on marriage. The act was a milestone in the legal recognition of women's independent status.