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| 141 | 1897 | <strong>In the UK</strong>: The Monarch was Queen Victoria, who on Jun 22nd will celebrate her Diamond Jubilee, the first British Monarch to rule for more than 60 years. The Prime Minister is Robert Cecil, Marquess of Salisbury (Conservative). J. J. Thomson first announces his discovery of the electron. <em>Country Life</em> magazine is first published. Bram Stoker releases the novel '<em>Dracula</em>'. H. G. Wells publishes '<em>The Invisible Man</em>'.<br /><strong>In the USA</strong>: US President is Grover Cleveland (D-New York). On 4 March, William McKinley is sworn in as the 25th President of the United States. The first Boston Marathon is run. Thomas Edison gets a patent for the <em>Kinetoscope</em>, a type of early movie projector. | 26-Jul-2023 12:53 | |
| 142 | 1898 | The Monarch is Queen Victoria. Prime Minister is Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury (Coalition). US President is William McKinley (R-Ohio). Harrods in Knightsbridge install UK's first (stepless) escalator. H. G. Wells publishes <em>The War of the Worlds</em>. | 19-Sep-2020 14:32 | |
| 143 | 1899 | The Monarch is Queen Victoria. Prime Minister is Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury (Coalition). US President is William McKinley (R-Ohio). Second Boer War begins. Marconi transmits a radio signal across the English channel. School leaving age in England and Wales raised to twelve. Produced for the first time are Liquorice allsorts and Oxo beef stock cubes. | 19-Sep-2020 14:32 | |
| 144 | 1900 | Queen Victoria is Monarch, Prime Minister is Robert Cecil, Marquess of Salisbury (Conservative). British Forces are engaged in the Second Boer War. The Daily Express newspaper is published for the first time. Winston Churchill is elected Member of Parliament for Oldham. The horse <em>Diamond Jubilee</em> wins the English Triple Crown by finishing first in the Epsom Derby, 2,000 Guineas and St Leger, ridden by Herbert Jones. 1900 is <em>not</em> a leap year, although 1896 and 1904 are; the rule is that century dates have to be divisable by 400. | 12-Jun-2017 20:01 | |
| 145 | 1901 | Queen Victoria died on 22 January, aged 81 years old and has reigned nearly 64 years. Her eldest son, The Prince Albert Edward, Prince of Wales becomes King Edward VII. The Prime Minister is Robert Cecil, Marquess of Salisbury (Conservative). Alexandra Palace opens. Robert Falcon Scott sets sail on the RRS Discovery to explore the Ross Sea in Antarctica. Engineer Hubert Cecil Booth patents the electrically powered vacuum cleaner. The Royal Navy's first submarine, <em>Holland 1</em>, launched. Frank Hornby of Liverpool is granted a patent for the construction toy that will become Meccano (Hornby also made train sets). Guglielmo Marconi receives the first trans-Atlantic radio signal, sent from Poldhu in Cornwall to Newfoundland, the letter "S" in Morse. Imperial Tobacco founded by W. H. Wills. H. G. Wells' publishs <em>The First Men in the Moon.</em> | 12-Jun-2017 16:38 | |
| 146 | 1902 | The Monarch is Edward VII, who has his Coronation at Westminster Abbey. Lord Salisbury retires as Prime Minister due to ill health and is succeeded by his nephew Arthur Balfour. Lord Salisbury will be the last person to have sat in the House of Lords as Prime Minister. The first Borstal youth detention centre is opened at Borstal, Kent. Second Boer War continues, and not always well for Britain. Manchester United Football Club is formed by John Henry Davies in a name change from Newton Heath. In the Discovery Expedition, Scott, Shackleton and Wilson reach the furthest southern point ever eached by man up until then, south of 82°S. The British Army adopts a dark khaki replacing the traditional red coat. Marmite is first produced. Arthur Conan Doyle publishes <em>The Hound of the Baskervilles</em>, Rudyard Kipling <em>Just So Stories</em> and Beatrix Potter <em>Tale of Peter Rabbit</em> with her own colour illustrations. | 17-Apr-2018 11:38 | |
| 147 | 1903 | Monarch is King Edward VII who is proclaimed Emperor of India. Prime Minister is Arthur Balfour (Conservative). Theodore Roosevelt is US President. Daily Mirror launched as a newspaper for women, run by women. "Typhoo Tipps" tea first marketed. Rock Sand wins the English Triple Crown by winning the Epsom Derby, 2,000 Guineas and St Leger. | 12-Jun-2017 20:33 | |
| 148 | 1904 | Monarch is Edward VII, Prime Minister is Arthur Balfour (Conservative) and Theodore Roosevelt is US President. Number plates are introduced for cars, which must adhere to a speed limit of 20 miles per hour. Frederick Henry Royce meets Charles Stewart Rolls to discuss Rolls-Royce. 1904 Summer Olympics in St. Louis, Missouri. Peter Pan is on the stage. 1904 is a leap year. | 12-Jun-2017 20:36 | |
| 149 | 1905 | Monarch is Edward VII. Prime Minister is Arthur Balfour (Conservative) but is outed by Henry Campbell-Bannerman (Liberal) who wins the general election with a large majority. Theodore Roosevelt is US President. Alf Common becomes the first £1,000 footballer in his transfer from Sheffield United to Middlesbrough. The AA (Automobile Association) is formed. Aspirin sold for the first time. | 12-Jun-2017 20:39 | |
| 150 | 1906 | Monarch is Edward VII and Prime Minister is Henry Campbell-Bannerman (Liberal). Rolls-Royce Limited is registered. Suffragettes disrupt the State Opening of Parliament. Theodore Roosevelt is US Preesident. | 12-Jun-2017 20:40 | |
| 151 | 1907 | Monarch is Edward VII and Prime Minister is Henry Campbell-Bannerman (Liberal). Theodore Roosevelt is US President. The Old Bailey criminal court opens in London. First taxicabs with taximeters operate in London. Baden-Powell leads the first Scout camp on Brownsea Island. RMS Lusitania sets out on her maiden voyage from Liverpool to New York. The Cullinan Diamond is presented to King Edward VII on his 66th birthday. Florence Nightingale becomes the first woman to receive the Order of Merit, awarded for her nursing work during the Crimean War. The Companies Act introduces an explicit distinction between private and public companies. | 12-Jun-2017 20:43 | |
| 152 | 1908 | Monarch is Edward VII. Henry Campbell-Bannerman (Liberal) is replaced as Prime Minister by H. H. Asquith (Liberal). Theodore Roosevelt is US President. Manchester United secure the Football League First Division title The first major trophy. 1908 Summer Olympics held at the White City Stadium, London. American-born Samuel F. Cody makes the first powered fixed-wing aircraft flight in Britain. Kenneth Grahame publishes <em>The Wind in the Willows</em>. First issue of <em>The Magnet</em>, featuring a story of Greyfriars School by Frank Richards. | 12-Jun-2017 20:46 | |
| 153 | 1909 | Monarch is Edward VII. Prime Minister is H. H. Asquith (Liberal). Theodore Roosevelt is replaced by the 27th President William Howard Taft. The FA Cup final is won by Manchester United for the first time, as they beat Bristol City 1–0 at Crystal Palace. Louis Blériot flies a Blériot XI monoplane across the English Channel from Calais to Dover, winning a prize of £1000 from the Daily Mail. The first Woolworths appear in the UK. | 12-Jun-2017 20:48 | |
| 154 | 1910 | King Edward VII died and George V became Monarch. Prime Minister H. H. Asquith (Liberal) remained in office after the general election. The second general election of 1910 was held for the electorate to resolve the battle of wills between the Houses of Commons and Lords. The US President was William Howard Taft. Old Trafford, the largest football stadium in England with an 80,000 capacity, is opened. Girl Guides' Association founded. 'Fowler's match': the Eton v Harrow cricket match at Lord's said to be the greatest of all time. | 19-Sep-2020 14:32 | |
| 155 | 1911 | Monarch is George V; Prime Minister is H. H. Asquith (Liberal); US President is William Howard Taft. The Coronation of George V and Queen Mary at Westminster Abbey, London. The 1911 census is taken. The first electric escalators installed at Earl's Court tube station in London. Suffragettes storm Parliament in London. Concise Oxford English Dictionary first edition published. | 12-Jun-2017 21:07 | |
| 156 | 1912 | George V reigns and H.H. Asquith (Liberal) is Prime Minister. US President is William Howard Taft (R-Ohio). The World is in shock after the Titanic sinks on its maiden voyage. British polar explorer Robert Falcon Scott and team reach the South Pole to find that Roald Amundsen had beaten them to it. Captain Lawrence Oates, ill member of Scott's South Pole expedition sacrifices himself by leaving the tent saying, "I am just going outside and may be some time." He is not seen again. Captain Scott and the rest of his team also perish in the Antarctic. Back home, Suffragettes cause trouble, National Insurance Payments are introduced and the University Boat race is abandoned when both boats sink. The Olympics are in Stockholm. First year of the Blackpool illuminations. | 19-Sep-2020 14:32 | |
| 157 | 1913 | Monarch is George V and Prime Minster is H.H. Asquith (Liberal). US President is William Howard Taft (R-Ohio) then on 4th March is Woodrow Wilson (D-New Jersey). The National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies, better known as suffragettes, hold large rallies. The invention of stainless steel by Harry Brearley in Sheffield, and concurrently in the USA by Elwood Haynes. R. J. Reynolds introduces Camel, the first packaged cigarette. | 19-Sep-2020 14:32 | |
| 158 | 1914 | The Monarch is King George V. Prime Minister is H. H. Asquith (Liberal). US President is Woodrow Wilson (Democrat). World War One starts; on the 4th August 11.00pm Britain declares war on Germany after the German Army invades neutral Belgium; the Royal Navy is in action the very next day. By the end of the year the War was already claiming thousands of lives. Sir Ernest Shackleton sets sail on the Endurance from Plymouth in an attempt to cross Antarctica. Although Edward VII died in 1910, the start of WWI is taken as the end of the Edwardian Era. | 19-Sep-2020 14:32 | |
| 159 | 1915 | The Monarch is King George V. Prime Minister is H. H. Asquith (Liberal, then Coalition from 25 May). US President is Woodrow Wilson (D-New Jersey). World War I gains pace, sadly with many atrocities. German Zeppelins bomb UK cities and towns. RMS Lusitania sunk on passage from New York to Britain by a German U-boat killing 1,198. | 19-Sep-2020 14:32 | |
| 160 | 1918 | The Monarch is King George V. Prime Minister is David Lloyd George (Coalition). US President is Woodrow Wilson (D-New Jersey). On 11 November World War I finally ends with Germany signing an armistice agreement with the Allies. Representation of the People Act gives women the vote provided they are over 30. The Royal Flying Corps and the Royal Naval Air Service are merged to form the Royal Air Force. The GPO (General Post Office) raises ordinary letter rate to 1½d, ending the Uniform Penny Post which had existed since 1840. | 19-Sep-2020 14:32 |