1901 in the United Kingdom
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Events from the year 1901 in the United Kingdom.
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[edit] Incumbents
- Monarch - Victoria of the United Kingdom (until 22 January), Edward VII of the United Kingdom
- Prime Minister - Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury, Conservative
[edit] Events
- 1 January
- The British colonies of New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria and Western Australia federate as the Commonwealth of Australia.[1] Edmund Barton becomes first Prime Minister.
- Nigeria becomes a British protectorate.
- 22 January - Queen Victoria dies at Osborne House.[2] Her eldest son, Prince Albert Edward, Prince of Wales becomes King, reigning as Edward VII. His son, Prince George, Duke of York becomes Duke of Cornwall.
- 2 February - Funeral of Queen Victoria takes place at St. George's Chapel, Windsor Castle.
- 18 May - Alexandra Palace opened to the public.[2]
- 12 July - Maidenhead enters the UK Weather Records with the Highest 60-min total rainfall at 92 mm. As of July 2006 this record remains.
- 22 July - The House of Lords rules in the Taff Vale case that trade unions can be held liable for damages caused by members.[3]
- 5 August - Britain's first cinema opens in Islington.[2]
- 6 August - Discovery Expedition: Robert Falcon Scott sets sail on the RRS Discovery to explore the Ross Sea in Antarctica.
- 30 August - Engineer Hubert Cecil Booth patents the electrically-powered vacuum cleaner.[2]
- 7 September - The United Kingdom is amongst the signatories of the Boxer Protocol ending the Boxer Rebellion in China.[2]
- October - first performance of Edward Elgar's Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1 in Liverpool.[3]
- 2 October - Royal Navy's first submarine, Holland 1, launched at Barrow.
- 9 November - Prince George, Duke of Cornwall becomes Prince of Wales and Earl of Chester.
- 18 November - The United Kingdom and United States sign the Hay-Pauncefote Treaty allowing the US to build a canal through Panama.[3]
[edit] Undated
- Winston Churchill enters the House of Commons.
- Imperial Tobacco founded by William Henry Wills.[3]
- Electric trams introduced in London, Glasgow, and Portsmouth.[4]
[edit] Ongoing events
- Second Boer War (1899–1902)
[edit] Publications
- Rudyard Kipling's novel Kim.
- H. G. Wells' novel The First Men in the Moon.
[edit] Births
- 13 February - Lewis Grassic Gibbon, writer (died 1935)
- 12 June - Norman Hartnell, fashion designer (died 1979)
- 9 July - Barbara Cartland, novelist (died 2000)
- 15 September - Donald Bailey, engineer (died 1985)
- 17 September - Francis Chichester, aviator and sailor (died 1972)
- 28 November - Edwina Mountbatten, Countess Mountbatten of Burma (died 1960)
- 25 December - Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester (died 2004)
[edit] Deaths
- 22 January - Queen Victoria (born 1819)
- 3 April - Richard D'Oyly Carte, theatrical impresario (born 1844)
- 5 August - Victoria, Empress of Germany, eldest daughter of Queen Victoria (born 1840)
- 6 November - Kate Greenaway, children's book illustrator and writer (born 1846)
- 30 November - Edward John Eyre, explorer (born 1815)
- 1 December - George Lohmann, English cricketer (tuberculosis) (born 1865)
- John Jabez Edwin Mayall, photographer (born 1813)
[edit] References
- ^ Australia entry at The World Factbook
- ^ a b c d e (2006) Penguin Pocket On This Day. Penguin Reference Library. ISBN 0-141-02715-0.
- ^ a b c d Williams, Hywel (2005). Cassell's Chronology of World History. Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 459–460. ISBN 0-304-35730-8.
- ^ Palmer, Alan & Veronica (1992). The Chronology of British History. London: Century Ltd, 331-332. ISBN 0-7126-5616-2.
