1909 in the United Kingdom
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Events from the year 1909 in the United Kingdom.
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[edit] Incumbents
- Monarch - Edward VII of the United Kingdom
- Prime Minister - H. H. Asquith, Liberal
[edit] Events
- 1 January - National old age pension scheme comes into force.[1]
- 9 January - Ernest Shackleton's Nimrod Expedition to the South Pole forced to turn back eleven miles from the pole.[2]
- 26 February - First film shown in colour using Kinemacolor at the Palace Theatre, London.[2]
- 10 March - Anglo-Siamese Treaty of 1909 signed in Bangkok.
- 15 March - Selfridges department store opens in London.[2]
- 16 March - Port of London Authority established.[2]
- 15 June - Representatives from England, Australia and South Africa meet at Lord's and form the Imperial Cricket Conference.
- 26 June - King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra open the Victoria and Albert Museum, designed by Aston Webb.[1]
- 23 August - The Secret Service Bureau counter-espionage unit (later known as MI5) is secretly established.[1]
- 3 September - the first Boy Scout rally held at The Crystal Palace in London.[2]
- 26 September - Force-feeding of hunger striking sufragettes begins.[1]
- 2 October - The first rugby football match played in Twickenham.
- 5 November - The first Woolworth's store in Britain opens in Liverpool.[2]
- 30 November - House of Lords rejects the Budget, forcing a general election.[1]
- 4 December - The University of Bristol was founded and received its Royal Charter.
- 7 December - South Africa granted dominion status.[1]
[edit] Publications
- H. G. Wells' novel Tono-Bungay.
[edit] Births
- 24 January - Martin Lings, Islamic scholar (died 2005)
- 1 March - David Niven, actor (died 1983)
- 30 April - F. E. McWilliam, sculptor (died 1992)
- 15 May - James Mason, actor (died 1984)
- 18 May - Fred Perry, tennis player (died 1995)
- 19 May - Nicholas Winton, humanitarian
- 20 May - Matt Busby, football manager (Manchester United) (died 1994)
- 7 June - Jessica Tandy, actress (died 1994)
- 28 June - Eric Ambler, novelist and playwright (died 1998)
- 28 July - Malcolm Lowry, novelist (died 1957)
- 30 July - C. Northcote Parkinson, historian and author (died 1993)
- 25 August - Michael Rennie, actor (died 1971)
- 14 September - Peter Scott, ornithologist and painter (died 1989)
- 28 October - Francis Bacon, painter (died 1992)
- 23 November - Nigel Tranter, historian and writer (died 2000)
- 23 December - Donald Coggan, Archbishop of Canterbury (died 2000)
[edit] Deaths
- 14 January - Arthur William a Beckett, journalist (born 1844)
- 10 April - Algernon Charles Swinburne, poet (born 1837)
- 31 May - Thomas Price, Welsh-born Prime Minister of South Australia (born 1852)
- June - Edward John Gregory, painter (born 1850)
- 1 August - Hugh Rowlands, first Welshman to win a VC (born 1828)
- 10 November - George Essex Evans, Welsh-Australian poet (born 1863)
- 11 December - Ludwig Mond, industrialist (born 1839)
- 13 December - Sir Alfred Lewis Jones, shipping magnate (born 1845)
