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| 161 | 1889 | The British Monarch was Queen Victoria. The Prime Minister is Robert Cecil, Marquess of Salisbury (Conservative). In the USA, Benjamin Harrison is inaugurated as 23rd president, replacing Grover Cleveland. Birmingham (UK) is granted City status. Jerome K. Jerome writes <em>Three Men in a Boat</em>. Wisden Cricketers' Almanack publishes its first Wisden Cricketers of the Year (actually called Six Great Bowlers of the Year). Preston North End win the League and FA Cup final with a 3-0 win over Wolverhampton Wanderers at Kennington Oval, London. | 19-Sep-2020 14:32 | |
| 162 | 1890 | The British Monarch was Queen Victoria. The Prime Minister is Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury (Conservative). US President is Benjamin Harrison (R-Indiana). The Forth Bridge in Scotland opens, the longest in Britain. Idaho is admitted as the 43rd U.S. State and Wyoming is admitted as the 44th U.S. State. Oscar Wilde publishes <em>The Picture of Dorian Gray</em>. In the USA, The <em>Sherman Antitrust Act</em> becomes United States law. The Sequoia National Park and the Yosemite National Park created. Brooklyn printer Robert Gair invents the corrugated cardboard box. | 26-Feb-2021 13:05 | |
| 163 | 1891 | The British Monarch was Queen Victoria. Prime Minister is Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury (Conservative). US President is Benjamin Harrison (R-Indiana). Stanford University in California opens. The Wrigley Company is founded in Chicago. <em>Sherlock Holmes</em> by Arthur Conan Doyle makes his debut in The Strand Magazine. Jesse W. Reno invents the first working escalator at Coney Island, New York City. | 26-Feb-2021 13:05 | |
| 164 | 1892 | Monarch is Queen Victoria. Prime Minister is Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury (Conservative) and then on 15 August it is William Ewart Gladstone (Liberal) after a General Election. US President is Benjamin Harrison (R-Indiana). Thomas Edison patents a two-way telegraph. Arthur Conan Doyle's publishes <em>The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes</em>. | 19-Sep-2020 14:32 | |
| 165 | 1893 | Monarch is Queen Victoria. Prime Minister is William Ewart Gladstone (Liberal). US President is Benjamin Harrison (R-Indiana), then on 4th March it is Grover Cleveland (D-New York). First British Ladies Amateur Golf Championship (at Royal Lytham & St Annes). | 19-Sep-2020 14:32 | |
| 166 | 1894 | Monarch is Queen Victoria. Prime Minister is William Ewart Gladstone (Liberal) who resigns and then from 5th March is Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery (Liberal). US President is Grover Cleveland (D-New York). Tower Bridge in London opened. Blackpool Tower opened. Michael Marks and Thomas Spencer open the first Marks & Spencer store in Manchester. Coca-Cola is sold in bottles for the first time. Milton S. Hershey creates the Hershey Chocolate Company in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. | 19-Sep-2020 14:32 | |
| 167 | 1895 | The Monarch is Queen Victoria. Prime Minister is Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery (Liberal), then from 25 July it is Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury (Coalition). US President is Grover Cleveland (D-New York). The National Trust is founded. The FA Cup is stolen from a shop window in Birmingham and it is never recovered. The first professional American football game is played. English golfer Horace Rawlins wins the first U.S. Open golf tournament. H. G. Wells publishes <em>The Time Machine</em>. | 19-Sep-2020 14:32 | |
| 168 | 1896 | The Monarch is Queen Victoria, and is now the longest reigning monarch. The Prime Minister is Robert Cecil, Marquess of Salisbury (Conservative). US President is Grover Cleveland (D-New York). Utah becomes the 45th U.S. State. The Summer Olympics Games are held in Athens, Greece - they are the first Olympics in modern history; Britain and Ireland win 2 gold medals. In the Cricket County Championship, Yorkshire scores 887 against Warwickshire, still a record. Blackpool Pleasure Beach opens. | 19-Sep-2020 14:32 | |
| 169 | 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 | |
| 170 | 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 | |
| 171 | 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 | |
| 172 | 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 | |
| 173 | 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 | |
| 174 | 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 | |
| 175 | 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 | |
| 176 | 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 | |
| 177 | 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 | |
| 178 | 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 | |
| 179 | 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 | |
| 180 | 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 |