1901 in the United Kingdom

1901 in the United Kingdom

Events from the year 1901 in the United Kingdom.

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

Events

* 1 January
** The British colonies of New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria and Western Australia federate as the Commonwealth of Australia. [CIA_World_Factbook_link|as|Australia] Edmund Barton becomes first Prime Minister.
** Nigeria becomes a British protectorate.
* 22 January - Queen Victoria dies at Osborne House.cite book|title=Penguin Pocket On This Day|publisher=Penguin Reference Library|isbn=0-141-02715-0|year=2006] 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.
* 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.cite book|last=Williams|first=Hywel|title=Cassell's Chronology of World History|publisher=Weidenfeld & Nicolson|year=2005|isbn=0-304-35730-8|pages=459–460]
* 5 August - Britain's first cinema opens in Islington.
* 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.
* 7 September - The United Kingdom is amongst the signatories of the Boxer Protocol ending the Boxer Rebellion in China.
* October - first performance of Edward Elgar's "Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1" in Liverpool.
* 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.

Undated

* Winston Churchill enters the House of Commons.
* Imperial Tobacco founded by William Henry Wills.
* Electric trams introduced in London, Glasgow, and Portsmouth.cite book |last=Palmer |first=Alan & Veronica |year=1992 |title= The Chronology of British History|publisher= Century Ltd|location=London|pages= 331-332|isbn= 0-7126-5616-2]

Ongoing events

* Second Boer War (1899–1902)

Publications

* Rudyard Kipling's novel "Kim".
* H. G. Wells' novel "The First Men in the Moon".

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)

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)

References

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