- 1897 in the United Kingdom
Events from the year
1897 in theUnited Kingdom .Incumbents
*Monarch -
Victoria of the United Kingdom
*Prime Minister -Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury , ConservativeEvents
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29 March -Church of England encyclical replies to the recent Papal "Apostolicae Curiae" (v. 1896), defending the validity of Anglican orders.
*19 May - The Anglo-Irish writerOscar Wilde was released from prison.
*22 May - TheBlackwall Tunnel , at the time the longest underwater tunnel in the world, opened by the Prince of Wales.cite book|title=Penguin Pocket On This Day|publisher=Penguin Reference Library|isbn=0-141-02715-0|year=2006]
*22 June -Queen Victoria celebrates her accession to the throne in 1897 with herDiamond Jubilee celebrations, centred around London.
*21 July - TheTate Gallery opens.cite book |last=Palmer |first=Alan & Veronica |year=1992 |title= The Chronology of British History|publisher= Century Ltd|location=London|pages= 325-326|isbn= 0-7126-5616-2]
*26 July –2 August -Siege of Malakand : British troops besieged byPashtun tribesmen inMalakand .
*10 August - The Automobile Club of Great Britain (now known as theRoyal Automobile Club ) founded inLondon .
*19 August - first electric, horseless taxis begin operating inLondon .
*20 August - PhysicianRonald Ross discoversmalaria lparasite s.
*10 September - First conviction for drink-driving given to London taxi driver George Smith.Undated
* Discovery of the
electron byJ. J. Thomson .
* A British military force was ambushed by Chief Ologbosers, son-in-law of theOba of Benin . In retaliation,Benin City was torched to the ground by British forces in the Punitive Expedition.Publications
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Joseph Conrad 's novella "The Nigger of the 'Narcissus' ".
*Henry James ' novels "The Spoils of Poynton " and "What Maisie Knew ".
*Rudyard Kipling 's novel "Captains Courageous " and his poem "Recessional".
*W. Somerset Maugham 's novel "Liza of Lambeth ".
*Bram Stoker 's novel "Dracula ".
*H. G. Wells ' novel "The Invisible Man ", and short story "The Crystal Egg ".Births
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25 March —John Laurie , actor (died 1980)
*26 March —David McCallum, Sr. , violinist (died 1972)
*27 May -John Cockcroft , physicist (died 1967)
*12 June —Anthony Eden , Prime Minister (died 1977)
*15 July -R. J. Yeatman , humorist (died 1968)
*29 July —Neil Ritchie , general (died 1983)
*11 August -Enid Blyton , children's writer (died 1968)
*1 September — Andy Kennedy, footballer (died 1963)
*9 November —Ronald George Wreyford Norrish , chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1978)
*15 November —Sir Sacheverell Sitwell, 6th Baronet , writer (died 1988)Deaths
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12 January -Isaac Pitman , inventor ofPitman Shorthand (born 1813
*19 June -Charles Boycott , land agent, origin of the word "boycott " (born 1832)
*15 October -Charles John Vaughan , scholar and churchman (born 1816)
* George Palmer biscuit manufacturer (born 1818)References
ee also
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