1898 in the United Kingdom

Events from the year 1898 in the United Kingdom.

Incumbents

*Monarch - Victoria of the United Kingdom
*Prime Minister - Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury, Conservative

Events

* 12 February - Henry Lindfield, dies in Brighton, becoming the world's first fatality from an automobile accident.cite book|title=Penguin Pocket On This Day|publisher=Penguin Reference Library|isbn=0-141-02715-0|year=2006]
* 15 February - The 1898 World Figure Skating Championships held in London.
* 8 April - Mahdist War: British and Egyptian victory at the Battle of Atbara.
* 9 June - Signature of the Convention for the Extension of Hong Kong Territory with Qing Dynasty China leasing Hong Kong for 99 years.
* 14 June - Treaty with France establishes borders between French colonies and Nigeria and the Gold Coast.cite book |last=Palmer |first=Alan & Veronica |year=1992 |title= The Chronology of British History|publisher= Century Ltd|location=London|pages= 326-327|isbn= 0-7126-5616-2]
* 12 August - Elected county and district councils established in Ireland.
* 2 September - Mahdist War: At the Battle of Omdurman, British and Egyptian troops led by Horatio Kitchener defeat Sudanese tribesmen led by Khalifa Abdullah al-Taashi, thus establishing British dominance in the Sudan.
* 19 September to 4 November - Fashoda incident - diplomatic dispute between France and the United Kingdom.

Undated

* North Petherton becomes the first town in England to install Acetylene lighting.
* William Ramsay and Morris Travers discover the noble gases neon, krypton, xenon and argon.

Publications

* Henry James' novella "The Turn of the Screw".
* H. G. Wells' novel "The War of the Worlds".
* Oscar Wilde's poem "The Ballad of Reading Gaol".

Births

* 9 January - Gracie Fields, singer and comedian (died 1979)
* 28 February - Hugh O'Flaherty, Irish Catholic priest (died 1963)
* 26 April - John Grierson, documentary filmmaker (died 1972)
* 6 June - Ninette de Valois, Irish dancer and founder of The Royal Ballet, London (died 2001)
* 3 July - Donald Healey, motor engineer and race car driver (died 1988)
* 4 July - Gertrude Lawrence, actress (died 1952)
* 30 July - Henry Moore, sculptor (died 1986)
* 29 November - C. S. Lewis, author (died 1963)
* 27 December - W. C. Sellar, humourist (died 1951)

Deaths

* 14 January - Lewis Carroll, writer, mathematician (born 1832)
* 16 January - Charles Pelham Villiers longest-serving MP in the British House of Commons (born 1802)
* 18 January - Henry George Lidell, Dean of Christ Church, Oxford (born 1811)
* 1 March - George Bruce Malleson, officer and author (born 1825)
* 15 March - Henry Bessemer, engineer and inventor (born 1813)
* 16 March - Aubrey Beardsley, artist (born 1872)
* 19 May - William Ewart Gladstone, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (born 1809)
* 3 June - Samuel Plimsoll, politician and social reformer (born 1824)
* 17 June - Edward Burne-Jones, painter and designer (born 1833
* 2 November - George Goyder, surveyor-general of South Australia (born 1826)

References

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