1895 in the United Kingdom

Events from the year 1895 in the United Kingdom.

Incumbents

*Monarch - Victoria of the United Kingdom
*Prime Minister - Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery, Liberal (until 22 June), Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury, Conservative

Events

* 12 January - The National Trust is founded in Britain by Octavia Hill, Robert Hunter and Canon Hardwicke Rawnsley.
* 25 January - First international hockey match: Wales v. Ireland.
* 11 February - The lowest ever UK temperature of -27.2°C (measured as -17°F) was recorded at Braemar in Aberdeenshire. This UK Weather Record was equalled in 1982 and again in 1995.
* 14 February - First showing of Oscar Wilde's last play "The Importance of Being Earnest" (St. James' Theatre in London).cite book|title=Penguin Pocket On This Day|publisher=Penguin Reference Library|isbn=0-141-02715-0|year=2006]
* 6 April - Oscar Wilde is arrested after losing a libel case against the Marquess of Queensberry.
* 2 May - British South Africa Company's territory south of the Zambesi renamed 'Rhodesia'.cite book |last=Palmer |first=Alan & Veronica |year=1992 |title= The Chronology of British History|publisher= Century Ltd|location=London|pages= 322-323|isbn= 0-7126-5616-2]
* 25 May - Oscar Wilde is convicted of "sodomy and gross indecency" and is sentenced to serve two years in a Reading prison.
* 21 June - Roseberry resigns after defeat in the House of Commons over the supply of cordite to the army. Salisbury takes over as Prime Minister.
* 15 July - Archie MacLaren scores County Championship record innings of 424 for Lancashire against Somerset at Taunton.
* August - General election won by the Conservative Party under Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury.
* 10 August - First Henry Wood Promenade Concert held, at Queen's Hall, London.
* 29 August - The sport of rugby league is formed at a meeting in the George Hotel, Huddersfield.
* October - Rudyard Kipling publishes the story "Mowgli Leaves the Jungle Forever" in "The Cosmopolitan" illustrated magazine.
* 11 September - the FA Cup is stolen from a shop window in Birmingham.
* 4 October - English golfer Horace Rawlins, 19, wins the first U.S. Open golf tournament.
* 15 October - First motor show in Britain held at Tunbridge Wells.
* 29 December - The Jameson Raid; invasion of Transvaal.

Publications

* Hilaire Belloc's poetry anthology "Verses and Sonnets".
* Joseph Conrad's novel "Almayer's Folly".
* Serialisation of Thomas Hardy's novel "Jude the Obscure".
* H. G. Wells' novel "The Time Machine".

Births

* 29 April - Malcolm Sargent, conductor (died 1967)
* 30 May - Maurice Tate, cricketer (died 1956)
* 24 July - Robert Graves, writer (died 1985)
* 7 September - Brian Horrocks, general (died 1985)
* 31 October - Basil Liddell Hart, military historian (died 1970)
* 1 December - Henry Williamson, author (died 1977)
* 2 December - Harriet Cohen, pianist (died 1967)
* 14 December - King George VI of the United Kingdom (died 1952)
* 30 December - L. P. Hartley, writer (died 1972)

Deaths

* 24 January - Lord Randolph Churchill, statesman (born 1849)
* 10 March - Charles Frederick Worth, fashion designer (born 1825)
* 15 May - Joseph Whitaker, publisher (born 1820)
* 29 June - Sir Thomas Henry Huxley, biologist (born 1825)

References

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