1899 in the United Kingdom

Events from the year 1899 in the United Kingdom.

Incumbents

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

Events

* 6 January - Lord Curzon becomes Viceroy of India.
* 27 March - Guglielmo Marconi successfully transmits a radio signal across the English channel.cite book|title=Penguin Pocket On This Day|publisher=Penguin Reference Library|isbn=0-141-02715-0|year=2006]
* 17 May - foundation of the Victoria and Albert Museum laid by Queen Victoria.
* 22 June–27 June - the highest ever recorded cricket score, 628 not out, is made by A. E. J. Collins.
* 9 October - First motor bus in London.cite book |last=Palmer |first=Alan & Veronica |year=1992 |title= The Chronology of British History|publisher= Century Ltd|location=London|pages= 328-329|isbn= 0-7126-5616-2]
* 11 October - Second Boer War begins: In South Africa, a war between the United Kingdom and the Boers of the Transvaal and Orange Free State erupts.
* 13 October - Second Boer War: Siege of Mafeking begins.
* 24 November - Mahdist War: Decisive British and Egyptian victory at the Battle of Umm Diwaykarat ends the war in Sudan.

Publications

* Joseph Conrad's novel "Heart of Darkness".
* Ernest William Hornung's first A. J. Raffles novel "The Amateur Cracksman".
* Rudyard Kipling's poem "The White Man's Burden" and his book "Stalky & Co.".
* E. Nesbit's children's novel "The Story of the Treasure Seekers".

Births

* 11 January - Eva LeGallienne, actress (died 1991)
* 17 January - Nevil Shute, author (died 1960)
* 21 January - John Bodkin Adams, suspected serial killer (died 1983)
* 3 February - Doris Speed, actress (died 1994)
* 1 June - Edward Charles Titchmarsh, mathematician (died 1963)
* 7 June - Elizabeth Bowen, novelist (died 1973)
* 1 July - Charles Laughton, actor (died 1962)
* 13 August - Alfred Hitchcock, film director (died 1980)
* 27 August - C. S. Forester, novelist (died 1966)
* 29 September - Billy Butlin, holiday camp pioneer (died 1980)
* 2 December
** John Barbirolli, conductor (died 1970)
** John Cobb, racecar and motorboat driver (died 1952)
* 15 December - Harold Abrahams, athlete (died 1978)
* 16 December - Noel Coward, actor, playwright, and composer (died 1973)

Deaths

* 6 February - Prince Alfred of Edinburgh and Saxe-Coburg-Gotha (born 1874)
* 5 December - Henry Tate, sugar magnate (born 1819)

References

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