1909 in the United Kingdom

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1909 in the United Kingdom:

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Events from the year 1909 in the United Kingdom.

Contents 1 Events 2 Births 3 Deaths 4 References

[edit] Events

• 9 January - Ernest Shackleton's Nimrod Expedition to the South Pole forced to turn back eleven miles from the pole. ^[1]
• 10 March - Anglo-Siamese Treaty of 1909 signed in Bangkok.
• 15 June - Representatives from England, Australia and South Africa meet at Lord's and form the Imperial Cricket Conference.
• 2 October - The first rugby football match played in Twickenham.
• 4 December - The University of Bristol was founded and received its Royal Charter.

[edit] Births

• 24 January - Martin Lings, Islamic scholar (d. 2005)
• 30 April - F. E. McWilliam, sculptor (d. 1992)
• 15 May - James Mason, actor (d. 1984)
• 18 May - Fred Perry, tennis player (d. 1995)
• 19 May - Nicholas Winton, humanitarian
• 20 May - Matt Busby, football manager (Manchester United) (d. 1994)
• 7 June - Jessica Tandy, actress (d. 1994)
• 28 July - Malcolm Lowry, novelist (d. 1957)
• 30 July - C. Northcote Parkinson, historian and author (d. 1993)
• 25 August - Michael Rennie, actor (d. 1971)
• 14 September - Peter Scott, ornithologist and painter (d. 1989)
• 28 October - Francis Bacon, painter (d. 1992)
• 23 November - Nigel Tranter, historian and writer (d. 2000)
• 23 December - Donald Coggan, Archbishop of Canterbury (d. 2000)

[edit] Deaths

• 14 January - Arthur William a Beckett, journalist (b. 1844)
• 10 April - Algernon Charles Swinburne, poet (b. 1837)

[edit] References