1895 in the United Kingdom
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Events from the year 1895 in the United Kingdom.
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[edit] 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
[edit] 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.[1]
- 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).[2]
- 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'.[1]
- 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.[1]
- 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.[2]
- 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.[2]
- 4 October - English golfer Horace Rawlins, 19, wins the first U.S. Open golf tournament.[2]
- 15 October - First motor show in Britain held at Tunbridge Wells.[1]
- 29 December - The Jameson Raid; invasion of Transvaal.[1]
[edit] 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.
[edit] 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)
[edit] 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)
