1897 in the United Kingdom
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Events from the year 1897 in the United Kingdom.
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[edit] Incumbents
- Monarch - Victoria of the United Kingdom
- Prime Minister - Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury, Conservative
[edit] Events
- 29 March - Church of England encyclical replies to the recent Papal Apostolicae Curiae (v. 1896), defending the validity of Anglican orders.[1]
- 19 May - The Anglo-Irish writer Oscar Wilde was released from prison.
- 22 May - The Blackwall Tunnel, at the time the longest underwater tunnel in the world, opened by the Prince of Wales.[2]
- 22 June - Queen Victoria celebrates her accession to the throne in 1897 with her Diamond Jubilee celebrations, centred around London.
- 21 July - The Tate Gallery opens.[1]
- 26 July–2 August - Siege of Malakand: British troops besieged by Pashtun tribesmen in Malakand.
- 10 August - The Automobile Club of Great Britain (now known as the Royal Automobile Club) founded in London.[2]
- 19 August - first electric, horseless taxis begin operating in London.[2]
- 20 August - Physician Ronald Ross discovers malarial parasites.[2]
- 10 September - First conviction for drink-driving given to London taxi driver George Smith.[2]
[edit] Undated
- Discovery of the electron by J. J. Thomson.
- A British military force was ambushed by Chief Ologbosers, son-in-law of the Oba of Benin. In retaliation, Benin City was torched to the ground by British forces in the Punitive Expedition.
[edit] Publications
- Joseph Conrad's novella The Nigger of the 'Narcissus'.
- Henry James' novels The Spoils of Poynton and What Maisie Knew.
- Rudyard Kipling's novel Captains Courageous and his poem Recessional.
- W. Somerset Maugham's novel Liza of Lambeth.
- Bram Stoker's novel Dracula.
- H. G. Wells' novel The Invisible Man, and short story The Crystal Egg.
[edit] Births
- 25 March — John Laurie, actor (died 1980)
- 26 March — David McCallum, Sr., violinist (died 1972)
- 27 May - John Cockcroft, physicist (died 1967)
- 12 June — Anthony Eden, Prime Minister (died 1977)
- 15 July - R. J. Yeatman, humorist (died 1968)
- 29 July — Neil Ritchie, general (died 1983)
- 11 August - Enid Blyton, children's writer (died 1968)
- 1 September — Andy Kennedy, footballer (died 1963)
- 9 November — Ronald George Wreyford Norrish, chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1978)
- 15 November — Sir Sacheverell Sitwell, 6th Baronet, writer (died 1988)
[edit] Deaths
- 12 January - Isaac Pitman, inventor of Pitman Shorthand (born 1813
- 19 June - Charles Boycott, land agent, origin of the word "boycott" (born 1832)
- 15 October - Charles John Vaughan, scholar and churchman (born 1816)
- George Palmer biscuit manufacturer (born 1818)
[edit] References
- ^ a b Palmer, Alan & Veronica (1992). The Chronology of British History. London: Century Ltd, 325-326. ISBN 0-7126-5616-2.
- ^ a b c d e (2006) Penguin Pocket On This Day. Penguin Reference Library. ISBN 0-141-02715-0.
