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Events from the year 1898 in the United Kingdom.
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[edit] Events
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[edit] Births
- 9 January - Gracie Fields, singer and comedian (died 1979)
- 28 February - Hugh O'Flaherty, Irish Catholic priest (died 1963)
- 26 April - John Grierson, documentary filmmaker (died 1972)
- 6 June - Ninette de Valois, Irish dancer and founder of The Royal Ballet, London (died 2001)
- 3 July - Donald Healey, motor engineer and race car driver (died 1988)
- 4 July - Gertrude Lawrence, actress (died 1952)
- 30 July - Henry Moore, sculptor (died 1986)
- 29 November - C. S. Lewis, author (died 1963)
- 27 December - W. C. Sellar, humourist (died 1951)
[edit] Deaths
- 14 January - Lewis Carroll, writer, mathematician (born 1832)
- 16 January - Charles Pelham Villiers longest-serving MP in the British House of Commons (born 1802)
- 18 January - Henry George Lidell, Dean of Christ Church, Oxford (born 1811)
- 1 March - George Bruce Malleson, officer and author (born 1825)
- 15 March - Henry Bessemer, engineer and inventor (born 1813)
- 16 March - Aubrey Beardsley, artist (born 1872)
- 19 May - William Ewart Gladstone, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (born 1809)
- 3 June - Samuel Plimsoll, politician and social reformer (born 1824)
- 17 June - Edward Burne-Jones, painter and designer (born 1833
- 2 November - George Goyder, surveyor-general of South Australia (born 1826)
[edit] References
- ^ a b c (2006) Penguin Pocket On This Day. Penguin Reference Library. ISBN 0-141-02715-0.
- ^ a b Palmer, Alan & Veronica (1992). The Chronology of British History. London: Century Ltd, 326-327. ISBN 0-7126-5616-2.
[edit] See also
1898 in the United Kingdom: 
England | 
Scotland
