1908 in the United Kingdom
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Events from the year 1908 in the United Kingdom.
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[edit] Incumbents
- Monarch - Edward VII of the United Kingdom
- Prime Minister - Henry Campbell-Bannerman, Liberal (until 3 April), H. H. Asquith, Liberal
[edit] Events
- 1 January
- Nimrod Expedition: Ernest Shackleton sets sail from New Zealand on the Nimrod for Antarctica.
- Harry Bensley leaves for his would-be trip around the world pushing a pram and wearing an iron mask, beginning from Trafalgar Square in London.
- 24 January - Robert Baden-Powell begins the Boy Scout movement.
- 1 April - The Territorial Army is founded.[1]
- 7 April - Campbell-Bannerman resigns as Prime Minister, on the grounds of health; replaced by Asquith.[1]
- 8 April - David Lloyd George becomes Chancellor of the Exchequer, while Winston Churchill enters the cabinet for the first time, as President of the Board of Trade.[1]
- 27 April–31 October
- 1908 Summer Olympics held in London.[2]
- The Great Britain and Ireland team win 56 gold, 51 silver and 39 bronze medals at the London Olympics.
- 11 May - the foundation of the Royal Liver Building in Liverpool laid.[2]
- 21 June - First large suffragette rally, in London.[1]
- August - Queen's University, Belfast established.[1]
- 16 October - Samuel Cody makes the first aeroplane flight in Britain, taking off from Farnborough, Hampshire.[1]
- 14 November - Elizabeth Garrett Anderson is the first woman in England to be elected as a mayor (of Aldeburgh).
- 10 December - The National Farmers Union founded.[2]
[edit] Undated
- First Ideal Home Exhibition held.
[edit] Publications
- The Children's Encyclopedia is first published.
- G. K. Chesterton's novel The Man Who Was Thursday and his book Orthodoxy.
- W. H. Davies' autobiography The Autobiography of a Super-Tramp.
- E. M. Forster's novel A Room with a View.
- Kenneth Grahame's children's novel The Wind in the Willows.
- Robert Baden-Powell's book Scouting for Boys.
[edit] Births
- 8 January - William Hartnell, actor (died 1975)
- 5 February - Daisy and Violet Hilton, conjoined twin actresses (died 1969)
- 11 February - Vivian Ernest Fuchs, geologist and explorer (died 1999)
- 22 February - John Mills, actor (died 2005)
- 5 March - Rex Harrison, actor (died 1990)
- 20 March - Michael Redgrave, actor (died 1985)
- 25 March - David Lean, film director (died 1991)
- 28 May - Ian Fleming, writer (died 1964)
- 30 June - Winston Graham, writer (died 2003)
- 25 July - Bill Bowes, cricketer (died 1987)
- 21 August - M. M. Kaye,writer (died 2004)
- 23 August - Hannah Frank, artist and sculptor
- 6 September - Louis Essen, physicist (died 1997)
- 19 October - Sydney MacEwan, singer (died 1990)
- 2 November - Fred Bakewell, cricketer (died 1983)
- 20 November - Alistair Cooke, journalist (died 2004)
- 26 November - Charles Forte, businessman
- date unknown - George Rodger, photojournalist (died 1995)
[edit] Deaths
- 25 January - Ouida, writer (born 1839)
- 20 April - Henry Chadwick, baseball writer and historian (born 1824)
- 22 April - Henry Campbell-Bannerman, Prime Minister (born 1836)
- 22 July - William Randal Cremer, politician and pacifist, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (born 1828)
