istoryworld
Events relating to england
Gwen John persuades a reluctant father to allow her to follow her younger brother to the Slade School of Art in London
A promenade concert, presented by Henry Wood in London's Queen's Hall, turns out to be the beginning of a very long tradition
English poet A.E. Housman publishes his first collection, A Shropshire Lad
22-year-old Guglielmo Marconi takes out a patent in Britain for the invention of radio
English physicist Joseph John Thomson, working at the Cavendish laboratory in Cambridge, discovers the existence of the electron
Diamond Jubilee bonfires and fireworks all round Briain celebrate Victoria's sixty years on the throne
Turbinia, powered by the newly invented Parsons steam turbine, breaks the speed record when Queen Victoria reviews her fleet
Somerset Maugham publishes his first novel, Liza of Lambeth, based on the London life he has observed as a medical student
English author Bram Stoker publishes Dracula, his gothic tale of vampirism in Transylvania
British physician Ronald Ross identifies the Anopheles mosquito as the carrier of malaria
British chemists William Ramsay and Morris Travers isolate the element c
Henry James moves from London to Lamb House in Rye, Sussex, which remains his home for the rest of his life
British chemists William Ramsay and Morris Travers isolate the element neon
British chemists William Ramsay and Morris Travers isolate the element xenon
H.G. Wells publishes his science-fiction novel The War of the Worlds, in which Martians arrive in a rocket to invade earth
Marconi launches a factory in Chelmsford, England, for the purpose of manufacturing radios ('wirelesses' in the language of the time)
English town-planner Ebenezer Howard puts forward a Utopian scheme in Tomorrow a Peaceful Path to Real Reform
Henry James publishes The Turn of the Screw in a collection of short stories
Italian inventor Guglielmo Marconi succeeds in transmitting a wireless telegraph message across the English Channel
Edward Elgar teases with the word 'enigma' printed at the head of his orchestral Variations on an Original Theme
Ranjitsinhji becomes the first cricketer to score 3000 runs in a single season
E. Nesbit publishes The Story of the Treasure Seekers, introducing the Bastable family who feature in several of her books for children
Isadora Duncan dances professionally for the first time in Europe in London's Lyceum Theatre
Scottish music-hall artist Harry Lauder makes his first London appearance at Gatti's music hall in Westminster
The Conservatives win an increased majority during the Boer War, in what becomes known as the 'khaki election'
