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Events relating to england
Keir Hardie is returned to parliament for Merthyr Tydfil, beginning a long and close link between the Labour party and Wales.
Charles Stewart Rolls wins the Automobile Club's Thousand Mile Trial in a 12 horse-power Panhard
Edward Elgar writes the oratorio Dream of Gerontius, setting Cardinal Newman's poem of the same title
Joseph Conrad publishes his novel Lord Jim about a life of failure and redemption in the far East
Queen Victoria dies at Osborne House, on the Isle of Wight, after 63 years on the throne
Edward VII is already 59 when he succeeds his mother, Victoria, as Britain's monarch
Charles Voysey completes a house for himself, The Orchard, at Chorley Wood in Hertfordshire
Beatrix Potter publishes at her own expense The Tale of Peter Rabbit
Rudyard Kipling's experiences of India are put to good use in his novel Kim
The British batsman C.B. Fry hits a record six consecutive centuries in first-class cricket
The first of Edward Elgar's five Pomp and Circumstance marches has a trio section that becomes "Land of Hope and Glory"
Frederick Delius completes his opera A Village Romeo and Juliet, but it is not performed until 1907 in Berlin
Guglielmo Marconi transmits a radio message in Morse code 2100 miles, from Poldhu in Cornwall to St John's in Newfoundland
The 1901 census reveals that the population of the United Kingdom has almost doubled in 50 years, to 38 million
Frank Hornby begins to market in Britain his immensely successful Meccano kits
Ebenezer Howard republishes his earlier book of 1898 as Garden Cities of Tomorrow
Rudyard Kipling publishes his Just So Stories for Little Children
A.E. Kennelly and Oliver Heaviside independently see the link between the atmosphere and the behaviour of radio waves
Rudyard Kipling moves to Bateman's in Sussex, his home for the rest of his life
'Land of Hope and Glory' features in its lasting form as the finale of Elgar's Coronation Ode for Edward VII
The Tale of Peter Rabbit is published commercially, a year after being first printed by Beatrix Potter at her own expense
Lord Salisbury resigns as British prime minister and is succeeded by his nephew, A.J. Balfour
Augustus John meets his favourite subject Dorothy McNeill, to whom he gives the Gypsy name Dorelia
John Masefield's poem 'Sea Fever' is published in Salt-Water Ballads
Conan Doyle's The Hound of the Baskervilles begins publication in serial form
