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Events relating to england
Henry James publishes the first of his three last novels, The Wings of the Dove
Joseph Conrad publishes a collection of stories including Heart of Darkness, a sinister tale based partly on his own journey up the Congo
The English painter G.F. Watts is made a founding member of the Order of Merit
Emmeline Pankhurst founds the Women's Social and Political Union to fight for women's political rights in the UK
Erskine Childers has a best-seller in The Riddle of the Sands, a thriller about a planned German invasion of Britain
Henry James publishes The Ambassadors, the second of his three last novels written in rapid succession
Ernest Rutherford and Frederick Soddy identify the phenomenon of radioactive half-life
British philosopher G.E. Moore publishes Principia Ethica, an attempt to apply logic to ethics
Britain's first national motor show is organized at the Crystal Palace, moving two years later to Olympia
Work begins on England's first garden city, at Letchworth, based on the theories of Ebenezer Howard
Charles Rolls and Henry Royce meet in a historic encounter in Manchester and launch their first car, the Rolls-Royde 10 hp, later in this same year.
Joseph Conrad publishes his novel Nostromo, about a revolution in South America and a fatal horde of silver
France and Britain sign an Entente Cordiale, resolving several colonial disputes and laying the foundation for a new alliance
Wisley, in Surrey, is developed as the garden of Britain's Royal Horticultural Society
Henry James publishes his last completed novel, The Golden Bowl
J.M Barrie's play for children Peter Pan, or the Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up has its premiere in London
Under the pseudonym Saki, H.H. Munro publishes Reginald, his first volume of short stories
Britain's Automobile Association is founded, with patrol-men on bicycles to assist drivers
The American sculptor Jacob Epstein moves from New York to settle in London
The Bloomsbury Group gathers for informal evenings at the family home of Virginia and Vanessa Stephens (later Virginia Woolf and Vanessa Bell)
Henry Wood sets 'Rule Britannia' in his Fantasia on British Sea Songs, providing a traditional favourite for the last night of the Proms
English engineer Herbert Austin sets up a factory to manufacture cars at Longbridge, south of Birmingham
Oscar Wilde's De Profundis, a letter of recrimination written in Reading Gaol to Lord Alfred Douglas, is published posthumously
English physiologists William Bayliss and Ernest Starling coin the word 'hormone' for glandular secretions into the bloodstream
Beatrix Potter buys Hill Top Farm, in Sawrey, where for nearly thirty years she breeds a local variety of sheep
