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UK-related events during the year of 1901
Events from the year 1901 in the United Kingdom . This year marks the transition from the
Victorian to the
Edwardian era , with the death of the
81-year-old Queen and the accession of
her 59-year-old son .
Incumbents
Events
Queen Victoria's funeral procession
1 January
19 January – Queen Victoria is reported to be seriously ill.
[2]
22 January –
Queen Victoria dies at
Osborne House on the
Isle of Wight . She was 81 years old and has served as monarch for nearly 64 years – The only longer reigning British monarch being Queen Elizabeth II.
[3] Her eldest son, The Prince Albert Edward, Prince of Wales becomes King, reigning as
Edward VII .
23 January –
Guglielmo Marconi sends a wireless communication 299 km (186 mi) 'over the horizon' from
Niton on the
Isle of Wight to
The Lizard in Cornwall.
[4]
2 February – The funeral of Queen Victoria takes place at
St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle .
18 February –
Winston Churchill makes his
maiden speech in the
House of Commons , concerning the
Boer War .
[5]
21 February – The
Apollo Theatre opens in
Shaftesbury Avenue ,
London .
5 March – Police eject jeering
Irish nationalist demonstrators from the
House of Commons .
12 March – The
Whitechapel Art Gallery opens in London.
16 March–1 November – the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York (the future
King George V and
Queen Mary ) make a tour of the
British Empire in
RMS Ophir sailing as a
royal yacht .
[6]
31 March –
The 1901 UK Census is held. The number of people employed in manufacturing is at its highest-ever recorded level.
26 April – First meeting of the Engineering Standards Committee, predecessor of the
BSI Group .
[7]
2 May–4 November –
Glasgow International Exhibition .
[8]
16 May –
TS King Edward is launched at
William Denny and Brothers ' shipyard in
Dumbarton . The first commercial merchant vessel propelled by
steam turbines , she enters excursion service on the
Firth of Clyde on 1 July.
18 May –
Alexandra Palace opens to the public in London.
[3]
1 July – The first UK
Fingerprint Bureau is established at
Scotland Yard , the
Metropolitan Police headquarters in London, by
Edward Henry .
12 July –
Maidenhead enters the
UK Weather Records with the highest sixty-minute total rainfall at 92mm. As of April 2021 this record remains.
22 July
5 August
6 August –
Discovery Expedition :
Robert Falcon Scott sets sail on the
barque -rigged auxiliary steamship
Discovery from
The Solent to explore the
Ross Sea in
Antarctica ; the ship, launched on 21 March in
Dundee , is the last traditional wooden three-masted ship to be built in the UK (and becomes the first
Royal Research Ship in 1923).
17 August – The
Factory and Workshop Act raises the minimum working age to twelve years and extends legislation regarding the education of working of children, employee's meal times, and provision of fire escapes.
30 August – Engineer
Hubert Cecil Booth patents the electrically powered
vacuum cleaner .
[3]
7 September – The United Kingdom is amongst the signatories of the
Boxer Protocol ending the
Boxer Rebellion in China.
[3]
October – First performance of
Edward Elgar 's
Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1 , in Liverpool.
[9]
2 October –
Royal Navy 's first
submarine ,
Holland 1 , launched at
Barrow-in-Furness .
29 October –
The Aero Club of the United Kingdom is established.
[10]
9 November – The Prince George, Duke of Cornwall and York (later
George V ) becomes
Prince of Wales and
Earl of Chester . This is the only time in British history that the titles of Prince of Wales and
Duke of York are held by the same man.
13 November –
Caister lifeboat disaster : Lifeboat Beauchamp capsizes on service off
Caister-on-Sea ,
Norfolk , during a major storm: nine of the twelve crew on board are killed.
[11]
18 November – The United Kingdom and the United States sign the
Hay–Pauncefote Treaty allowing the US to build a canal through
Panama .
[9]
30 November –
Frank Hornby of
Liverpool is granted a patent for the construction toy that will become
Meccano .
[12]
12 December –
Guglielmo Marconi receives the first trans-
Atlantic
radio signal, sent from
Poldhu in
Cornwall to
Newfoundland , the letter "S" in
Morse .
[13]
Undated
Ongoing events
Publications
Births
Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester
10 February –
Delia de Leon , Panamanian-born actress (died 1993)
[15]
13 February –
Lewis Grassic Gibbon , Scottish writer (died 1935)
15 February –
Kenneth Callow , biochemist (died 1983)
19 February –
Florence Green , Royal Air Force member, last surviving World War I veteran (died 2012)
3 March –
Claude Choules , last surviving World War I combat veteran from England (died 2011)
7 April
12 April –
Thomas Sharp , urban planner (died 1978)
15 April –
Joe Davis , snooker and billiards player (died 1978)
19 April –
Edith Summerskill , physician, feminist, Labour politician and campaigner (died 1980)
1 June –
John Van Druten , dramatist (died 1957 in the United States)
9 June –
John Skeaping , sculptor and equine painter (died 1980)
10 June –
Eric Maschwitz , lyricist and broadcast executive (died 1969)
12 June –
Norman Hartnell , fashion designer (died 1979)
17 June –
F. F. E. Yeo-Thomas , World War II hero (died 1964)
23 June –
Richard Ripley , 400 m runner (died 1996)
9 July –
Barbara Cartland , novelist (died 2000)
13 July –
Eric Portman , film actor (died 1969)
20 July –
Dilys Powell , film critic (died 1995)
29 August –
Anna Zinkeisen , Scottish-born artist (died 1976)
15 September
4 September –
William Lyons , automobile engineer and designer, founder of
Jaguar Cars (died 1985)
9 September –
James Blades , orchestral percussionist (died 1999)
17 September –
Francis Chichester , aviator and sailor (died 1972)
4 October –
Adrian Bell , rural writer and crossword compiler (died 1980)
1 November –
Cecil Jackson-Cole , humanitarian (died 1979)
6 November –
Kathleen Mary Drew-Baker ,
phycologist (died 1957)
17 November –
Joyce Wethered , golfer (died 1997)
28 November –
Edwina Mountbatten, Countess Mountbatten of Burma , née Ashley (died 1960)
28 November –
Roy Urquhart , major-general (died 1988)
1 December –
Charles Tunnicliffe , wildlife painter (died 1979)
8 December –
Arthur Leslie , television actor (died 1970)
25 December –
Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester (died 2004)
[16]
26 December –
Victor Hely-Hutchinson , composer (died 1947)
27 December –
Stanley Hayter , printmaker (died 1988 in France)
Deaths
Queen Victoria
8 January –
John Barry , Irish soldier,
Victoria Cross recipient (born 1873)
14 January –
Mandell Creighton ,
Bishop of London (died in office) (born 1843)
22 January –
Queen Victoria (born 1819)
[17]
11 February –
Henry Willis , organ builder (born 1821)
[18]
21 February –
Henry Peach Robinson , photographer (born 1830)
6 March –
John Jabez Edwin Mayall , photographer (born 1813
31 March – Sir
John Stainer , composer and organist (born 1840)
[19]
3 April –
Richard D'Oyly Carte , theatrical impresario (born 1844)
[20]
13 April –
Sir Edward Watkin , politician and railway entrepreneur (born 1819)
15 April –
Francis Baker , cricketer (born 1847)
21 May –
Sir John Commerell , admiral of the fleet (born 1829)
24 May –
Charlotte Mary Yonge , novelist (born 1823)
9 June – Sir
Walter Besant , novelist and historian (born 1836)
5 August
6 November –
Kate Greenaway , children's book illustrator and writer (born 1846)
13 November – Sir
William Houston Stewart , admiral (born 1822)
30 November –
Edward John Eyre , explorer (born 1815)
1 December –
George Lohmann , English cricketer (tuberculosis) (born 1865)
23 December –
Edward Onslow Ford , sculptor (born 1852)
See also
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^
Australia .
The World Factbook .
Central Intelligence Agency .
^
"Belief in London With Regard to Queen's Illness" . The Meriden Daily Journal . 19 January 1901. Retrieved 31 January 2012 .
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ISBN
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ISBN
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^
"1901 Royal Aero Club" . Grace's Guide . Retrieved 3 March 2011 .
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ISBN
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^
"Hornby's 1901 patent" . Retrieved 14 August 2010 .
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ISBN
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^
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^ Douglas Earl Bush; Richard Kassel (2006).
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ISBN
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^
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