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UK-related events during the year of 1903
Events from the year 1903 in the United Kingdom .
Incumbents
Events
1 January –
Edward VII is proclaimed
Emperor of India .
19 January – first transatlantic radio broadcast between United States and Britain.
27 January – fire at
Colney Hatch Lunatic Asylum kills 51.
[1]
12 February –
Randall Davidson enthroned as
Archbishop of Canterbury , a position he will hold until he retires 25 years later.
[2]
13 February –
Venezuelan crisis . After agreeing to arbitration in Washington, Britain, Germany and Italy reach a settlement with Venezuela, resulting in the Washington Protocols. The naval blockade that began in December 1902 will be lifted, and Venezuela commits 30% of its customs duties to settling claims.
26–27 February – "Ulysses " Storm: A severe windstorm tracks across Ireland, moving on to cross the north of England and Scotland.
[3]
3 March – the
Admiralty announces plans to build
Rosyth Dockyard as a naval base on the
Firth of Forth at
Rosyth .
24 March & 3 May –
Derby
earthquakes .
[4]
1 April –
Midwives Act 1902 comes into effect, regulating the profession of
midwifery in
England and Wales .
14 April –
Aberdeen Football Club is established.
18 April –
Bury F.C. beat
Derby County by an all-time record 6 goals to nil to win the
1903 FA Cup Final .
23 April –
Budget removes Corn Duty.
29 May –
Bradford City Football Club is established.
c. June –
Osea Island off
Maldon, Essex , is bought by
Frederick Nicholas Charrington to provide an alcohol addiction treatment centre.
[5]
19 June –
Caernarfon
earthquake .
7 July – British take over the
Fulani empire.
August –
2nd Congress of the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party moves from
Brussels to London.
14 August – first Poor Prisoners' Defence Act provides for limited
legal aid in criminal cases with effect from 1904.
September – First Garden City Ltd formed to develop
Letchworth .
9 September –
Rock Sand completes the
English Triple Crown by finishing first in the
Epsom Derby ,
2,000 Guineas and
St Leger .
16 September –
Joseph Chamberlain resigns as
Colonial Secretary .
1 October – the
University of Liverpool becomes independent of
Victoria University .
10 October – foundation of the militant
Women's Social and Political Union by
Emmeline and
Christabel Pankhurst in
Manchester .
[6]
31 October – opening of
Hampden Park football ground in
Glasgow in
Scotland .
[6]
October:
2 November –
Daily Mirror launched
[6] as a newspaper for women, run by women.
? December – the remains of "
Cheddar Man " are found within
Gough's Cave in
Cheddar Gorge , Britain's oldest complete
human skeleton , dating to approximately 7150 BCE.
[8]
10 December –
William Randal Cremer is awarded the
Nobel Peace Prize .
[9]
Undated
Publications
Births
7 January –
Alan Napier , actor (died 1988)
18 January
22 February –
Frank P. Ramsey , mathematician (died 1930)
4 March –
Dorothy Mackaill , British-born American actress (died 1990)
10 March –
Edward Bawden , artist and illustrator (died 1989)
24 March –
Malcolm Muggeridge , journalist, author and media personality (died 1990)
31 March –
H. J. Blackham , humanist and author (died 2009)
15 April –
John Williams , actor (died 1983)
20 May –
Barbara Hepworth , sculptor (died 1975)
29 May –
Bob Hope , British-born comedian (died 2003)
12 June –
H. C. Casserley , railway photographer (died 1991)
19 June –
Wally Hammond , cricketer (died 1965)
25 June –
George Orwell , author (died 1950)
29 June –
Alan Blumlein , electronics engineer (died 1942)
1 July –
Amy Johnson , aviator (died 1941)
2 July –
Alec Douglas-Home ,
Prime Minister (died 1995)
3 July –
David Webster , Scottish-born arts administrator (died 1971)
4 July –
Vernon Sewell , film director and screenwriter (died 2001)
7 July –
Steven Runciman , historian (died 2000)
10 July –
John Wyndham , English author (died 1969)
[13]
12 July –
Judith Hare, Countess of Listowel , Hungarian-born writer and journalist (died 2003)
11 July –
Rudolf Abel (alias of Vilyam "Willie" Genrikhovich Fisher), English-born spy for the Soviet Union (died 1971)
13 July –
Kenneth Clark , art historian (died 1983)
26 July –
Amy Gentry , rower (died 1976)
28 July –
Ernst Wilhelm Bohle , English-born Nazi German statesman (died 1960)
7 August –
Louis Leakey , paleoanthropologist, born in British East Africa (died 1972)
24 August –
Graham Sutherland , artist (died 1980)
2 September –
Fred Pratt Green , Methodist minister and hymn writer (died 2000)
7 September –
Jock Wilson , soldier (died 2008)
9 September –
Edward Upward , author (died 2009)
28 October –
Evelyn Waugh , writer (died 1966)
29 October –
Vivian Ellis , composer and lyricist (died 1996)
31 October –
Joan Robinson , economist (died 1983)
1 November –
Max Adrian , Irish-born actor (died 1973)
5 November –
Joan Barry , actress (died 1989)
11 November –
Thomas Allibone , physicist (died 2003)
4 December –
A. L. Rowse , historian (died 1997)
5 December –
Cecil Frank Powell , physicist,
Nobel Prize laureate (died 1969)
10 December –
Mary Norton , children's author (died 1992)
unknown date –
John Illingworth , yachtsman, yacht designer and naval officer (died 1980)
Deaths
17 January –
Quintin Hogg , philanthropist (born 1845)
1 February –
Sir George Stokes, 1st Baronet , mathematician and physicist (born 1819)
7 February –
James Glaisher , meteorologist and aeronaut (born 1809)
4 March –
Joseph Henry Shorthouse , novelist (born 1834)
13 March –
George Granville Bradley , vicar and scholar (born 1821)
10 April –
Enderby Jackson , pioneer of the
British brass band (born 1827)
19 June –
Herbert Vaughan , Catholic cardinal and archbishop (born 1832)
11 July –
W. E. Henley , poet, critic, and editor (born 1849)
5 August –
Phil May , artist (born 1864)
22 August –
Robert Cecil, Marquess of Salisbury ,
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (born 1830)
18 September –
Alexander Bain , philosopher (born 1818)
8 December –
Herbert Spencer , philosopher (born 1820)
28 December –
George Gissing , novelist (born 1857)
See also
References