7 February – The "
Mud March", the first large procession organised by the National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies (
NUWSS), takes place in
London.
21 February – The mail steamer Berlin wrecked off the
Hook of Holland: 142 lives lost.
22 March – The first
taxicabs with
taximeters begin operating in London.
6 April –
Horatio Phillips achieves the first, limited, powered heavier-than-air flight in the UK when his multiplane makes a 500 ft (150 m) hop.[4][5]
1 June –
Colin Blythe of
Kent takes 17 wickets for 48 runs against
Northamptonshire at
Northampton in one day. It is the best analysis ever recorded for a county cricket match (or for a single day's bowling), and not bettered in
first-class cricket until almost half a century later in 1956.
6 July – Guardians of the
Irish Crown Jewels notice that they have been stolen.
13 July – The
Edward Medal instituted to recognise acts of bravery by miners and quarrymen in endangering their lives to rescue fellow workers in accidents[8] (extended 1909 to cover other industries).
12 August – Troops open fire during rioting in
Belfast, killing four Irish nationalists.[9]
27 August – Education (Administrative Provisions) Act extends powers of local education authorities in England and Wales in relation to scholarships for
grammar schools (the 'free place' system), the provision of holiday activities and medical inspections of elementary school children.[10][11]
First organised British
school meal service for all pupils, a dinner of scotch barley broth and fruit tart, served to pupils at Green Lane Primary School in
Manningham, Bradford, by headmaster Jonathan Priestley.[14]
10 December –
Rudyard Kipling wins the
Nobel Prize in Literature "in consideration of the power of observation, originality of imagination, virility of ideas and remarkable talent for narration which characterize the creations of this world-famous author".[16]
^Peach, B. N.; et al. The Geological Structure of the North-West Highlands of Scotland. Memoirs of the
Geological Survey of Great Britain, Scotland. Glasgow: H.M.S.O.
7 February – The "
Mud March", the first large procession organised by the National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies (
NUWSS), takes place in
London.
21 February – The mail steamer Berlin wrecked off the
Hook of Holland: 142 lives lost.
22 March – The first
taxicabs with
taximeters begin operating in London.
6 April –
Horatio Phillips achieves the first, limited, powered heavier-than-air flight in the UK when his multiplane makes a 500 ft (150 m) hop.[4][5]
1 June –
Colin Blythe of
Kent takes 17 wickets for 48 runs against
Northamptonshire at
Northampton in one day. It is the best analysis ever recorded for a county cricket match (or for a single day's bowling), and not bettered in
first-class cricket until almost half a century later in 1956.
6 July – Guardians of the
Irish Crown Jewels notice that they have been stolen.
13 July – The
Edward Medal instituted to recognise acts of bravery by miners and quarrymen in endangering their lives to rescue fellow workers in accidents[8] (extended 1909 to cover other industries).
12 August – Troops open fire during rioting in
Belfast, killing four Irish nationalists.[9]
27 August – Education (Administrative Provisions) Act extends powers of local education authorities in England and Wales in relation to scholarships for
grammar schools (the 'free place' system), the provision of holiday activities and medical inspections of elementary school children.[10][11]
First organised British
school meal service for all pupils, a dinner of scotch barley broth and fruit tart, served to pupils at Green Lane Primary School in
Manningham, Bradford, by headmaster Jonathan Priestley.[14]
10 December –
Rudyard Kipling wins the
Nobel Prize in Literature "in consideration of the power of observation, originality of imagination, virility of ideas and remarkable talent for narration which characterize the creations of this world-famous author".[16]
^Peach, B. N.; et al. The Geological Structure of the North-West Highlands of Scotland. Memoirs of the
Geological Survey of Great Britain, Scotland. Glasgow: H.M.S.O.