April – It is reported that King Edward VII's health has deteriorated further and he is likely to die soon.[4]
4 April – A bill to abolish the legislative
veto of the
House of Lords is introduced in the House of Commons, starting a prolonged clash between the two Houses of Parliament.[5]
2 June –
Charles Rolls becomes the first man to make a non-stop double crossing of the
English Channel by plane, including the first eastbound flight. He is also the first British resident to make the crossing in a British-built plane.[1][7]
12 July –
Charles Rolls becomes the first British aviation fatality when his French-built Wright aeroplane suffers a broken rudder at an altitude of 80 feet (24 meters) and crashes during a contest at
Bournemouth.[13]
11 September – English-born actor-aviator
Robert Loraine makes an aeroplane flight from
Wales across the
Irish Sea, landing some 200 feet (61 metres) short of the Irish coast in
Dublin Bay.[17][18]
5 October –
Portugal becomes a republic; King
Manuel II flees to England.
November – Education (Choice of Employment) Act establishes the school careers service.[21]
1 November – Coal miners are balloted for strike action by the
South Wales Miners' Federation following a
lock-out, resulting in 12,000 men working for the Cambrian Combine beginning a 10-month strike.[22]
7–8 November – Conflict between striking miners and police forces in the
Rhondda, South Wales, leads to the
Tonypandy riots.
3–19 December – The
second general election of 1910 is held for the electorate to resolve the battle of wills between the
Houses of Commons and the
House of Lords. The results are: Liberals, 272;
Labour, 42;
Irish Nationalists, 84; Unionists, 272 – making a majority of 126 for restriction of the powers of the Lords and for Irish
Home Rule. This will be the last UK general election before the end of World War I, the last on which regular voting extends over several days, the last in which only men can vote, and the last in which a party other than the Conservatives or Labour will gain a majority of seats.[24]
16 December – In Houndsditch, London, four (
Latvian)
anarchists shoot three policemen in botched raid on a
jewellers – three are arrested, other members of the gang escape but are later (January 1911) cornered in the '
siege of Sidney Street'.
Autumn –
Charlie Chaplin and Stan Jefferson, later known as
Stan Laurel, embark from
Southampton on the same ship, SS Cairnrona, on their first trip to North America, as part of
Fred Karno's comedy troupe.[26]
April – It is reported that King Edward VII's health has deteriorated further and he is likely to die soon.[4]
4 April – A bill to abolish the legislative
veto of the
House of Lords is introduced in the House of Commons, starting a prolonged clash between the two Houses of Parliament.[5]
2 June –
Charles Rolls becomes the first man to make a non-stop double crossing of the
English Channel by plane, including the first eastbound flight. He is also the first British resident to make the crossing in a British-built plane.[1][7]
12 July –
Charles Rolls becomes the first British aviation fatality when his French-built Wright aeroplane suffers a broken rudder at an altitude of 80 feet (24 meters) and crashes during a contest at
Bournemouth.[13]
11 September – English-born actor-aviator
Robert Loraine makes an aeroplane flight from
Wales across the
Irish Sea, landing some 200 feet (61 metres) short of the Irish coast in
Dublin Bay.[17][18]
5 October –
Portugal becomes a republic; King
Manuel II flees to England.
November – Education (Choice of Employment) Act establishes the school careers service.[21]
1 November – Coal miners are balloted for strike action by the
South Wales Miners' Federation following a
lock-out, resulting in 12,000 men working for the Cambrian Combine beginning a 10-month strike.[22]
7–8 November – Conflict between striking miners and police forces in the
Rhondda, South Wales, leads to the
Tonypandy riots.
3–19 December – The
second general election of 1910 is held for the electorate to resolve the battle of wills between the
Houses of Commons and the
House of Lords. The results are: Liberals, 272;
Labour, 42;
Irish Nationalists, 84; Unionists, 272 – making a majority of 126 for restriction of the powers of the Lords and for Irish
Home Rule. This will be the last UK general election before the end of World War I, the last on which regular voting extends over several days, the last in which only men can vote, and the last in which a party other than the Conservatives or Labour will gain a majority of seats.[24]
16 December – In Houndsditch, London, four (
Latvian)
anarchists shoot three policemen in botched raid on a
jewellers – three are arrested, other members of the gang escape but are later (January 1911) cornered in the '
siege of Sidney Street'.
Autumn –
Charlie Chaplin and Stan Jefferson, later known as
Stan Laurel, embark from
Southampton on the same ship, SS Cairnrona, on their first trip to North America, as part of
Fred Karno's comedy troupe.[26]