1897 in the United Kingdom
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Events from the year 1897 in the United Kingdom.
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[edit] Incumbents
- Monarch - Victoria of the United Kingdom
- Prime Minister - Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury, Conservative
[edit] Events
- 19 May] - The Anglo-Irish writer Oscar Wilde was released from prison.
- 22 May - The Blackwall Tunnel, at the time the longest underwater tunnel in the world, opened by the Prince of Wales.
- 26 July–2 August - Siege of Malakand: British troops besieged by Pashtun tribesmen in Malakand.
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- Discovery of the electron by J. J. Thomson.
- A British military force was ambushed by Chief Ologbosers, son-in-law of the Oba of Benin. In retaliation, Benin City was torched to the ground by British forces in the Punitive Expedition.
- Queen Victoria celebrated her accession to the throne in 1897 with her Diamond Jubilee celebrations centered around London.
[edit] Publications
- Irish-born writer Bram Stoker releases Dracula for the first time on May 18, which is set between Transylvania and Whitby in Yorkshire.
- H. G. Wells completes drafting of The War of the Worlds and prepares it for finalising and publishing. His novel, The Invisible Man, is released in this year, as is The Crystal Egg.
[edit] Births
- March 25 — John Laurie, actor (died 1980)
- March 26 — David McCallum, Sr., violinist (died 1972)
- June 12 — Anthony Eden, Prime Minister (died 1977)
- July 29 — Neil Ritchie, general (died 1983)
- September 1 — Andy Kennedy, footballer (died 1963)
- November 9 — Ronald George Wreyford Norrish, chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1978)
- November 15 — Sir Sacheverell Sitwell, 6th Baronet, writer (died 1988)
[edit] Deaths
- 12 January - Isaac Pitman, inventor of Pitman Shorthand (born 1813
- 19 June - Charles Boycott, land agent, origin of the word "boycott" (born 1832)
- 15 October - Charles John Vaughan, scholar and churchman (born 1816)
- George Palmer biscuit manufacturer (born 1818)
