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1899 In The United Kingdom
Events from the year 1899 in the United Kingdom. Incumbents * Monarch – Victoria * Prime Minister – Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury ( Coalition) * Parliament – 26th '1899 Events * 6 January – Lord Curzon becomes Viceroy of India. * 12–13 January – the Lynmouth life-boat ''Louisa'' is launched from Porlock Weir, entailing being hauled overland for with a climb of across Exmoor, to save the crew of the ''Forrest Hall'' in the Bristol Channel. * 25 February – in an accident at Grove Hill, Harrow, Edwin Sewell becomes the world's first driver of a petrol-driven vehicle to be killed; his passenger, Maj. James Richer, dies of injuries three days later. * 9 March – Charles C. Wakefield begins the lubricating oil company which will become Castrol. * 17 March – the world's first wireless distress signal is sent to the East Goodwin light vessel when German cargo ship ''Elbe'' runs aground in fog on Goodwin Sands off the Kent coast, bringing assis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1899 In England
Events January 1899 * January 1 ** Spanish rule ends in Cuba, concluding 400 years of the Spanish Empire in the Americas. ** Queens and Staten Island become administratively part of New York City. * January 2 – **Bolivia sets up a customs office in Puerto Alonso, leading to the Brazilian settlers there to declare the Republic of Acre in a revolt against Bolivian authorities. **The first part of the Jakarta Kota–Anyer Kidul railway on the island of Java is opened between Batavia Zuid ( Jakarta Kota) and Tangerang. * January 3 – Hungarian Prime Minister Dezső Bánffy fights an inconclusive duel with his bitter enemy in parliament, Horánszky Nándor. * January 4 – **U.S. President William McKinley's declaration of December 21, 1898, proclaiming a policy of benevolent assimilation of the Philippines as a United States territory, is announced in Manila by the U.S. commander, General Elwell Otis, and angers independence activists who had fought against Spa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
