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Edward VII
Becomes King on the death of his mother, Queen Victoria.
Australia is granted dominion status. -
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Arthur Balfour becomes Prime Minister.
First trans-Atlantic radio transmission
Edward VII institutes the Order of Merit.
Empire Day is celebrated for the first time.
Rudyard Kipling’s Just So Stories published. -
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Wilbur and Orville Wright of the US make the first manned and controlled aircraft flight.
The Women’s Social and Political Union, demanding votes for women, is founded by Emmeline Pankhurst. -
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Britain and France sign the Entente Cordiale, settling outstanding territorial disputes.
Sigmund Freud publishes Psychopathology of Everyday Life.
Peter Pan by J. M. Barrie is published. -
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Motor buses are first used in London. -
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Construction of HMS Dreadnought -
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Edward VII visits his cousin Tzar Nicholas II of Russia
Taxi-cabs are legally recognized in Britain for the first time.
Baden-Powell takes the first ever group of boy scouts on holiday to Brownsea island, Dorset.
Parliament rejects Channel Tunnel scheme.
New Zealand is granted dominion status. -
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Production of Ford motor cars begins.
Publication of The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame
The fourth Olympic Games are held in London.
Herbert Henry Asquith becomes Prime Minister.
The Triple Entente is signed between Russia, France, and Britain.
The Children’s Act establishes separate juvenile courts to try children.
Old Age Pensions established in Britain for all over 70 years old with an income of less than ten shillings per week. -
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The People’s Budget is introduced by Lloyd George
The Women’s Suffrage movement becomes more militant in their fight for votes for women.
Introduction of Labour Exchanges
French airman, Louis Blériot, makes the first cross-Channel flight from Calais to Dover.
First rugby match to be played Twickenham takes place.
First Boy Scout Rally is held at Crystal Palace, London. -
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Constitutional Crisis is caused by the House of Commons’ attempt to curb the power of the House of Lords.
Edward dies of pneumonia at Buckingham Palace.