1896 in the United Kingdom

Events from the year 1896 in the United Kingdom.

Incumbents

*Monarch - Victoria of the United Kingdom
*Prime Minister - Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury, Conservative

Events

* 2 January - The Jameson Raid comes to an end, as Jameson surrenders to the Boers.cite book |last=Palmer |first=Alan & Veronica |year=1992 |title= The Chronology of British History|publisher= Century Ltd|location=London|pages= 324-325|isbn= 0-7126-5616-2]
* 6 January - Cecil Rhodes resigns as Premier of Cape Colony over the Jameson Raid.
* 28 January - Walter Arnold of Kent receives the first speeding conviction for driving in excess of the contemporary speed limit of 2 mph.cite book|title=Penguin Pocket On This Day|publisher=Penguin Reference Library|isbn=0-141-02715-0|year=2006]
* 12 March - Salisbury orders a military campaign to combat increasing French influence in the Sudan.
* 6 April–15 April - Great Britain and Ireland compete at the 1896 Summer Olympics and win 2 gold, 3 silver and 2 bronze medals.
* 4 May - "Daily Mail" newspaper founded.
* 8 May - Cricket: Against Warwickshire, Yorkshire sets a still-standing County Championship record when they accumulate an innings total of 887.
* 7 June - Mahdist War: British and Egyptian victory at the Battle of Ferkeh.
* 12 June - J.T. Hearne sets a record for the earliest date of taking 100 wickets. It is equalled by Charlie Parker in 1931.
* July - Law requiring a man to walk in front of moving cars waving a red flag is repealed.
* 17 August - Bridget Driscoll becomes the first person the world to be killed in a car accident.
* 27 August
** The shortest war in recorded history, the Anglo-Zanzibar War, starts at 9 in the morning and lasts for 45 minutes of shelling.
** Britain establishes a Protectorate over Ashanti.
* 22 September - Queen Victoria surpassed her grandfather King George III as the longest reigning monarch in British history.
* 23 September - Kitchener captures Dongola in the Sudan.
* 14 November
** An Locomotives on the Highway Act raises the speed limit for road vehicles from 4 to 14 mph.
** The London to Brighton Veteran Car Run is held for the first time to celebrate the Locomotives on the Highway Act. [cite web|url=http://www.lbvcr.com/history.cfm|title=London to Brighton Veteran Car Run|accessdate=2008-03-30]
* 14 December - Glasgow Subway "(pictured)", the third oldest metro system in the world after the London Underground and the Budapest Metro, begins operations in Glasgow.

Undated

* Frederick Temple enthroned as Archbishop of Canterbury.

Publications

* Alfred Edward Housman's poetry collection "A Shropshire Lad".

Births

* 7 January - Arnold Ridley, actor (died 1984)
* 3 May - Dodie Smith, novelist and playwright (died 1990)
* 6 June - Henry Allingham, the oldest surviving British veteran of the First World War
* 19 June - Wallis, The Duchess of Windsor, American wife of Edward VIII of the United Kingdom (died 1986)
* 19 July - A. J. Cronin, novelist (died 1981)
* 14 October - Bud Flanagan, comedian and singer (died 1968)
* 16 November - Oswald Mosley, leader of the British Union of Fascists (died 1980)

Deaths

* 13 August - John Everett Millais, painter (born 1829)
* 3 October - William Morris, artist, writer and socialist (born 1834)
* 11 October - Edward White Benson, Archbishop of Canterbury (born 1829)
* 21 October - James Henry Greathead, engineer and inventor (born 1844, South Africa)

References

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