1895 in the United Kingdom
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Events from the year 1895 in the United Kingdom.
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[edit] Events
- 11 February - The lowest ever UK temperature of -27.2°C (measured as -17°F) was recorded at Braemar in Aberdeenshire. This record was equalled in 1982 and again in 1995.
- 14 February - First showing of Oscar Wilde's last play The Importance of Being Earnest (St. James' Theatre in London).[1]
- 6 April - Oscar Wilde is arrested after losing a libel case against the Marquess of Queensberry.
- 25 May - Oscar Wilde is convicted of "sodomy and gross indecency" and is sentenced to serve two years in a Reading prison.
- 15 July - Archie MacLaren scores County Championship record innings of 424 for Lancashire against Somerset at Taunton.
- August - General election won by the Conservative Party under Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury.
- 29 August - The sport of rugby league is formed at a meeting in the George Hotel, Huddersfield.
- October - Rudyard Kipling publishes the story "Mowgli Leaves the Jungle Forever" in The Cosmopolitan illustrated magazine.
[edit] Births
- 29 April - Malcolm Sargent, conductor (d. 1967)
- 30 May - Maurice Tate, cricketer (d. 1956)
- 24 July - Robert Graves, writer (d. 1985)
- 7 September - Brian Horrocks, general (d. 1985)
- 31 October - Basil Liddell Hart, military historian (d. 1970)
- 2 December - Harriet Cohen, pianist (d. 1967)
- 14 December - King George VI of the United Kingdom (d. 1952)
[edit] Deaths
- 24 January - Lord Randolph Churchill, statesman (b. 1849)
- 10 March - Charles Frederick Worth, fashion designer (b. 1825)
- 29 June - Sir Thomas Henry Huxley, biologist (b. 1825)
[edit] References
- ^ (2006) Penguin Pocket On This Day. Penguin Reference Library. ISBN 0-141-02715-0.
