Important Dates in British History - a timeline
Here are events from 1895 that have shaped Britain and its peoples and affected its history. If you feel we have left something out please don't hesitate to let us know.
More dates from British history
On this day:
Pepys’ First Diary Entry, - 1660, The Act of Union Signed - 1707, Ironbridge Opened - 1781, First Issue of The Times - 1788, English Claim to French Crown Ends - 1801, Frankenstein Published - 1818, Victoria Proclaimed Empress of India - 1877, Britains 1st telephone directory is published - 1880, Manchester Ship Canal Opens - 1894, Old-Age Pensions First Paid - 1909, First Edition of Desert Island Discs - 1942, Stanley Matthews Knighted - 1965, Britains Joins the EEC - 1973, First UK Mobile Phone Call - 1985, Fred West Found Hanged - 1995
Famous and historic events from 1895
Birth of Rugby League
First Car Ride in Britain
First Motoring Offences in Britain
First Prom Concert
National Trust founded
Trial of Oscar Wilde begins
W.G. Grace Scores his Hundredth Hundred
Famous Britons born in 1895
Anna Freud
Anne Redpath
Charles Sorley
F R Leavis
George VI
L P Hartley
Lancelot Hogben
Ove Arup
Ralph Cochrane
Robert Graves
Sir Malcolm Sargent
William Gerhardie
William Roberts
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