Important Dates in British History - a timeline
Here are events from 1905 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 1905
Einstein Produces Theory of Relativity
Famous Britons born in 1905
Alan Rawsthorne
Anthony Powell
Arthur Koestler
C P Snow
Conrad Waddington
Duncan Macrae
Geoffrey Grigson
Henry Green
Herbert E Bates
James Mollison
John Heenan
John Maxwell
Kenneth Martin
Michael Tippett
Michael Powell
Muriel Box
Peter Quennell
Rex Warner
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