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4 March: Forth Bridge is opened. 4 January – first edition of the Daily Graphic, the first British 'picture paper'. [1]11 January – the British government delivers an ultimatum to Portugal forcing the retreat of Portuguese military forces from land between Portuguese colonies of Mozambique and Angola.
1890s in England (16 C, 3 P) ... Pages in category "1890s in the United Kingdom" The following 29 pages are in this category, out of 29 total.
The 1890s (pronounced "eighteen-nineties") was a decade of the Gregorian calendar that began on January 1, 1890, and ended on December 31, 1899. In American popular culture, the decade would later be nostalgically referred to as the "gay nineties" ("gay" meaning carefree or cheerful). In the British Empire, the 1890s epitomised the late ...
The Wapping dispute was a significant turning point in the history of the trade union movement and of UK industrial relations. It started on 24 January 1986 when some 6,000 newspaper workers went on strike after protracted negotiation with their employers, News International (parent of Times Newspapers and News Group Newspapers, and chaired by ...
Pages in category "1890s in England" The following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. E.
The 1890s: An Encyclopedia of British Literature, Art, and Culture (1993) 736pp; short articles by experts; Chadwick, Owen. The Victorian Church (2 vol 1966), covers all denominations online; Clark, G. Kitson The making of Victorian England (1963). online; Corey, Melinda, and George Ochoa, eds.
Pages in category "1890 in England" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. 0–9.
22 September – Elementary Education (School Attendance) Act leads to raising of school leaving age in England and Wales to eleven years. [6] 13 October – The first students enter St Hilda's College, Oxford, founded for women by Dorothea Beale. 28 October – The Royal Navy's first destroyer, HMS Havock, undergoes sea trials. [1]