The timelines on this site are an attempt to highlight the major political and cultural events of the years 1895-1914. They are by no means definitive or canonical; aiming instead at a representative selection, gleaned from various texts. Additions to the timeline are especially welcome: please leave suggestions in the comments box below.
Key Events
February – first official toy bear, named the ‘teddy’ bear after US President Roosevelt.
October – Formation of Women’s Social and Political Union (Suffragettes).
Joseph Chamberlain launches Tariff Reform Campaign.
Orville Wright makes the first aeroplane flight in North Carolina.
Deaths
Paul Gauguin.
George Gissing.
Camille Pissarro.
James McNeill Whistler.
Literature
The Way of All Flesh – Samuel Butler
The Ambassadors – Henry James
Lady Rose’s Daughter – Mrs Humphry Wrd
The Riddle of the Sands – Erskine Childers
The Masterfolk – Haldane Macfall
Principia Ethica – G. E. Moore
Daily Mirror founded as a women’s paper.
Thomas Traherne’s Poetical Works published after rediscovery of manuscript.
Nobel prize: Bjrnstjerne Bjrnson
Art & Architecture
Burlington Magazine founded.
Rodin replaces Whistler as president of the International Society.
Foundation of The National Art Collections Fund.
Theatre
Duse Mohammed Ali, The Jew’s Revenge.
Music
Sea Drift – Frederick Delius
