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
April – Sinking of the Titanic.
April – Irish Home Rule Bill passes House of Commons; opposition mobilized in Ulster.
July – National Health Insurance Act.
First Music Hall Royal Command Performance.
British Board of Film Censors established.
Anti-suffrage ‘cat and mouse act’ passed.
Deaths
Lawrence Alma-Tadema.
General Booth.
Octavia Hill.
Andrew Lang.
Lord Lister.
Captain Scott.
W. T. Stead.
Bram Stoker.
Literature
The Lost World – Arthur Conan Doyle
Adnam’s Orchard – Sarah Grand
The Trespasser – D. H. Lawrence
The Chronicles of Clovis – Saki
The Way of an Eagle – Ethel M. Dell
A Derelict Empire – ‘Mark Time’ (Henry Irwin)
The Devil’s Wind – ‘Patricia Wentworth’ (Dora Elles)
Death in Venice – Thomas Mann
Theory of Psychoanalysis – Carl Jung
The Problems of Philosophy – Bertrand Russell
Georgian Poetry – edited by Edward Marsh
obel prize: Gerhart Hauptmann
Art & Architecture
Second Post-Impressionists exhibition held at the Grafton Galleries.
Theatre
Premiere of Daphnis et Chloe ballet in Paris.
Music
A Song of the High Hills – Frederick Delius
