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Kingdom</i></small> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/w/index.php?title=1898_in_England&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1898 in England (page does not exist)">England</a> | <a href="/wiki/1898_in_Ireland" title="1898 in Ireland">Ireland</a> | <a href="/wiki/1898_in_Scotland" title="1898 in Scotland">Scotland</a> | <a href="/wiki/1898_in_Wales" title="1898 in Wales">Wales</a> </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:#f3f3f3"> <td style="text-align:center;"><small><i>Sport</i></small> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><div> <p><a href="/wiki/1898_English_cricket_season" title="1898 English cricket season">1898 English cricket season</a><br /> <a href="/wiki/Football_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Football in the United Kingdom">Football</a>: <a href="/wiki/1897%E2%80%9398_in_English_football" title="1897–98 in English football">England</a> | <a href="/wiki/1897%E2%80%9398_in_Scottish_football" title="1897–98 in Scottish football">Scotland</a><br /> </p> </div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Events from the year <b>1898 in the United Kingdom</b>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Incumbents">Incumbents</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1898_in_the_United_Kingdom&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Incumbents"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Monarch_of_the_United_Kingdom" class="mw-redirect" title="Monarch of the United Kingdom">Monarch</a> – <a href="/wiki/Queen_Victoria" title="Queen Victoria">Victoria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Prime Minister of the United Kingdom">Prime Minister</a> – <a href="/wiki/Robert_Gascoyne-Cecil,_3rd_Marquess_of_Salisbury" title="Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury">Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury</a> (<a 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April – <a href="/wiki/Portsmouth_F.C." title="Portsmouth F.C.">Portsmouth F.C.</a> founded at 12 High Street, <a href="/wiki/Old_Portsmouth" title="Old Portsmouth">Old Portsmouth</a>.</li> <li>8 April – <a href="/wiki/Mahdist_War" title="Mahdist War">Mahdist War</a>: British and <a href="/wiki/Egypt" title="Egypt">Egyptian</a> victory at the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Atbara" title="Battle of Atbara">Battle of Atbara</a>.</li> <li>19 April Whitwick Colliery Disaster Killing 35 Miners Leicestershire worst mining Disaster.</li> <li>30 May – <a href="/wiki/William_Ramsay" title="William Ramsay">William Ramsay</a> and <a href="/wiki/Morris_Travers" title="Morris Travers">Morris Travers</a> make the first of their discovery of <a href="/wiki/Noble_gas" title="Noble gas">noble gases</a>, <a href="/wiki/Krypton" title="Krypton">krypton</a>, followed on 7 June by <a href="/wiki/Neon" title="Neon">neon</a> and on 12 July by <a href="/wiki/Xenon" title="Xenon">xenon</a> at <a href="/wiki/University_College_London" title="University College London">University College London</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>9 June – signature of the <a href="/wiki/Convention_for_the_Extension_of_Hong_Kong_Territory" title="Convention for the Extension of Hong Kong Territory">Convention for the Extension of Hong Kong Territory</a> with <a href="/wiki/Qing_Dynasty" class="mw-redirect" title="Qing Dynasty">Qing Dynasty</a> China leasing <a href="/wiki/Hong_Kong" title="Hong Kong">Hong Kong</a> for 99 years.<sup id="cite_ref-Pocket_On_This_Day_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Pocket_On_This_Day-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>14 June – treaty with France establishes borders between French colonies and <a href="/wiki/Nigeria" title="Nigeria">Nigeria</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Gold_Coast_(British_colony)" title="Gold Coast (British colony)">Gold Coast</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-CBH_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CBH-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>16 June – <a href="/wiki/English_Folk_Dance_and_Song_Society" title="English Folk Dance and Song Society">Folk-Song Society</a> founded.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>23 June – <a href="/wiki/Royal_Army_Medical_Corps" title="Royal Army Medical Corps">Royal Army Medical Corps</a> formed within the <a href="/wiki/British_Army" title="British Army">British Army</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>6 July – <a href="/wiki/Guglielmo_Marconi" title="Guglielmo Marconi">Guglielmo Marconi</a> conducts a test <a href="/wiki/Radio_telegraph" class="mw-redirect" title="Radio telegraph">radio telegraph</a> transmission for <a href="/wiki/Lloyd%27s_Register" title="Lloyd's Register">Lloyd</a>'s between <a href="/wiki/Ballycastle,_County_Antrim" title="Ballycastle, County Antrim">Ballycastle, County Antrim</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Rathlin_Island" title="Rathlin Island">Rathlin Island</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ireland" title="Ireland">Ireland</a>.</li> <li>19 July – French novelist <a href="/wiki/%C3%89mile_Zola" title="Émile Zola">Émile Zola</a> arrives in London to escape imprisonment for criminal libel over his open letter <i><a href="/wiki/J%27Accuse%E2%80%A6!" class="mw-redirect" title="J'Accuse…!">J'Accuse…!</a></i> on the <a href="/wiki/Dreyfus_affair" title="Dreyfus affair">Dreyfus affair</a>.</li> <li>12 August <ul><li>The Criminal Evidence Act permits <a href="/wiki/Defendant" title="Defendant">defendants</a> in <a href="/wiki/English_law" title="English law">English law</a> to give sworn <a href="/wiki/Evidence_(law)" title="Evidence (law)">evidence</a> and removes <a href="/wiki/Spousal_privilege" title="Spousal privilege">spousal privilege</a> in many instances.</li> <li>Elected county and district councils established in Ireland.<sup id="cite_ref-CBH_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CBH-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul></li> <li>23 August – the <a href="/wiki/Southern_Cross_Expedition" title="Southern Cross Expedition">Southern Cross Expedition</a>, the first British venture of the <a href="/wiki/Heroic_Age_of_Antarctic_Exploration" title="Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration">Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration</a>, sets sail from London.</li> <li>2 September – Mahdist War: at the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Omdurman" title="Battle of Omdurman">Battle of Omdurman</a>, British and Egyptian troops led by <a href="/wiki/Horatio_Kitchener,_1st_Earl_Kitchener_of_Khartoum" class="mw-redirect" title="Horatio Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener of Khartoum">Horatio Kitchener</a> defeat Sudanese tribesmen led by <a href="/wiki/Abdallahi_ibn_Muhammad" title="Abdallahi ibn Muhammad">Khalifa Abdullah al-Taashi</a>, thus establishing British dominance in the <a href="/wiki/Sudan" title="Sudan">Sudan</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Pocket_On_This_Day_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Pocket_On_This_Day-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During the battle, the <a href="/wiki/21st_Lancers" title="21st Lancers">21st Lancers</a> make what will be the last British <a href="/wiki/Cavalry" title="Cavalry">cavalry</a> charge and win three <a href="/wiki/Victoria_Cross" title="Victoria Cross">VCs</a>. There are 47 deaths among the British and their allies (28 British)<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and at least 9,700 amongst their opponents.</li> <li>3 September – <a href="/wiki/Southampton_F.C." title="Southampton F.C.">Southampton F.C.</a> move into their new stadium, <a href="/wiki/The_Dell_(Southampton)" title="The Dell (Southampton)">The Dell</a><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/Nottingham_Forest_F.C." title="Nottingham Forest F.C.">Nottingham Forest F.C.</a> move into their new <a href="/wiki/City_Ground" title="City Ground">City Ground</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>10 September – <a href="/wiki/Sunderland_A.F.C." title="Sunderland A.F.C.">Sunderland A.F.C.</a> move into their new stadium at <a href="/wiki/Roker_Park" title="Roker Park">Roker Park</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>18 September – <a href="/wiki/Fashoda_Incident" title="Fashoda Incident">Fashoda Incident</a>: A powerful <a href="/wiki/Flotilla" title="Flotilla">flotilla</a> of British <a href="/wiki/Gunboat" title="Gunboat">gunboats</a> arrives at the French-occupied fort of <a href="/wiki/Fashoda" class="mw-redirect" title="Fashoda">Fashoda</a> on the <a href="/wiki/White_Nile" title="White Nile">White Nile</a>, leading to a diplomatic stalemate until French troops are ordered to withdraw on 3 November.</li> <li>14 October – <a href="/wiki/Atlantic_Transport_Line" title="Atlantic Transport Line">Atlantic Transport Line</a>'s <a href="/wiki/SS_Mohegan" title="SS Mohegan">SS <i>Mohegan</i></a> sinks on <a href="/wiki/The_Manacles" title="The Manacles">The Manacles</a> off <a href="/wiki/Cornwall" title="Cornwall">Cornwall</a> with the loss of 106 of the 197 on board.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>16 November – <a href="/wiki/Harrods" title="Harrods">Harrods</a> department store in <a href="/wiki/Knightsbridge" title="Knightsbridge">Knightsbridge</a> install the first (stepless) <a href="/wiki/Escalator" title="Escalator">escalator</a> in the UK.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Undated">Undated</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1898_in_the_United_Kingdom&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Undated"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Edward_William_Barton-Wright" title="Edward William Barton-Wright">Edward William Barton-Wright</a> introduces <a href="/wiki/Japanese_martial_arts" title="Japanese martial arts">Japanese martial arts</a> to Europe, a form of <a href="/wiki/Jujitsu" class="mw-redirect" title="Jujitsu">jujitsu</a> which he calls <a href="/wiki/Bartitsu" title="Bartitsu">Bartitsu</a>.</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/North_Petherton" title="North Petherton">North Petherton</a> Rosco <a href="/wiki/Acetylene" title="Acetylene">Acetylene</a> Company in Somerset may have provided gas lighting for a church.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>JG Palmer is established as a newspaper wholesaler in <a href="/wiki/Kent" title="Kent">Kent</a>.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Publications">Publications</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1898_in_the_United_Kingdom&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Publications"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/J._Meade_Falkner" title="J. Meade Falkner">J. Meade Falkner</a>'s children's adventure <i><a href="/wiki/Moonfleet_(novel)" title="Moonfleet (novel)">Moonfleet</a></i>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Hardy" title="Thomas Hardy">Thomas Hardy</a>'s collection <i><a href="/wiki/Wessex_Poems_and_Other_Verses" title="Wessex Poems and Other Verses">Wessex Poems and Other Verses</a></i>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maurice_Hewlett" title="Maurice Hewlett">Maurice Hewlett</a>'s historical novel <i>Forest Lovers</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ebenezer_Howard" title="Ebenezer Howard">Ebenezer Howard</a>'s tract <i><a href="/wiki/To-Morrow:_A_Peaceful_Path_to_Real_Reform" class="mw-redirect" title="To-Morrow: A Peaceful Path to Real Reform">To-Morrow: A Peaceful Path to Real Reform</a></i>, influencing the <a href="/wiki/Garden_city_movement" title="Garden city movement">Garden city movement</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_James" title="Henry James">Henry James</a>' novella <i><a href="/wiki/The_Turn_of_the_Screw" title="The Turn of the Screw">The Turn of the Screw</a></i>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fred_T._Jane" title="Fred T. Jane">Fred T. Jane</a>'s reference work <i><a href="/wiki/Jane%27s_Fighting_Ships" class="mw-redirect" title="Jane's Fighting Ships">Jane's All the World's Fighting Ships</a></i>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Theodore_Watts-Dunton" title="Theodore Watts-Dunton">Theodore Watts-Dunton</a>'s romantic novel <i>Aylwin</i>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/H._G._Wells" title="H. G. Wells">H. G. Wells</a>' novel <i><a href="/wiki/The_War_of_the_Worlds" title="The War of the Worlds">The War of the Worlds</a></i>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oscar_Wilde" title="Oscar Wilde">Oscar Wilde</a>'s poem <i><a href="/wiki/The_Ballad_of_Reading_Gaol" title="The Ballad of Reading Gaol">The Ballad of Reading Gaol</a></i>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Wright_(linguist)" title="Joseph Wright (linguist)">Joseph Wright</a>'s <i><a href="/wiki/English_Dialect_Dictionary" class="mw-redirect" title="English Dialect Dictionary">English Dialect Dictionary</a></i> begins publication.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Births">Births</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1898_in_the_United_Kingdom&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Births"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>9 January – <a href="/wiki/Gracie_Fields" title="Gracie Fields">Gracie Fields</a>, singer and comedian (died 1979)</li> <li>23 February – <a href="/wiki/Lucy_Morton" title="Lucy Morton">Lucy Morton</a>, Olympic swimmer (died 1980)</li> <li>28 February – <a href="/wiki/Hugh_O%27Flaherty" title="Hugh O'Flaherty">Hugh O'Flaherty</a>, Irish Catholic priest (died 1963)</li> <li>10 March – <a href="/wiki/Mary_Adams_(broadcaster)" title="Mary Adams (broadcaster)">Mary Adams</a>, television producer and social researcher (died 1984)</li> <li>8 April – <a href="/wiki/Maurice_Bowra" title="Maurice Bowra">Maurice Bowra</a>, classical scholar, academic and wit (died 1971)</li> <li>26 April – <a href="/wiki/John_Grierson" title="John Grierson">John Grierson</a>, documentary filmmaker (died 1972)</li> <li>2 May – <a href="/wiki/Henry_Hall_(bandleader)" title="Henry Hall (bandleader)">Henry Hall</a>, bandleader (died 1989)</li> <li>15 May – <a href="/wiki/Tom_Wintringham" title="Tom Wintringham">Tom Wintringham</a>, soldier and politician (died 1949)</li> <li>24 May – <a href="/wiki/Kathleen_Hale" title="Kathleen Hale">Kathleen Hale</a>, children's author (died 2000)</li> <li>6 June – <a href="/wiki/Ninette_de_Valois" title="Ninette de Valois">Ninette de Valois</a>, born Edris Stannus, Irish dancer and founder of The Royal Ballet, London (died 2001)</li> <li>18 June – <a href="/wiki/Carleton_Hobbs" title="Carleton Hobbs">Carleton Hobbs</a>, actor (died 1978)</li> <li>23 June – <a href="/wiki/Lillian_Hall-Davis" title="Lillian Hall-Davis">Lillian Hall-Davis</a>, actress (died 1933)</li> <li>3 July – <a href="/wiki/Donald_Healey" title="Donald Healey">Donald Healey</a>, motor engineer and race car driver (died 1988)</li> <li>4 July – <a href="/wiki/Gertrude_Lawrence" title="Gertrude Lawrence">Gertrude Lawrence</a>, actress (died 1952)</li> <li>14 July – <a href="/wiki/David_Horne_(actor)" title="David Horne (actor)">David Horne</a>, actor (died 1970)</li> <li>28 July – <a href="/wiki/Alice_Baker_(veteran)" title="Alice Baker (veteran)">Alice Baker</a>, World War I pilot (died 2006)</li> <li>30 July – <a href="/wiki/Henry_Moore" title="Henry Moore">Henry Moore</a>, sculptor (died 1986)</li> <li>1 August – <a href="/wiki/Mildred_Creak" title="Mildred Creak">Mildred Creak</a>, child psychologist (died 1993)</li> <li>23 August – <a href="/wiki/W._E._Butler" title="W. E. Butler">W. E. Butler</a>, occultist (died 1978)</li> <li>1 September – <a href="/wiki/Violet_Carson" title="Violet Carson">Violet Carson</a>, actress and entertainer (died 1983)</li> <li>2 September – <a href="/wiki/Arthur_Young_(actor)" title="Arthur Young (actor)">Arthur Young</a>, actor (died 1959)</li> <li>9 September – <a href="/wiki/Beverley_Nichols" title="Beverley Nichols">Beverley Nichols</a>, author (died 1983)</li> <li>18 October – <a href="/wiki/George_Curzon_(actor)" title="George Curzon (actor)">George Curzon</a>, actor (died 1976)</li> <li>1 November – <a href="/wiki/Philip_Ray" title="Philip Ray">Philip Ray</a>, actor (died 1978)</li> <li>17 November <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Harold_Bennett" title="Harold Bennett">Harold Bennett</a>, actor (died 1981)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mark_Lubbock" title="Mark Lubbock">Mark Lubbock</a>, composer (died 1986)</li></ul></li> <li>29 November – <a href="/wiki/C._S._Lewis" title="C. S. Lewis">C. S. Lewis</a>, author (died 1963)<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>27 December – <a href="/wiki/W._C._Sellar" title="W. C. Sellar">W. C. Sellar</a>, humorist (died 1951)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Deaths">Deaths</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1898_in_the_United_Kingdom&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Deaths"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>12 January – Sir <a href="/wiki/Joseph_Terry" title="Joseph Terry">Joseph Terry</a>, confectioner and politician (born 1828)</li> <li>14 January – <a href="/wiki/Lewis_Carroll" title="Lewis Carroll">Lewis Carroll</a>, children's writer and mathematician (born 1832)</li> <li>16 January – <a href="/wiki/Charles_Pelham_Villiers" title="Charles Pelham Villiers">Charles Pelham Villiers</a>, longest-serving MP in the <a href="/wiki/British_House_of_Commons" class="mw-redirect" title="British House of Commons">British House of Commons</a> (born 1802)</li> <li>18 January – <a href="/wiki/Henry_Liddell" title="Henry Liddell">Henry Liddell</a>, classicist, Dean of Christ Church, Oxford (born 1811)</li> <li>1 March – <a href="/wiki/George_Bruce_Malleson" title="George Bruce Malleson">George Bruce Malleson</a>, officer in India and author (born 1825)</li> <li>15 March – Sir <a href="/wiki/Henry_Bessemer" title="Henry Bessemer">Henry Bessemer</a>, engineer and inventor (born 1813)</li> <li>16 March – <a href="/wiki/Aubrey_Beardsley" title="Aubrey Beardsley">Aubrey Beardsley</a>, artist (born 1872)<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>19 May – <a href="/wiki/William_Ewart_Gladstone" title="William Ewart Gladstone">William Ewart Gladstone</a>, <a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Prime Minister of the United Kingdom">Prime Minister</a> (born 1809)</li> <li>3 June – <a href="/wiki/Samuel_Plimsoll" title="Samuel Plimsoll">Samuel Plimsoll</a>, politician and social reformer (born 1824)</li> <li>17 June – <a href="/wiki/Edward_Burne-Jones" title="Edward Burne-Jones">Sir Edward Burne-Jones</a>, painter and designer (born 1833)</li> <li>14 July – <a href="/wiki/Eliza_Lynn_Linton" title="Eliza Lynn Linton">Eliza Lynn Linton</a>, novelist and journalist (born 1822)</li> <li>28 September – <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Gee" title="Thomas Gee">Thomas Gee</a>, Welsh non-Conformist preacher publisher (born 1815)</li> <li>2 November – <a href="/wiki/George_Goyder" title="George Goyder">George Goyder</a>, surveyor-general of <a href="/wiki/South_Australia" title="South Australia">South Australia</a> (born 1826)</li> <li>20 November – <a href="/wiki/Sir_John_Fowler,_1st_Baronet" title="Sir John Fowler, 1st Baronet">Sir John Fowler, 1st Baronet</a>, <a href="/wiki/Civil_engineer" title="Civil engineer">civil engineer</a> (born 1817)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1898_in_the_United_Kingdom&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_British_films_before_1920" title="List of British films before 1920">List of British films before 1920</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1898_in_the_United_Kingdom&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist 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href="#cite_ref-Pocket_On_This_Day_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Pocket_On_This_Day_1-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px 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in the<br /><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom_of_Great_Britain_and_Ireland" title="United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland">United Kingdom<br />of Great Britain<br />and Ireland</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1801_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1801 in the United Kingdom">1801</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1802_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1802 in the United Kingdom">1802</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1803_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1803 in the United Kingdom">1803</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1804_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1804 in the United Kingdom">1804</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1805_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1805 in the United Kingdom">1805</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1806_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1806 in the United Kingdom">1806</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1807_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1807 in the United Kingdom">1807</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1808_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1808 in the United Kingdom">1808</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1809_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1809 in the United Kingdom">1809</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1810_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1810 in the United Kingdom">1810</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1811_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1811 in the United Kingdom">1811</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1812_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1812 in the United Kingdom">1812</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1813_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1813 in the United Kingdom">1813</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1814_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1814 in the United Kingdom">1814</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1815_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1815 in the United Kingdom">1815</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1816_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1816 in the United Kingdom">1816</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1817_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1817 in the United Kingdom">1817</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1818_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1818 in the United Kingdom">1818</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1819_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1819 in the United Kingdom">1819</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1820_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1820 in the United Kingdom">1820</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1821_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1821 in the United Kingdom">1821</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1822_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1822 in the United Kingdom">1822</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1823_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1823 in the United Kingdom">1823</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1824_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1824 in the United Kingdom">1824</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1825_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1825 in the United Kingdom">1825</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1826_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1826 in the United Kingdom">1826</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1827_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1827 in the United Kingdom">1827</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1828_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1828 in the United Kingdom">1828</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1829_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1829 in the United Kingdom">1829</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1830_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1830 in the United Kingdom">1830</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1831_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1831 in the United Kingdom">1831</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1832_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1832 in the United Kingdom">1832</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1833_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1833 in the United Kingdom">1833</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1834_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1834 in the United Kingdom">1834</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1835_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1835 in the United Kingdom">1835</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1836_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1836 in the United Kingdom">1836</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1837_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1837 in the United Kingdom">1837</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1838_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1838 in the United Kingdom">1838</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1839_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1839 in the United Kingdom">1839</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1840_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1840 in the United Kingdom">1840</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1841_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1841 in the United Kingdom">1841</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1842_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1842 in the United Kingdom">1842</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1843_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1843 in the United Kingdom">1843</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1844_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1844 in the United Kingdom">1844</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1845_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1845 in the United Kingdom">1845</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1846_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1846 in the United Kingdom">1846</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1847_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1847 in the United Kingdom">1847</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1848_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1848 in the United Kingdom">1848</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1849_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1849 in the United Kingdom">1849</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1850_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1850 in the United Kingdom">1850</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1851_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1851 in the United Kingdom">1851</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1852_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1852 in the United Kingdom">1852</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1853_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1853 in the United Kingdom">1853</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1854_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1854 in the United Kingdom">1854</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1855_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1855 in the United Kingdom">1855</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1856_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1856 in the United Kingdom">1856</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1857_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1857 in the United Kingdom">1857</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1858_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1858 in the United Kingdom">1858</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1859_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1859 in the United Kingdom">1859</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1860_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1860 in the United Kingdom">1860</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1861_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1861 in the United Kingdom">1861</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1862_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1862 in the United Kingdom">1862</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1863_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1863 in the United Kingdom">1863</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1864_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1864 in the United Kingdom">1864</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1865_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1865 in the United Kingdom">1865</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1866_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1866 in the United Kingdom">1866</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1867_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1867 in the United Kingdom">1867</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1868_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1868 in the United Kingdom">1868</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1869_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1869 in the United Kingdom">1869</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1870_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1870 in the United Kingdom">1870</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1871_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1871 in the United Kingdom">1871</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1872_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1872 in the United Kingdom">1872</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1873_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1873 in the United Kingdom">1873</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1874_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1874 in the United Kingdom">1874</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1875_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1875 in the United Kingdom">1875</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1876_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1876 in the United Kingdom">1876</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1877_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1877 in the United Kingdom">1877</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1878_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1878 in the United Kingdom">1878</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1879_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1879 in the United Kingdom">1879</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1880_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1880 in the United Kingdom">1880</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1881_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1881 in the United Kingdom">1881</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1882_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1882 in the United Kingdom">1882</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1883_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1883 in the United Kingdom">1883</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1884_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1884 in the United Kingdom">1884</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1885_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1885 in the United Kingdom">1885</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1886_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1886 in the United Kingdom">1886</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1887_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1887 in the United Kingdom">1887</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1888_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1888 in the United Kingdom">1888</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1889_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1889 in the United Kingdom">1889</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1890_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1890 in the United Kingdom">1890</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1891_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1891 in the United Kingdom">1891</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1892_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1892 in the United Kingdom">1892</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1893_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1893 in the United Kingdom">1893</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1894_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1894 in the United Kingdom">1894</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1895_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1895 in the United Kingdom">1895</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1896_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1896 in the United Kingdom">1896</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1897_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1897 in the United Kingdom">1897</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">1898</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1899_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1899 in the United Kingdom">1899</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1900_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1900 in the United Kingdom">1900</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1901_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1901 in the United Kingdom">1901</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1902_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1902 in the United Kingdom">1902</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1903_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1903 in the United Kingdom">1903</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1904_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1904 in the United Kingdom">1904</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1905_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1905 in the United Kingdom">1905</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1906_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1906 in the United Kingdom">1906</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1907_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1907 in the United Kingdom">1907</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1908_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1908 in the United Kingdom">1908</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1909_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1909 in the United Kingdom">1909</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1910_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1910 in the United Kingdom">1910</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1911_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1911 in the United Kingdom">1911</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1912_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1912 in the United Kingdom">1912</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1913_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1913 in the United Kingdom">1913</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1914_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1914 in the United Kingdom">1914</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1915_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1915 in the United Kingdom">1915</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1916_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1916 in the United Kingdom">1916</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1917_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1917 in the United Kingdom">1917</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1918_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1918 in the United Kingdom">1918</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1919_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1919 in the United Kingdom">1919</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1920_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1920 in the United Kingdom">1920</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1921_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1921 in the United Kingdom">1921</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1922_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1922 in the United Kingdom">1922</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1923_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1923 in the United Kingdom">1923</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1924_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1924 in the United Kingdom">1924</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1925_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1925 in the United Kingdom">1925</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1926_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1926 in the United Kingdom">1926</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Years in the<br /><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">United Kingdom<br />of Great Britain and<br />Northern Ireland</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1927_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1927 in the United Kingdom">1927</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1928_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1928 in the United Kingdom">1928</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1929_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1929 in the United Kingdom">1929</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1930_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1930 in the United Kingdom">1930</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1931_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1931 in the United Kingdom">1931</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1932_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1932 in the United Kingdom">1932</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1933_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1933 in the United Kingdom">1933</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1934_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1934 in the United Kingdom">1934</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1935_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1935 in the United Kingdom">1935</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1936_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1936 in the United Kingdom">1936</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1937_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1937 in the United Kingdom">1937</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1938_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1938 in the United Kingdom">1938</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1939_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1939 in the United Kingdom">1939</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1940_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1940 in the United Kingdom">1940</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1941_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1941 in the United Kingdom">1941</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1942_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1942 in the United Kingdom">1942</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1943_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1943 in the United Kingdom">1943</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1944_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1944 in the United Kingdom">1944</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1945_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1945 in the United Kingdom">1945</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1946_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1946 in the United Kingdom">1946</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1947_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1947 in the United Kingdom">1947</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1948_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1948 in the United Kingdom">1948</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1949_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1949 in the United Kingdom">1949</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1950_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1950 in the United Kingdom">1950</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1951_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1951 in the United Kingdom">1951</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1952_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1952 in the United Kingdom">1952</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1953_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1953 in the United Kingdom">1953</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1954_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1954 in the United Kingdom">1954</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1955_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1955 in the United Kingdom">1955</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1956_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1956 in the United Kingdom">1956</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1957_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1957 in the United Kingdom">1957</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1958_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1958 in the United Kingdom">1958</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1959_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1959 in the United Kingdom">1959</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1960_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1960 in the United Kingdom">1960</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1961_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1961 in the United Kingdom">1961</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1962_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1962 in the United Kingdom">1962</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1963_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1963 in the United Kingdom">1963</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1964_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1964 in the United Kingdom">1964</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1965_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1965 in the United Kingdom">1965</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1966_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1966 in the United Kingdom">1966</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1967_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1967 in the United Kingdom">1967</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1968_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1968 in the United Kingdom">1968</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1969_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1969 in the United Kingdom">1969</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1970_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1970 in the United Kingdom">1970</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1971_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1971 in the United Kingdom">1971</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1972_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1972 in the United Kingdom">1972</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1973_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1973 in the United Kingdom">1973</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1974_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1974 in the United Kingdom">1974</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1975_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1975 in the United Kingdom">1975</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1976_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1976 in the United Kingdom">1976</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1977_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1977 in the United Kingdom">1977</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1978_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1978 in the United Kingdom">1978</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1979_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1979 in the United Kingdom">1979</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1980_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1980 in the United Kingdom">1980</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1981_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1981 in the United Kingdom">1981</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1982_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1982 in the United Kingdom">1982</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1983_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1983 in the United Kingdom">1983</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1984_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1984 in the United Kingdom">1984</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1985_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1985 in the United Kingdom">1985</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1986_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1986 in the United Kingdom">1986</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1987_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1987 in the United Kingdom">1987</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1988_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1988 in the United Kingdom">1988</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1989_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1989 in the United Kingdom">1989</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1990_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1990 in the United Kingdom">1990</a></li> <li><a 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