1903 in the United Kingdom
UK-related events during the year of 1903
Events from the year 1903 in the United Kingdom .
Incumbents
Events
1 January – Edward VII is proclaimed Emperor of India .
19 January – first transatlantic radio broadcast between United States and Britain.
27 January – fire at Colney Hatch Lunatic Asylum kills 51.[ 1]
12 February – Randall Davidson enthroned as Archbishop of Canterbury , a position he will hold until he retires 25 years later.[ 2]
13 February – Venezuelan crisis . After agreeing to arbitration in Washington, Britain, Germany and Italy reach a settlement with Venezuela, resulting in the Washington Protocols. The naval blockade that began in December 1902 will be lifted, and Venezuela commits 30% of its customs duties to settling claims.
26–27 February – "Ulysses " Storm: A severe windstorm tracks across Ireland, moving on to cross the north of England and Scotland.[ 3]
3 March – the Admiralty announces plans to build Rosyth Dockyard as a naval base on the Firth of Forth at Rosyth .
24 March & 3 May – Derby earthquakes .[ 4]
1 April – Midwives Act 1902 comes into effect, regulating the profession of midwifery in England and Wales .
14 April – Aberdeen Football Club is established.
18 April – Bury F.C. beat Derby County by an all-time record 6 goals to nil to win the 1903 FA Cup Final .
23 April – Budget removes Corn Duty.
29 May – Bradford City Football Club is established.
c. June – Osea Island off Maldon, Essex , is bought by Frederick Nicholas Charrington to provide an alcohol addiction treatment centre.[ 5]
19 June – Caernarfon earthquake .
7 July – British take over the Fulani empire.
August – 2nd Congress of the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party moves from Brussels to London.
14 August – first Poor Prisoners' Defence Act provides for limited legal aid in criminal cases with effect from 1904.
September – First Garden City Ltd formed to develop Letchworth .
9 September – Rock Sand completes the English Triple Crown by finishing first in the Epsom Derby , 2,000 Guineas and St Leger .
16 September – Joseph Chamberlain resigns as Colonial Secretary .
1 October – the University of Liverpool becomes independent of Victoria University .
10 October – foundation of the militant Women's Social and Political Union by Emmeline and Christabel Pankhurst in Manchester .[ 6]
31 October – opening of Hampden Park football ground in Glasgow in Scotland .[ 6]
October:
2 November – Daily Mirror [ 6]
? December – the remains of "Cheddar Man " are found within Gough's Cave in Cheddar Gorge , Britain's oldest complete human skeleton , dating to approximately 7150 BCE.[ 8]
10 December – William Randal Cremer is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize .[ 9]
Undated
Publications
Births
7 January – Alan Napier , actor (died 1988)
18 January
22 February – Frank P. Ramsey , mathematician (died 1930)
4 March – Dorothy Mackaill , British-born American actress (died 1990)
10 March – Edward Bawden , artist and illustrator (died 1989)
24 March – Malcolm Muggeridge , journalist, author and media personality (died 1990)
31 March – H. J. Blackham , humanist and author (died 2009)
15 April – John Williams , actor (died 1983)
20 May – Barbara Hepworth , sculptor (died 1975)
29 May – Bob Hope , British-born comedian (died 2003)
12 June – H. C. Casserley , railway photographer (died 1991)
19 June – Wally Hammond , cricketer (died 1965)
25 June – George Orwell , author (died 1950)
29 June – Alan Blumlein , electronics engineer (died 1942)
1 July – Amy Johnson , aviator (died 1941)
2 July – Alec Douglas-Home , Prime Minister (died 1995)
3 July – David Webster , Scottish-born arts administrator (died 1971)
4 July – Vernon Sewell , film director and screenwriter (died 2001)
7 July – Steven Runciman , historian (died 2000)
10 July – John Wyndham , English author (died 1969)[ 13]
12 July – Judith Hare, Countess of Listowel , Hungarian-born writer and journalist (died 2003)
11 July – Rudolf Abel (alias of Vilyam "Willie" Genrikhovich Fisher), English-born spy for the Soviet Union (died 1971)
13 July – Kenneth Clark , art historian (died 1983)
26 July – Amy Gentry , rower (died 1976)
28 July – Ernst Wilhelm Bohle , English-born Nazi German statesman (died 1960)
7 August – Louis Leakey , paleoanthropologist, born in British East Africa (died 1972)
24 August – Graham Sutherland , artist (died 1980)
2 September – Fred Pratt Green , Methodist minister and hymn writer (died 2000)
7 September – Jock Wilson , soldier (died 2008)
9 September – Edward Upward , author (died 2009)
28 October – Evelyn Waugh , writer (died 1966)
29 October – Vivian Ellis , composer and lyricist (died 1996)
31 October – Joan Robinson , economist (died 1983)
1 November – Max Adrian , Irish-born actor (died 1973)
5 November – Joan Barry , actress (died 1989)
11 November – Thomas Allibone , physicist (died 2003)
4 December – A. L. Rowse , historian (died 1997)
5 December – Cecil Frank Powell , physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1969)
10 December – Mary Norton , children's author (died 1992)
unknown date – John Illingworth , yachtsman, yacht designer and naval officer (died 1980)
Deaths
17 January – Quintin Hogg , philanthropist (born 1845)
1 February – Sir George Stokes, 1st Baronet , mathematician and physicist (born 1819)
7 February – James Glaisher , meteorologist and aeronaut (born 1809)
4 March – Joseph Henry Shorthouse , novelist (born 1834)
13 March – George Granville Bradley , vicar and scholar (born 1821)
10 April – Enderby Jackson , pioneer of the British brass band (born 1827)
19 June – Herbert Vaughan , Catholic cardinal and archbishop (born 1832)
11 July – W. E. Henley , poet, critic, and editor (born 1849)
5 August – Phil May , artist (born 1864)
22 August – Robert Cecil, Marquess of Salisbury , Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (born 1830)
18 September – Alexander Bain , philosopher (born 1818)
8 December – Herbert Spencer , philosopher (born 1820)
28 December – George Gissing , novelist (born 1857)
See also
References