Important Dates in British History - a timeline
Here are events from 1899 that have shaped Britain and its peoples and affected its history. If you feel we have left something out please don't hesitate to let us know.
More dates from British history
On this day:
St Augustine Introduces Julian Calendar to England - 0597, William the Conqueror crowned - 1066, Domesday Book Commissioned - 1085, First Christmas Tree in Britain - 1800, Mrs Beeton Published - 1861, End of the Soviet Union - 1991
Famous and historic events from 1899
Boer War Begins
Churchill Captured by Boers
Churchill Fails in Oldham By-Election
Famous Britons born in 1899
Alfred Hitchcock
Charles Laughton
Charles Yonge
Cyril Radcliffe
Eric Linklater
H H Price
Harold Abrahams
James Laver
Juda Quastel
Nevil Shute
Noel Coward
Sidney Bernstein
Sir John Barbirolli
Vincent Wigglesworth
William Butlin
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