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Events from the year 1901 in the United Kingdom. This year marks the transition from the Victorian to the Edwardian era.
Incumbents Events - 1 January
- 19 January Queen Victoria is reported to be seriously ill.[2]
- 22 January Queen Victoria dies at Osborne House on the Isle of Wight. She was 81 years old and had served as monarch for nearly 64 years longer than any other British monarch in history.[3] Her eldest son, The Prince Albert Edward, Prince of Wales becomes King, reigning as Edward VII. His son, The Prince George (later George V) becomes Duke of Cornwall and York.
- 2 February Funeral of Queen Victoria takes place at St. George's Chapel, Windsor Castle.
- 18 February Winston Churchill makes his maiden speech in the House of Commons, concerning the Boer War.[4]
- 21 February The Apollo Theatre opens in Shaftesbury Avenue, London.
- 5 March Police eject jeering Irish Nationalists from the House of Commons.
- 12 March The Whitechapel Art Gallery opens.
- 31 March Census in England and Wales. The number of people employed in manufacturing is at its highest-ever level.
- 26 April First meeting of the Engineering Standards Committee, predecessor of the BSI Group.[5]
- 2 May - Glasgow International Exhibition opens[6]
- 18 May Alexandra Palace opens to the public.[3]
- 12 July Maidenhead enters the UK Weather Records with the highest 60-minute total rainfall at 92 mm. As of July 2010 this record remains.
- 22 July The House of Lords rules in the Taff Vale case that trade unions can be held liable for damages caused by members.[7]
- 22 July British congress on tuberculosis opens.
- 5 August Britain's first cinema opens in Islington.[3]
- 6 August Discovery Expedition: Robert Falcon Scott sets sail on the RRS Discovery to explore the Ross Sea in Antarctica.
- 30 August Engineer Hubert Cecil Booth patents the electrically powered vacuum cleaner.[3]
- 7 September The United Kingdom is amongst the signatories of the Boxer Protocol ending the Boxer Rebellion in China.[3]
- October First performance of Edward Elgar's Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1, in Liverpool.[7]
- 2 October Royal Navy's first submarine, Holland 1, launched at Barrow-in-Furness.
- 29 October The Aero Club of the United Kingdom is established.[8]
- 4 November - Glasgow International Exhibition closes[6]
- 9 November The Prince George, Duke of Cornwall and York (later George V) becomes Prince of Wales and Earl of Chester.
- 14 November Caister Lifeboat Disaster: Life-boat Beauchamp capsizes on service off Caister-on-Sea, Norfolk, during a major storm: 9 of 12 crew killed.[9]
- 18 November The United Kingdom and United States sign the Hay-Pauncefote Treaty allowing the US to build a canal through Panama.[7]
- 30 November Frank Hornby of Liverpool is granted a patent for the construction toy that will become Meccano.[10]
- 12 December Guglielmo Marconi receives the first trans-Atlantic radio signal, sent from Poldhu in Cornwall to Newfoundland, the letter "S" in Morse.[11]
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