DIARY OF EVENTS APART FROM THE WAR
1914 | |
Nov 10 – | M. Rodin, the great French sculptor, presented many of his works to the British nation. |
1915 | |
Jan 01 – | Nine persons killed and twenty injured in railway accident at Ilford. |
Jan 03 – | Lord Wimborne appointed Lord Lieutenant of Ireland in succession to Marquis of Aberdeen. |
Jan 13 – | Violent earthquake shock in Italy caused destruction of Avezzano, and loss of 33,541 lives. |
Mar 09 – | Welsh Church Act Postponement Bill passed through House of Lords. |
Apr 14 – | Sir David Erskine, Serjeant-at-Arms since 1885, retired. |
Apr 28 – | International Conference of Women opened at The Hague. |
May 15 – | Revolution in Portugal. |
May 22 – | Railway Accident at Quintinshill, near Carlisle. |
Jun 03 – | King George attained the age of fifty. |
Jun 09 – | Mr. Bryan, United States Secretary of State, resigned his office. |
Jul 21 – | Strike Riots in New Jersey. |
Jul 24 – | Loss of 1,200 lives by capsizing of Eastland on Chicago river U.S.A. |
Aug 13 – | Hurricane visited Jamaica and seriously injured banana crop. |
Aug 14 – | Railway accident at Weedon, on the L. and N.W. Railway. Nine killed. |
Aug 17 – | Message was received from Stefansson, head of the Canadian Polar Expedition of 1913, who had been given up as lost. |
Aug 28 – | Dr. John Clifford preached his farewell sermon at Westbourne Park Chapel. |
Oct 02 – | Bill for establishing University at Benares was passed by Legislative Council of India. |
Oct 10 – | Rev. R. J. Campbell preached his farewell sermon at the City Temple. |
Oct 11 – | Panama Canal blocked by a landslide. |
Obituary, 1915
Jan 03 – | Percy Illingworth, M.P. | May 09 – | William Jones, M.P. |
Jan 17 – | Lord Justice Kennedy. | Sep 26 – | J. Keir Hardie, M.P. |
Mar 12 – | Sir George Turner, M.B. | Oct 23 – | W. G. Grace |
Mar 14 – | Walter Crane. | Oct 31 – | Lord Welby. |
Mar 24 – | John Wilson, M.P. | Oct 31 – | Sir Charles Tupper. |
Mar 31 – | Lord Rothschild. | Oct 31 – | Lewis Waller. |
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