1910 in History

Attends a meeting of the Privy Council to discuss the accession of George V

Appointed Acting President of Panama

Appointed Acting President of Panama

Appointed Acting President of Panama

Spain occupies Laraiche and Alcazar

Scott did not know that he would be in a race until he received Amundsens telegram in Melbourne.

Scott receives Amundsen's telegram announcing Fram is bound for Antarctica.

Scott receives Amundsen's telegram in Melbourne and learns that the Norwegian expedition is also attempting the South Pole.

Terra Nova clears the prolonged pack-ice barrier after about twenty days of slow progress.

Terra Nova enters the Antarctic pack ice and begins a prolonged struggle through heavy floes.

Becomes the first prime minister-designate of the Union of South Africa.

Is assassinated by nationalist Ibrahim al-Wardani outside the Ministry of Justice.

Becomes Astronomer Royal and director at Greenwich.

Begins the Berntsen Government in Copenhagen and serves as Council President of Denmark.

Police have to use force & 115 demonstrators are arrested. A deputation of 300 women march on the Commons

Leads suffrage campaigners during the Black Friday confrontation.

Participates in the suffrage demonstration outside Parliament.

Becomes President of the Board of Trade.

Becomes the first British pilot killed in a powered-aircraft accident.

White founds the British and Colonial Aeroplane Company.

Creates the business that later becomes Bristol Aeroplane Company.

Founds the British and Colonial Aeroplane Company.

The expedition begins its outward voyage toward Antarctica.

With the support of the Irish Nationalists Asquiths Budget is passed by the Commons

The Commons votes in favor of the Peoples Budget of 1909, including the whisky duty

The Budget is presented to the House of Commons & passes by 324 votes to 231

The Lords is presented with the Budget & passes it without a division

Churchill wants strong measures against the Lords if they reject the Budget

The Budget is presented to the House of Commons & passes by 324 votes to 231

The Lords passes the Budget without a division

The Lords receives the Budget and passes it without a division.

Assumes responsibility for prisons, policing and domestic administration.

Succeeds Churchill in responsibility for trade and labour administration.

Acts during the escalating Cambrian Combine industrial dispute.

Terra Nova calls at Cape Town during the voyage south.

Terra Nova departs Cape Town for Australia and New Zealand.

Evans supervises shipboard duties while Terra Nova calls at Cape Town on the outward voyage.

Japan captures Korea

Bowers sails from Cardiff with the expedition as Terra Nova begins the long voyage south.

Assumes responsibility for Britain's overseas colonial administration.

Becomes Secretary of State for the Colonies.

Campaigns for passage of the parliamentary Conciliation Bill.

Makes opposition to Liberal constitutional policy a central issue.

Negotiates with Conservative leaders during the constitutional crisis.

After the election the Liberals agree to a suspensory veto for the House of Lords. Admits to the Commons Edward VII had not promised extra peers to reform the Lords

Announces the Lords must be reformed on a democratic basis

Promises if the Lords reject the budget the King will create peers before an election. Declares the Lords should not have the right to reject or a Bill more than 2X. Declares that Parliament should be restricted to terms 5 years

Government proposals to reform the House of Lords is introduced to Parliament

Death of Edward VII, during a constitutional crisis

The King secretly tells Asquith if the Liberals return he will create extra peers

Calls the Lords an "anachronistc assembly" & wants to "finish it off for ever"

Lords, "doddering peers, cute financial magnates, clever wire pullers"

Supports abolition of the veto at the Free Trade Hall. Attempts to rally the Liberals to support reform of the Lords

Death of Edward VII, during the constitutional crisis facing the House of Lords

Considers a Grand Coalition to resolve the constitutional crisis

The 3rd reading of the Finance Bill is carried in the House of Commons

The Finance Bill is rejected in the Lords by 350 votes to 75. The Commons is prorogued & a general election campaign begins

South Africa becomes a self-governing Dominion of the British Empire. Proclamation of the Union of South Africa

Opens cross-party talks seeking compromise over the Lords' powers.

Represents Conservatives in talks over House of Lords reform.

Participates in cross-party negotiations over House of Lords powers.

Leads women chainmakers during their campaign for minimum wages.

Opens cross-party talks seeking compromise over the powers of the Lords.

Negotiates unsuccessfully with Asquith's Liberal leadership.

Retains his Dundee parliamentary seat in the December election.

The December election leaves the parliamentary balance little changed.

Remains prime minister after the second general election of 1910.

Leads Conservatives through the December general election.

Police have to use force & 115 demonstrators are arrested. A deputation of 300 women march on the Commons

Borchgrevink retained his interest in Antarctic matters, visiting Captain Scott shortly before the Terra Nova sailed on Scotts last Antarctic expedition.

Using the ship Fram ("Forward"), earlier used by Fridtjof Nansen, he left Norway for the south, leaving Oslo

Completes a nonstop return flight across the English Channel.

Returns to Parliament as a Liberal member for Dundee.

The Irish Nationalists win 84 seats & again hold the balance of power. Liberals 275 seats, Conservatives 273, Labour 42

After the election the Liberals agree to a suspensory veto for the House of Lords

Promises if the Lords reject the budget the King will create peers before an election

Parliament is dissolved so that the Parliament Act can be taken to the electorate

Very little change from January but enough to push the Parliament Act through

The Liberal Party wins 44.2% of votes cast & 272 Members of Parliament

The Commons is prorogued & a general election campaign begins

The First Gunnar Knudsen Government ends in Oslo, concluding this term as Prime Minister of Norway.

The First Zahle Government ends in Copenhagen, concluding this term as Council President of Denmark.

Captains Newcastle United to victory in the FA Cup replay.

Secures Royal Assent for the Finance Act.

The Budget passes the Commons by 324 votes to 231.

Succeeds John Fisher as First Sea Lord.

Fisher retires as First Sea Lord after more than five years directing major reforms of the Royal Navy.

Heads the first cabinet of the Union of South Africa.

Leads his supporters to victory in the first Union election.

General election outcome recorded for Louis Botha: Leads his supporters to victory in the first Union election.

Government context for this general election: Leads his supporters to victory in the first Union election.

Heads the new dominion formed from four former colonies.

Venizelos forms his first national government after entering Greek politics.

Proposes limiting the maximum life of Parliament to five years.

The 13th Dalai Lama leaves Lhasa for British India as Qing troops approach.

Publishes For Unity: Beyond All Obstacles in Vienna Pravda, pressing his campaign for Social Democratic reunification.

Sails from Norway in Fram while still publicly presenting the voyage as an Arctic expedition

Reveals to his crew that the Fram expedition is bound for Antarctica and not the Arctic Ocean

Composed of Natal, Cape of Good Hope, Orange Free State & the Transvaal

Devotes himself fully to leadership of the Scout movement.

Edward VII receives a state funeral at Windsor.

Leads his supporters to victory in the first Union election.

Remains prime minister after the inconclusive January general election.

Wins the Gordon Bennett international aviation race.

Construction advances on the new administrative seat of government.

Represents the Crown in the newly unified dominion.

Takes national leadership of British positional astronomy.

Becomes Home Secretary after serving at the Board of Trade.

Appointed Home Secretary

Calls the Lords an "anachronistc assembly"

Negotiates with Conservative leaders during the constitutional crisis.

Opposes Irish Home Rule

Opposes Irish Home Rule

South Africa becomes a self-governing Dominion of the British Empire

Sets a major British success in competitive flying.

Irish Nationalist support helps the Budget pass the Commons.

Opposes Irish Home Rule

Irish Nationalists hold the parliamentary balance after the election.

The January election leaves Liberals dependent on Labour and Irish Nationalist support.

Remains prime minister after the inconclusive January general election.

Leads Conservatives through the January general election.

General election outcome recorded for Henry Herbert Asquith: Remains prime minister after the inconclusive January general election.

Government context for this general election: Remains prime minister after the inconclusive January general election.

Remains Prime Minister after the inconclusive January general election.

Depends on Labour and Irish Nationalist support in Parliament.

Appointed Member of 124th Wurttemberg Regiment

Declares that the House of Lords must be reformed on a democratic basis.

Explores compromise during the constitutional conference.

Government proposals to reform the House of Lords are introduced to Parliament.

Bowers oversees final preparation and restowage of supplies before Terra Nova's departure from New Zealand.

Pennell handles Terra Nova during the ship's departure from Lyttelton for Port Chalmers.

Appointe Major General

Patton marries Beatrice Ayer

Reaches Melbourne and learns of Amundsen's southern plans.

Elected Member of Parliament for Dundee with an increased majority

The Military League dissolves after accepting Venizelos's constitutional programme.

Helps secure acceptance of the new statutory wage rate.

Defends major expenditure as necessary for British naval security.

Introduces the Navy Estimates for the financial year.

Begins his reign during the constitutional crisis.

Terra Nova leaves New Zealand for Antarctica.

Helps defeat Barnsley by two goals at Goodison Park.

Oversees Newcastle United's first FA Cup triumph after a 2-0 replay victory over Barnsley at Goodison Park.

Is awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature for an idealistic and accomplished literary career.

Becomes the first pilot to make the double crossing.

Parliament is dissolved so the Lords dispute can be taken to the electorate.

Jodl joins the 4th Bavarian Field Artillery Regiment as a Fähnrich after completing cadet schooling.

Publishes On the Party Road in Vienna Pravda while continuing to argue for unity among Russian Social Democrats.

Terra Nova battles heavy pack ice in the Ross Sea.

Pennell helps navigate Terra Nova through the difficult Antarctic pack during the three-week delay.

Participates in a plenum attempting party reunification.

Mensheviks join formal unity discussions at the plenum.

Parliament is dissolved so that the Parliament Act can be taken to the electorate

Appointed Party Leader of the Ulster Unionists

Declares a truce with the Government in the hope of reaching a compromise

Warns that peers may be created if the Lords block the Budget.

Supports alternatives for people unable to pay fines.

The Commons votes in favour of the People's Budget.

Finally enacts the disputed People's Budget after constitutional conflict.

Wilson sails from Port Chalmers when Terra Nova begins the final leg toward Antarctica.

Takes office as President of Chile during the centenary-era parliamentary republic.

Assumes acting executive authority following the death of President Pedro Montt.

Becomes acting president after Elias Fernandez Albano dies during the succession.

Begins a one-year term as President of the Swiss Confederation.

Eleftherios Venizelos is appointed Prime Minister for the first time.

Presents a programme intended to reduce unnecessary imprisonment.

Is proclaimed king following Edward VII's death.

Qing troops enter Lhasa as Beijing attempts to impose direct administration.

Appointed Rear Admiral

A 6 month political truce is called due to George VIs inexperience

The 1st of 80 Labour Exchanges are opened

"The Crown & the Commons must act together against the encroachments of the Lords"

Reduces maximum solitary confinement to 1 month. Plans a library system for prisoners. Creates a distinction betwen political & criminal prisoners, includes the suffragettes

Presents prison reform plans to the House of Commons

Wants to reduce the prison population, concerned by high number who cannot pay fines. Proposals include abolition of automatic imprisonment for non-payment of fines. Introduces a Penal Code to Parliament

Retires from the British Army as a lieutenant general.

The delay has cost the expedition valuable time and supplies.

European monarchs and dignitaries attend the royal funeral.

Becomes the Royal Navy's senior professional officer.

The King privately indicates willingness to create peers if the Liberals return.

Scott joins Terra Nova before the expedition continues from Cape Town.

Again contests the constitutional powers of the House of Lords.

Returns with parliamentary arithmetic little changed from January.

Terra Nova encounters a severe storm while sailing south from New Zealand.

Continues as prime minister after the September general election.

Announces the southern objective of the Fram expedition at Madeira and turns openly toward the race for the South Pole

Amundsen left Oslo for the south on 3 June 1910

At Madeira, tells his men that Fram will proceed to Antarctica and sends Scott the telegram: BEG TO INFORM YOU FRAM PROCEEDING ANTARCTIC--AMUNDSEN

The message reveals that Amundsen will also attempt the South Pole.

Supports South Wales miners during the industrial conflict.

Supports negotiations concerning miners' wages and working conditions.

Bowers works with the shipboard party to secure stores and animals during the severe Southern Ocean storm.

Calls the Lords an "anachronistc assembly" & wants to "finish it off for ever"

Joins militant campaigners confronting police during Black Friday.

Liberals agree to a suspensory veto for the House of Lords.

Terra Nova finally emerges from prolonged pack ice near Antarctica.

Joins Terra Nova as an experienced Antarctic seaman.

Joins the expedition as a veteran polar seaman.

Sails as Scott's second in command.

Serves as navigator on Terra Nova.

Terra Nova leaves Cardiff carrying Scott's British Antarctic Expedition toward the Ross Sea.

Evans sails aboard Terra Nova when the expedition ship leaves London for the outward voyage.

Terra Nova leaves London at the start of Scott's Antarctic expedition.

The overloaded ship suffers flooding and serious difficulties during the storm.

Uses parliamentary influence to defend organized labour interests.

Proclamation of the Union of South Africa. Composed of Natal, Cape of Good Hope, Orange Free State & the Transvaal

The cornerstone of Baker's Union Buildings complex is laid.

Begins governing the new dominion from its administrative capital.

Is asked by Lord Gladstone to form the Union government.

Takes office as first prime minister when the Union begins.

Takes office as governor general when South Africa becomes a union.

Uses WSPU organization to press for limited women's suffrage.

Continues pressure for parliamentary action on women's voting rights.

Begins the Wollert Konow Government in Oslo and serves as Prime Minister of Norway.

Birth of Akira Kurosawa

Birth of Anthony Celebrezze

Birth of Barbara Castle

Birth of Charles Crichton

Birth of Claire Trevor

David Niven is born in London.

Jack Hawkins is born in London.

Birth of Uys Krige

The future British stage and film actor is born.

The future British film actor and soldier is born.

Dies when his aircraft crashes during a Bournemouth flying meeting.

Death of Edward VII, during the constitutional crisis facing the House of Lords

Death of Edward VII, during a constitutional crisis

Death of Karl Lueger

Death of Rama V, commemorated as a national holiday

Death of William Huggins

Edward VII dies during the continuing constitutional crisis.