2 February 1892Controller of Navy AppointmentJohn Arbuthnot Fisher
Fisher becomes Controller of the Navy and Third Naval Lord, with major responsibility for naval material and construction.
Historical records for Great Britain in 1892, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.
Fisher becomes Controller of the Navy and Third Naval Lord, with major responsibility for naval material and construction.
Birth of Arthur Travers Harris
Birth of Robert Watson-Watt
Created Duke of York
Appointed Prime Minister of Great Britain, 4th term
Appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer
Death of Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson
Willcocks develops plans for Nile storage and irrigation regulation at Aswan.
Represents Birmingham as a leading Liberal Unionist figure.
Birth of Leigh-Mallory Trafford
Birth of Victoria, eldest daughter of William II
Buried in "Poets Corner", Westminster Abbey
Appointed Foreign Minister, 2nd term
Joins the Liberal government as Home Secretary.
Appointed Home Secretary
Appointed Chairman of the Board of Inland Revenue
Elected Member of Parliament
Appointed War Minister, 2nd term
Created an Earl of Cranbrook, 1st
Created Baron Kelvin, 1st
Buried in "Poets Corner", Westminster Abbey
Becomes Regius Professor of Surgery at the University of Glasgow.
Becomes Sirdar, placing him in overall command of the Egyptian Army.
Appointed Solicitor General for Ireland
Publication of "The Great Shadow"
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