Vernon Edward OLIVER
Male 1903 - 1905


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   Date  Event(s)
1903 
  • Workers' Education Association (WEA) formed in Britain
  • Women's Social and Political Union formed in Britain by Emmeline Pankhurst
  • Henry Ford sets up his motor company
  • 14 Dec 1903: First flight of Wilbur & Orville Wright
1904 
  • Leeds University established
  • 8 Apr 1904: France and UK sign the Entente Cordiale
  • 4 May 1904: America takes over construction of the Panama Canal from the French (completed 1914)
1905 
  • The title 'Prime Minister' noted in a royal warrant for the first time – placed the Prime Minister in order of precedence in Britain immediately after the Archbishop of York
  • Aliens Act in Britain: Home Office controls immigration
  • Germany lays down the first Dreadnought battleship
  • 11 Apr 1905: Einstein publishes Special Theory of Relativity