1913 in the United Kingdom

Events from the year 1913 in the United Kingdom.

Incumbents

*Monarch - George V of the United Kingdom
*Prime Minister - H. H. Asquith, Liberal

Events

* 1 January - British Board of Film Censors receives the authority to classify and censor films.
* 15 January - Unemployment and Maternity benefits introduced.cite book |last=Palmer |first=Alan & Veronica |year=1992 |title= The Chronology of British History|publisher= Century Ltd|location=London|pages= 348-349|isbn= 0-7126-5616-2]
* 30 January - House of Lords rejects Irish Home Rule Bill for the second time.
* 31 January - Ulster Volunteer Force established to fight against Irish Home Rule.
* 28 March - The Morris Oxford 2-seater car goes on sale.
* 2 April - Suffragette Emmeline Pankhurst sentenced to three years of penal servitude.cite book|title=Penguin Pocket On This Day|publisher=Penguin Reference Library|isbn=0-141-02715-0|year=2006|pages=94]
* 20 May - The first Chelsea Flower Show held in London.
* 4 June - Emily Davison, a suffragette, runs out in front of the King's horse, Anmer, at the Epsom Derby. She is trampled and dies a few days later, never having regained consciousness.cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/womanshour/timeline/1910.shtml|title=BBC Radio 4 - Woman's Hour - Women's History Timeline: 1910 - 1919|accessdate=2007-11-30]
* 26 July - 50,000 women take part in a pilgrimage in Hyde Park, London organised by the National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies.
* 13 August - invention of stainless steel by Harry Brearley in Sheffield.
* 14 October - 439 miners die in the Senghenydd Colliery Disaster, Britain's worst pit disaster.

Undated

* British steamship "Calvadas" disappears in the Marmara Sea with 200 hands on board.
* Geologist Arthur Holmes publishes his book "The Age of the Earth" in which describes the estimation of the age of the Earth to 1.6 billion years old using radiometric dating.

Publications

D. H. Lawrence's novel "Sons and Lovers".

Births

* 2 January - Anna Lee, actress (died 2004)
* 18 January - George Unwin, fighter ace WWII (died 2006)
* 30 January - Percy Thrower, gardener and broadcaster (died 1988)
* 6 February - Mary Leakey, anthropologist (died 1996)
* 13 February - George Barker, poet (died 1991)
* 1 March - Richard S.R. Fitter, writer (died 2005)
* 21 March - George Abecassis, race car driver (died 1991)
* 29 March - R. S. Thomas, poet (died 2000)
* 13 April - Fred Davis, snooker and billiards player (died 1998)
* 25 May - Richard Dimbleby, journalist and broadcaster (died 1965)
* 26 May - Peter Cushing, actor (died 1994)
* 2 June - Barbara Pym, novelist (died 1980)
* 25 June - Cyril Fletcher, comedian (died 2005)
* 2 July - Marcus Sieff, Baron Sieff of Brimpton, businessman (died 2001)
* 11 August - Angus Wilson, novelist and short story writer (died 1991)
* 30 August - Richard Stone, economist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1991)
* 31 August - Bernard Lovell, physicist and radio astronomer.
* 2 September - Bill Shankly, Football manager (died 1981)
* 29 September - Trevor Howard, actor (died 1988)
* 26 October - Hugh Scanlon, trade union leader (died 2004)
* 5 November - Vivien Leigh, actress (died 1967)
* 21 November - John Boulting, film director (died 1985)
* 21 November - Roy Boulting, film director and producer (died 2001)
* 22 November - Benjamin Britten, composer (died 1976)
* 10 December - Harry Locke, character actor (died 1987)

Deaths

* 8 June - Emily Davison, suffragette (born 1872)
* 25 October - Frederick Rolfe, writer and artist (born 1860)
* 6 November - William Henry Preece, electrical engineer and inventor (born 1834)
* 7 November - Alfred Russel Wallace, biologist (born 1823)

References

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