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The Illustrated London News 1896
The Centenary of Robert Burns, the famous Poet
Events of this year in the Illustrated London News
- January - Roentgen discovers X Rays
- March 1st - Italy defeated by Abyssinia at Battle of
Adowa
- April - The first modern Olympic games in Athens, Greece
- May - Cricket Yorkshire set an innings record total of 887 against
Warwickshire
- June 2nd - Wireless telegraphy patented by Marconi
- June - Earthquake in Japan kills 25,000
- August - Gold discovered in the Klondike
- November 14th - First London to Brighton car rally
- Failure of Jameson raid (1895) into the Transvaal leads to
the resignation of Cecil Rhodes
- William McKinley elected 25th US President
- The Daily Mail begins publication
- Puccini's La Bohème performed in Turin
- William Morris dies, aged 62
Derby victory for Persimmon, Jack Watts up
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issues from 4 July 1896 to 26 December.
illustrations include:
- the wedding of Viscount Milton and Lady Maud Dundas;
- the Matabili Insurrection;
- The Princess of Wales (Alexandra) at the Ladies Kennel Association show;
- The Wreck of the Ship "Drummond Castle";
- installation of the Prince of Wales as Chancellor of the Welsh University,
and the Princess of Wales Receiving an Honorary Doctorate of Music;
- several illustrations of visits to the Courts of Europe by the Chinese diplomat
Li-Hung Chang;
- Writer of the Day: Miss Alice Meynell;
- serialization of "The Other House" by Henry James;
- a Royal Garden Party at Buckingham Palace given by Queen Victoria;
- The Royal Wedding: Princess Maud of Wales in her Wedding dress
- The Departure of the Bride and Bridegroom from Buckingham Palace; and the
Duchess of Fife and three bridesmaids (Princess Victoria of Wales, Princess
Alice of Albany - later Countess of Athlone, and Lady Alexandra Duff - later
Princess Alexandra, Duchess of Fife, who married Prince Arthur of Connaught);
- A Royal Family Group at the Amalienberg Palace, Copenhagen by S. Begg;
- a wonderful double-page print of the Royal Family as they appeared on the
wedding day (July 22, 1896);
- the sentencing of Dr. Leander Starr Jameson;
- garden party at Hatfield House given by the Marquess of Salisbury for Li-Hung
Chang;
- article and illustrations on the late Sir John Millais, with a nice photo
portrait of him in his studio;
- Queen Victoria and Princess Beatrice at home;
- Czar Nicholas and Czarina Alexandra with their daughter,
- Grand Duchess Olga, on the occasion of their imperial visit to Britain;
- many fine pictures and drawings of Queen Victoria;
- Mr. Gladstone speaking at Liverpool; many illustrations of the Czar's visit
to Paris;
- drawings of Princess Helen of Montenegro and the Prince of Naples, at the
time of their wedding;
- Castles of Great Britain;
- William McKinley as the new President of the United States;
- drawings of the Duc d'Orleans and his bride Archduchess Maria Dorothea;
- double-page print of Princess Alexandra with her two pet dogs in her arms;
- the Duke and Duchess of York (later King George V and Queen Mary) with
their two children at home;
- illustrated article on the fashion house of Paquin;
- Consuelo Vanderbilt, Duchess of Marlborough, and her husband the Duke, and
other illustrations for the visit of the Prince and Princess of Wales to Blenheim
Palace.
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