Events of this year in the Illustrated London News

The year started with the capture of Port Arthur by the Japanese .

• January 22nd - 500 strikers shot in St Petersburg on "Bloody Sunday" demonstration
• June 26th - The Automobile Association formed by early motorists
• June 27th - The Russian battleship Potemkin was seized by crew members at Odessa
• September 5th - Russo-Japanese war ended by Treaty of Portsmouth
• There were strikes and riots in Poland
• Crete voted for Union with Greece
• Norway gained its independence from Sweden
• The Simplon tunnel through the Alps was finished
• Professor Albert Einstein published his Special Theory of Relativity
• first Exhibition by Matisse and other Fauvist painters in Paris divided the art world
• The Balfour government were defeated and Henry Campbell-Bannerman becomes Prime Minister
• Henry Irving dies, aged 67

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January 14th

• Japanese victory in Manchuria over Russia,
• theatre and music reviews,
• railway and cruise ads
• Coco's Island, ship photos including HMS Andromeda and USS Colorado
• full page photo of President Krueger's funeral in Pretoria
• Shakespeare's Christmas by "Q"
• illustration of foreign ambassadors and the Pope at the Vatican,
• full page illustration montage of "The Talk of the Town" at The Lyric
• two full page illustrations of masquerade guests at the Fancy Dress Ball
• archaeological finds at Karnak Egypt with many photographs
• full page illustrations from Port Arthur
• full page ad for Eno's Fruit Salt, full page ad for Sunlight Soap
  

January 21st

• with cover illustration of Japanese soldiers near the Sha-Ho,
• cruise and railway ads,
• Church Army, news photos and illustrations,
• Glass-Eyed Bill by Lloyd Osbourne
• proposed railway tunnel on the Thames
• images from Port Arthur - many full page,
• an account of daily life in Afghanistan with sketches and photographs, inlcluding 2 page spread of the Amir and Princes of Afghanistan playing cricket
• full page ad for Plantol Soap, half page ad for Argyll Motor Cars
  

January 28th

• with cover illustration of Tsar Nicholas II of Russia as a Cossack
• theatre and music reviews
• railway and steamship ads
• Mr. Beerbohm Tree's Shakespeare revival "Much Ado About Nothing"
• news and photos of the St. Petersburg Massacre
• the beginning of the Russian Revolution of 1905
• with a full-page artist's rendering, Glass-Eyed Bill by Lloyd Osbourne
• full page illustration of the Queen of Siam in knickerbockers
• full page illustration of Midland Railway crash
• Chess,
• Modern armour plate forts,
• 6 more pages of photos of the Russian massacre, with full page photo of Grand Duke Vladimir
• 3 full page photos from Port Arthur,
• Equestrian Powder-Play in Morocco,
• proposed changes to The Piccadilly Hotel on Saint James Hall,
• photo of the Casino at Monte Carlo
• • The Tsar Of Russia On Horseback, In Full Cossack Uniform [Uniform Of The Butcher] - Full Page
  • Disastrous Landslip In Loen, Norway [2]
  • A Japanese Submarine In Hamburg Harbour [2] [A Queer Craft]
  • Run On The New York State Bank [Police Hold Back The Crowd]
  • G.H. Boughton [Artist In His Studio Just Before His Death]
  • Drawings By S. Begg Of 'Much Ado About Nothing' At His Majesty's Theatre - Full Page
  • Marquis Of Bath [Under Secretary For India]
  • Whitelaw Reid [American Ambassador]
  • The Late Lord Kinross [Lord President Of The Court Of Session]
  • Drawings By A. Forestier
  • Her Majesty Sowaya Pongsi, Queen Of Siam Landing From Her State Barge, In State Dress Drawn By W. Russell Flint - Full Page
  • Drawing By S. Begg Of The Midland Railway Rail Crash - Full Page
  • 2 Pages Of Photos On The 'Modern Fort'
  • Full Page Photo From Morocco Of Equestrian Powder-Players [Lab-El-Baroda]
  • Illustration Of Proposed Changes On The Site Of St. James Hall - The Piccadilly Hotel As It Will Appear When Completed
  • The Casino, Monte Carlo
  Photos From Russia, Including 'Scenes Of Strike And Massacre';
  • Grand Duchess Olga [Tsar's Sister]
  • Grand Duchess Vladimir [Tsar's Aunt]
  • Grand Duchess Constantine [Tsar's Great-Aunt]
  • Grand Duke Nicholas [Tsar's Second Cousin]
  • Grand Duke Paul [Tsar's Uncle]
  • Grand Duke Alexis [Tsar's Uncle]
  • Grand Duke Michael [Tsar's Brother]
  • Grand Duke Cyril [Survivor Of The Petropavlovsk]
  • Grand Duke Boris [Tsar's Cousin]
  • A St. Petersburg Carman And His Vehicle
  • Church Built On The Scene Of Alexander Ii Assassination
  • A Circassian Cossack
  • Palace Square
  • The Interior Of The Peter And Paul Fortress, Plus The Mint
  • Russian Moujiks [Farm Labourers]
  • Troitsky Bridge
  • Entrance To The Troitzky Bridgethe Arch To The Palace Square
  • Illustration Of Repulsing The Strikers Opposite The Admiralty Building, St. Petersburg
  • Illustration By R. Caton Woodville Of Strikers Outside The Government Works In St. Petersburg - Full Page
  • The Imperial Kiosk By The River Neva [Blessing Of The Neva] [Tsar In Grape-Shot Peril] - Full Page
  • Palace Bridge, Admiralty And St. Isaac's Cathedral
  • Admiralty Buildings, University And Vassili Ostroff Quarter
  • Political Prisoners Under Arrest
  • Cossack Cavalry
  • Palace Square And Alexander Column
  • Full Page Portrait Photo Of The Grand Duke Vladimir
  • Russian Police On Foot
  • Working Class In St. Petersburg
  • Russian Cart With Sacks Of Flour
  • The Winter Palace [2]
  • The Place De La Bourse
  • The Exchange Building
  • Mounted Police [2]
  • The Nevsky Prospekt
  • The Riding School, The Senate, The Academy, And The Vassili Ostroff Quarter
  • St Petersburg Working People
  • Factory Children
  • Huge Shells Of The Japanese Siege Artillery Used Against Russian Ships And Forts - Full Page
  • A Huge Siege Gun Before Port Arthur - Full Page
  • Loading The 11 Inch Shells At Port Arthur - Full Page
  • Port Arthur Mortar Guns [2]

February 18th

• with cover illustration of the King and Queen at the opening of Parliament
• cruise and railway ads,
• more images from Parliament
• new battleship King Edward VII,
• Prince Ferdinand in Prussia,
• new cars and vehicles
• Big gun at Port Arthur
• views of Peking and Forbidden City from a balloon,
• Historic South Coast towns
• Cossacks in Warsaw
• London Automobile Exposition
• Cruft's Dog Show at the Agricultural Hall
• King visits International Exhibition,
• full page ad for Huntley and Palmers Nursery Rhymes biscuits
• Construction of the Simplon Tunnel
• full page ad for Sunlight Soap, Mark Twain ad for Plasmon

February 25th

• with cover illustration of General Stoessel en route to home after Port Arthur
• many photographs from the Russo-Japanese war at Port Arthur
• The Man Who Dined Too Well by Bernard Capes,
• Chess
• How the poor live in great cities
• Portrait of King Edward in Russian uniform
• Portrait of Queen Alexandra holding her King Charles Spaniel
• Portrait of the Grand Duke Sergius of Russia and his wife,
• Boyars' beheading of Polish captors
• Winged Warriors of Russia
• Carron Ironworks
• full page ad for Lifebuoy Soap,
• Photograph of the first lawnmower

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