Events of this year in the Illustrated London News

• February - The royal Navy's super battleship Dreadnought was launched at Portsmouth by Edward VII- nicknamed John Bull afloat by Fred T Jane
• February 7th - The Liberals won a landslide election victory in UK
• April 18th - San Fransisco was devastated by an earthquake more than 2500 people died, 497 city blocks destroyed at a loss of $350 million the land was displaced horizontally by 21ft (7 metres) the steel framed Bullock and Jones building withstood the shock more successfully
• May - The Duma Russia's first elected parliament took office
• June - A deputation representing half a million women went with a petition to 10 Downing Street to press women's claim to the vote
• July - The Duma was dissolved by the Tsar and Martial Law was declared
• October 3rd - SOS was adopted as the international distress signal
• November - Japan launches the worlds biggest battle ship the Satsuma
• There was a general strike in Spain and the King and Queen of Spain were nearly blown up
• Simplon Tunnel was opened
• Rolls Royce was founded

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May 12th

• The San Francisco Earthquake

July 28th

• The reinstatement and decoration of Dreyfus

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