1900-1910 Edward VII

1900-1910 Edward VII is in 20th Century Events.

3rd Millennium, 20th Century Events, 1900-1910 Edward VII, Boer War

On 29 Oct 1900 Christian Victor Oldenburg (age 33) died of enteric fever during the Boer War.

Battle of Vaal Krantz

On 05 Feb 1900 Lieutenant Charles Duncombe Shafto (age 22) was killed in action whilst serving with the Durham Light Infantry on the first day of Battle of Vaal Krantz.

From 05 Feb 1900 to 07 Feb 1900. The Battle of Vaal Krantz was fought at Vaal Krantz, Natal between General Redvers Buller's British army and Louis Botha's army of Boer irregulars and lift the Siege of Ladysmith.

Battle of Spion Kop

On 23 and 24 Jan 1900 the Battle of Spion Kop was fought between British and Boer forces.

Robert Calverley Bewicke fought.

On 24 Jan 1900 Hugh Stewart McCorquodale (age 24) was killed in action at the Battle of Spion Kop.

Hugh Stewart McCorquodale: On 18 Aug 1875 he was born to George Mccorquodale and Emily Sanderson at Miningsby, Kirkcudbrightshire.

On 24 Jan 1900 Lieutenant Neville Windsor Hill-Trevor (age 31) was killed in action at the battle of Battle of Spion Kop serving with the 2nd Life Guards of Thornycroft's Mounted Infantry.

3rd Millennium, 20th Century Events, 1900-1910 Edward VII, Death of Queen Victoria

3rd Millennium, 20th Century Events, 1900-1910 Edward VII, Coronation of Edward VII

On 09 Aug 1902 Winifred Anna Dallas Yorke Duchess Portland (age 38) served as a canopy bearer to Alexandra Glücksburg Queen Consort England (age 57) at the Coronation of Edward VII.

3rd Millennium, 20th Century Events, 1900-1910 Edward VII, First Powered Flight

On 17 Dec 1903 the Wright brothers, Edgar and Orville, completed the first powered flight, piloted by Orville, at Kitty Hawk Dare County North Carolina.

3rd Millennium, 20th Century Events, 1900-1910 Edward VII, Marriage of Princess Alice and Alexander Teck

On 10 Feb 1904 Alexander Teck 1st Earl Athlone (age 30) and Princess Alice Countess Athlone (age 20) were married at St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle [Map]. She the daughter of Leopold Saxe Coburg Gotha 1st Duke Albany and Helena Waldeck Duchess Albany. They were second cousin once removed. He a great grandson of King George III of Great Britain and Ireland. She a granddaughter of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom.

3rd Millennium, 20th Century Events, 1900-1910 Edward VII, King Christian IX of Denmark Dies

On 29 Jan 1906 King Christian IX of Denmark (age 87) died. His son Frederick VIII King Denmark (age 62) succeeded VIII King Denmark. Louise of Sweden Queen Consort Denmark (age 54) by marriage Queen Consort Denmark.

3rd Millennium, 20th Century Events, 1900-1910 Edward VII, Salisbury Railway Disaster

On 01 Jul 1906 the Salisbury Railway Disaster resulted in the death of twenty-eight people including a number from America and Canada.

After 01 Jul 1906. Salisbury Cathedral [Map]. Tablet in memory of those who lost their lives in the Salisbury Railway Disaster.

3rd Millennium, 20th Century Events, 1900-1910 Edward VII, Deceased Wife's Sister's Marriage Act 1907

28 Aug 1907. The Deceased Wife's Sister's Marriage Act 1907 (7 Edw. 7. c. 47) was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, allowing a man to marry his dead wife's sister, which had previously been forbidden.

On 01 Feb 1908 Henry FitzWalter Plumptre 20th Baron FitzWalter (age 47) and Emily Harriett Jemima Baird (age 46) were married at St George's Church, Hanover Square. She being the older sister of his previous wife Maude Dora Gertrude Baird; an example of Married to Two Siblings. Marriage to your later wife's sister had recently become legal - see Deceased Wife's Sister's Marriage Act 1907.

3rd Millennium, 20th Century Events, 1900-1910 Edward VII, Assassination of King Carlos I of Portugal and his heir Prince Luís Filipe

On 01 Feb 1908 King Carlos I of Portugal and his heir Prince Luís Filipe were assassinated by two members of a revolutionary society called the Carbonária. Prince Luís Filipe's younger brother succeeded as King Portugal; he was wounded in the attack. He reigned for two and a half years being deposed on 05 Oct 1910.