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In the Kingdom of Great Britain and its possessions, the Calendar (New Style) Act 1750 introduced two concurrent changes to the calendar. The first, which applied to England, Wales, Ireland and the British colonies, changed the start of the year from 25 March to 1 January, with effect from "the day after 31 December 1751".
19 March. British paratroopers and Marines land on the island of Anguilla, ending its unrecognized independence. The 385-metre tall Emley Moor transmitting station television mast in West Yorkshire collapses because of ice. 20 March – John Lennon marries Japanese artist Yoko Ono in Gibraltar.
Campbell-Bannerman takes over for the Liberal Party, pending a general election in the new year. [9] 6 December – ”Jacky" Fisher promoted to Admiral of the Fleet. [16] 1905 Suicide rate of 303 per million, all-time UK peak year. [17] Local authority expenditure reaches an all-time peak as a proportion of all government expenditure of 51%. [18]
Lists of deaths by year. This is a list of lists of deaths of notable people, organised by year. New deaths articles are added to their respective month (e.g., Deaths in August 2024) and then linked here.
March 5. March 5 is the 64th day of the year (65th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 301 days remain until the end of the year.
14 May – The abduction and brutal murder of June Anne Devaney, a three-year-old girl, at a Blackburn hospital leads to the fingerprinting of more than 40,000 men in the town to identify the murderer, Peter Griffiths who on 19 November will be hanged at Walton Gaol, Liverpool, for the crime.
25 March – legally New Year's Day for the last time in England and Wales.; 31 March – Frederick, Prince of Wales dies at Leicester House, London from a lung injury and is succeeded by his son the future George III of the United Kingdom as heir apparent to the throne; three weeks later George is made Prince of Wales. [2]
24 March. England – Death of Queen Elizabeth I. James VI of Scotland crowned King of England (as James I of England ). 1605. 5 November. England and Scotland – The Gunpowder plot is uncovered, in which Guy Fawkes and others attempted to blow up the king, James VI and I and the Parliament of England . 1606.