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| 1897 |
| | English physicist Joseph John Thomson, working at the Cavendish laboratory in Cambridge, discovers the existence of the electron | |
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| c. 1897 |
| | Diamond Jubilee bonfires and fireworks all round Briain celebrate Victoria's sixty years on the throne | |
| | Diamond Jubilee Address from Adelaide in 1897 National Archives, Kew
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| 1897 |
| | Turbinia, powered by the newly invented Parsons steam turbine, breaks the speed record when Queen Victoria reviews her fleet | |
| | The Turbinia Discovery Museum, Tyne and Wear
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| 1897 |
| | Somerset Maugham publishes his first novel, Liza of Lambeth, based on the London life he has observed as a medical student | |
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| 1897 |
| | English author Bram Stoker publishes Dracula, his gothic tale of vampirism in Transylvania | |
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| 1897 |
| | British physician Ronald Ross identifies the Anopheles mosquito as the carrier of malaria | |
| | Anopheles mosquito Wellcome Photo Library
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| 1898 |
| | British chemists William Ramsay and Morris Travers isolate the element c | |
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| 1898 |
| | Henry James moves from London to Lamb House in Rye, Sussex, which remains his home for the rest of his life | |
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| 1898 |
| | British chemists William Ramsay and Morris Travers isolate the element neon | |
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| 1898 |
| | British chemists William Ramsay and Morris Travers isolate the element xenon | |
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