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| 1898 |
| | | H.G. Wells publishes his science-fiction novel The War of the Worlds, in which Martians arrive in a rocket to invade earth | |
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| 1898 |
| | | Marconi launches a factory in Chelmsford, England, for the purpose of manufacturing radios ('wirelesses' in the language of the time) | |
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| 1898 |
| | | English town-planner Ebenezer Howard puts forward a Utopian scheme in Tomorrow a Peaceful Path to Real Reform | |
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| 1898 |
| | | Henry James publishes The Turn of the Screw in a collection of short stories | |
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| 1899 |
| | | Italian inventor Guglielmo Marconi succeeds in transmitting a wireless telegraph message across the English Channel | |
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| 1899 |
| | | The Boer War breaks out, ostensibly over the rights of British settlers in the Transvaal | |
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| 1899 |
| | | Edward Elgar teases with the word 'enigma' printed at the head of his orchestral Variations on an Original Theme | |
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| 1899 |
| | | Within a single 'Black Week' the British forces in South Africa suffer three defeats, at Stromberg, Magersfontein and Colenso | |
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| 1899 |
| | | Ranjitsinhji becomes the first cricketer to score 3000 runs in a single season | |
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| 1899 |
| | | E. Nesbit publishes The Story of the Treasure Seekers, introducing the Bastable family who feature in several of her books for children | |
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