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Events of this year in the Illustrated London News

The year started with the capture of Port Arthur by the Japanese .

January 22nd - 500 strikers shot in St Petersburg on "Bloody Sunday" demonstration

June 26th - The Automobile Association formed by early motorists

June 27th - The Russian battleship Potemkin was seized by crew members at Odessa

September 5th - Russo-Japanese war ended by Treaty of Portsmouth

There were strikes and riots in Poland

Crete voted for Union with Greece

Norway gained its independence from Sweden

The Simplon tunnel through the Alps was finished

Professor Albert Einstein published his Special Theory of Relativity

first Exhibition by Matisse and other Fauvist painters in Paris divided the art world

The Balfour government were defeated and Henry Campbell-Bannerman becomes Prime Minister

Henry Irving dies, aged 67

January 14th

Japanese victory in Manchuria over Russia,

theatre and music reviews,

railway and cruise ads

Coco's Island, ship photos including HMS Andromeda and USS Colorado

full page photo of President Krueger's funeral in Pretoria

Shakespeare's Christmas by "Q"

illustration of foreign ambassadors and the Pope at the Vatican,

full page illustration montage of "The Talk of the Town" at The Lyric

two full page illustrations of masquerade guests at the Fancy Dress Ball

archaeological finds at Karnak Egypt with many photographs

full page illustrations from Port Arthur

full page ad for Eno's Fruit Salt, full page ad for Sunlight Soap

January 21st

with cover illustration of Japanese soldiers near the Sha-Ho,

cruise and railway ads,

Church Army, news photos and illustrations,

Glass-Eyed Bill by Lloyd Osbourne

proposed railway tunnel on the Thames

images from Port Arthur - many full page,

an account of daily life in Afghanistan with sketches and photographs, inlcluding 2 page spread of the Amir and Princes of Afghanistan playing cricket

full page ad for Plantol Soap, half page ad for Argyll Motor Cars

January 28th

with cover illustration of Tsar Nicholas II of Russia as a Cossack

theatre and music reviews

railway and steamship ads

Mr. Beerbohm Tree's Shakespeare revival "Much Ado About Nothing"

news and photos of the St. Petersburg Massacre

the beginning of the Russian Revolution of 1905

with a full-page artist's rendering, Glass-Eyed Bill by Lloyd Osbourne

full page illustration of the Queen of Siam in knickerbockers

full page illustration of Midland Railway crash

Chess,

Modern armour plate forts,

6 more pages of photos of the Russian massacre, with full page photo of Grand Duke Vladimir

3 full page photos from Port Arthur,

Equestrian Powder-Play in Morocco,

proposed changes to The Piccadilly Hotel on Saint James Hall,

photo of the Casino at Monte Carlo

• The Tsar Of Russia On Horseback, In Full Cossack Uniform [Uniform Of The Butcher] - Full Page
• Disastrous Landslip In Loen, Norway [2]
• A Japanese Submarine In Hamburg Harbour [2] [A Queer Craft]
• Run On The New York State Bank [Police Hold Back The Crowd]
• G.H. Boughton [Artist In His Studio Just Before His Death]
• Drawings By S. Begg Of 'Much Ado About Nothing' At His Majesty's Theatre - Full Page
• Marquis Of Bath [Under Secretary For India]
• Whitelaw Reid [American Ambassador]
• The Late Lord Kinross [Lord President Of The Court Of Session]
• Drawings By A. Forestier
• Her Majesty Sowaya Pongsi, Queen Of Siam Landing From Her State Barge, In State Dress Drawn By W. Russell Flint - Full Page
• Drawing By S. Begg Of The Midland Railway Rail Crash - Full Page
• 2 Pages Of Photos On The 'Modern Fort'
• Full Page Photo From Morocco Of Equestrian Powder-Players [Lab-El-Baroda]
• Illustration Of Proposed Changes On The Site Of St. James Hall - The Piccadilly Hotel As It Will Appear When Completed
• The Casino, Monte Carlo
Photos From Russia, Including 'Scenes Of Strike And Massacre';
• Grand Duchess Olga [Tsar's Sister]
• Grand Duchess Vladimir [Tsar's Aunt]
• Grand Duchess Constantine [Tsar's Great-Aunt]
• Grand Duke Nicholas [Tsar's Second Cousin]
• Grand Duke Paul [Tsar's Uncle]
• Grand Duke Alexis [Tsar's Uncle]
• Grand Duke Michael [Tsar's Brother]
• Grand Duke Cyril [Survivor Of The Petropavlovsk]
• Grand Duke Boris [Tsar's Cousin]
• A St. Petersburg Carman And His Vehicle
• Church Built On The Scene Of Alexander Ii Assassination
• A Circassian Cossack
• Palace Square
• The Interior Of The Peter And Paul Fortress, Plus The Mint
• Russian Moujiks [Farm Labourers]
• Troitsky Bridge
• Entrance To The Troitzky Bridgethe Arch To The Palace Square
• Illustration Of Repulsing The Strikers Opposite The Admiralty Building, St. Petersburg
• Illustration By R. Caton Woodville Of Strikers Outside The Government Works In St. Petersburg - Full Page
• The Imperial Kiosk By The River Neva [Blessing Of The Neva] [Tsar In Grape-Shot Peril] - Full Page
• Palace Bridge, Admiralty And St. Isaac's Cathedral
• Admiralty Buildings, University And Vassili Ostroff Quarter
• Political Prisoners Under Arrest
• Cossack Cavalry
• Palace Square And Alexander Column
• Full Page Portrait Photo Of The Grand Duke Vladimir
• Russian Police On Foot
• Working Class In St. Petersburg
• Russian Cart With Sacks Of Flour
• The Winter Palace [2]
• The Place De La Bourse
• The Exchange Building
• Mounted Police [2]
• The Nevsky Prospekt
• The Riding School, The Senate, The Academy, And The Vassili Ostroff Quarter
• St Petersburg Working People
• Factory Children
• Huge Shells Of The Japanese Siege Artillery Used Against Russian Ships And Forts - Full Page
• A Huge Siege Gun Before Port Arthur - Full Page
• Loading The 11 Inch Shells At Port Arthur - Full Page
• Port Arthur Mortar Guns [2]

February 18th

with cover illustration of the King and Queen at the opening of Parliament

cruise and railway ads,

more images from Parliament

new battleship King Edward VII,

Prince Ferdinand in Prussia,

new cars and vehicles

Big gun at Port Arthur

views of Peking and Forbidden City from a balloon,

Historic South Coast towns

Cossacks in Warsaw

London Automobile Exposition

Cruft's Dog Show at the Agricultural Hall

King visits International Exhibition,

full page ad for Huntley and Palmers Nursery Rhymes biscuits

Construction of the Simplon Tunnel

full page ad for Sunlight Soap, Mark Twain ad for Plasmon

February 25th

with cover illustration of General Stoessel en route to home after Port Arthur

many photographs from the Russo-Japanese war at Port Arthur

The Man Who Dined Too Well by Bernard Capes,

Chess

How the poor live in great cities

Portrait of King Edward in Russian uniform

Portrait of Queen Alexandra holding her King Charles Spaniel

Portrait of the Grand Duke Sergius of Russia and his wife,

Boyars' beheading of Polish captors

Winged Warriors of Russia

Carron Ironworks

full page ad for Lifebuoy Soap,

Photograph of the first lawnmower

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