Events from the year 1905 in the United Kingdom. Incumbents Monarch – Edward VII Prime Minister - Arthur Balfour (Coalition) (until 5 December), Henry Campbell-Bannerman (Liberal) (starting 5 December) Parliament – 27th Events 1 January – East Coast gales: Great Yarmouth flooded and pier at Scarborough washed away. 5 January – The play The Scarlet Pimpernel opens at the New Theatre in London and begins a run of 122 performances and numerous revivals. 16 February – At Haulbowline Base in Ireland, two explosions on board HM Submarine A5, due to gasoline fumes after refueling, kill six of the eleven crew. February – Alf Common becomes the first £1,000 footballer in his transfer from Sheffield United to Middlesbrough. 10 March An underground explosion at Cambrian Colliery in Clydach Vale kills 33. Chelsea Football Club founded. 14 March – 23 of the 26 crew of the barque Kyber die when the ship is wrecked at Gwennap Head in Cornwall. 20 March – The title Prime Minister of the United Kingdom is officially recognised by Edward VII by a royal warrant. 29 March – Carmaker Vauxhall opens a factory at Luton, Bedfordshire, as its main manufacturing base following expansion from London. 6 May – The Naval, Shipping and Fisheries Exhibition opens in Earl's Court to mark 100 years since the Battle of Trafalgar 12 May – First public protest by suffragettes, led by Emmeline Pankhurst, at Westminster. 23 May – First performance of George Bernard Shaw's 1903 play Man and Superman at the Royal Court Theatre, London. 29 May – The recently formed Chelsea F.C. are elected to the Football League for the 1905–06 football season; on 2 September they play their first match, at the new Stamford Bridge stadium (which the existing Fulham F.C. have declined to become tenants of). June – Cadbury Dairy Milk chocolate bar first produced, in Bournville. 1 June – General Post Office London to Brighton horse-drawn parcel post coach makes its last run, being replaced by a motor lorry the following day. 9 June – Charlton Athletic F.C. is founded. 15 June – Princess Margaret of Connaught marries Gustaf, Crown Prince of Sweden. 29 June – The Automobile Association inaugurated. July – British Red Cross Society formally inaugurated. 3 July – Release of Cecil Hepworth's short silent drama film Rescued by Rover presenting a significant advance in film techniques. 11 July – National Colliery disaster at Wattstown