1st Earl Jellicoe, English admiral and politician, 2nd Governor-General of New Zealand (died 1935)

John Jellicoe

Admiral of the Fleet John Rushworth Jellicoe, 1st Earl Jellicoe was a Royal Navy officer. He fought in the Anglo-Egyptian War and the Boxer Rebellion and commanded the Grand Fleet at the Battle of Jutland in May 1916 during the First World War. His handling of the fleet at that battle was controversial. Jellicoe made no serious mistakes and the German High Seas Fleet retreated to port, at a time when defeat would have been catastrophic for Britain, but the public was disappointed that the Royal Navy had not won a more dramatic victory given that they outnumbered the enemy.

Born

1859

December 5

Died

1935

Era

1850s

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1935 Died

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The world in 1935

When John departed

april 1 India's central banking institution, the Reserve Bank of India, is formed.
april 11 Stresa Front: Opening of the conference between the British Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald, the Italian Prime Minister Benito Mussolini and the French Minister for Foreign Affairs Pierre Laval to condemn the German violations of the Treaty of Versailles.
april 14 The Black Sunday dust storm, considered one of the worst storms of the Dust Bowl, sweeps across the Oklahoma and Texas panhandles and neighboring areas.
april 23 The Polish Constitution of 1935 is adopted.

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A. E. Housman 1859–1936 English poet and scholar (born 1859) Alexandre Millerand 1859–1943 French lawyer and politician, 12th President of France (born 1859) Alfred Dreyfus 1859–1935 French colonel (born 1859) Arthur Conan Doyle 1859–1930 British writer, creator of Sherlock Holmes (born 1859) Cass Gilbert 1859–1934 American architect (born 1859) Fanny Bullock Workman 1859–1925 American geographer and mountain climber (born 1859) George Giffen 1859–1927 Australian cricketer and footballer (died 1927) Hendrik Wortman 1859–1939 Dutch civil engineer (died 1939) Venustiano Carranza 1859–1920 Mexican soldier and politician, 37th President of Mexico (died 1920)

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