Year	What Was Happening ?
« 1888	At St John's	In & Around Stratford	In The Church	In The World
1889	Thomas Stevens (later First Bishop of Barking) becomes vicar of St John's.	West Ham becomes a County Borough.		Dock Strike - workers win right to pay of 6 pence per hour Benjamin Harrison is elected president in America.
1890		New Years Day - 26 children die in a fire at the Forest Lane Industrial School	John Wogan Festing succeeds as second Bishop of Colchester.	Chief Sitting Bull is shot dead by Indian police in the process of being falsely arrested.
1891		St Thomas, Rokeby Street becomes separate parish Vaughan Road Mission opened Chandos Road Mission opened GER Railway Works at Stratford build a steam locomotive in the unsurpassed record time of 9 hours 47 minutes.		London and Paris are linked by telephone. In Russia, construction begins on the Trans-Siberian Railroad.
1892		James Keir Hardie elected MP for West Ham South		William Gladstone becomes Prime Minister Grover Cleveland is re-elected as US president.
1893	Frank Weston became Deacon of Holy Trinity Mission Church, Oxford Road			Lady Margaret Scott wins the first Women's Golf Championship held at Royal Lytham. In France, the first car registration plates are issued along with the first driving licenses and the first parking restrictions.
1894		Leyton Road Mission opened		Gladstone resigns, Archibald Rosebery becomes Prime Minister Found guilty of selling military secrets, Alfred Dryfus is sent to Devil's Island. The first motor show opens in Paris.
1895		Ward Road Mission renamed St Aiden Mission Church Thames Iron Works football club founded.		Robert Salisbury becomes Prime Minister Louis Pasteur dies. Oscar Wilde's play 'The Importance of Being Earnest' opens in London. The first celluloid film was publicly screened in Paris, short by Auguste and Louis Lumiere. Rontgen makes the first x-ray.
1896	Frank Weston leaves Holy Trinity Mission Church to work at St. Matthew's, Westminster. (later 4th Bishop of Zanzibar & 1st President of the Anglo-Catholic Congress) Rev William Vavasour Mason, BA, was curate at St Johns Kellys Trade Directory Rev Vincent Smith, AKCL, was curate at St Johns Kellys Trade Directory Rev William Brown, BA, was curate at St Johns Kellys Trade Directory	Borough Theatre, Stratford opens.		The first modern Olympic games was held in Athens. London's first parking ticket is issued.
1897		Vaughan Road Mission rebuilt and renamed St Matthews, it becomes a separate parish of West Ham, St Matthews		Queen Victoria celebrates Diamond Jubilee (60 years) The Tate Gallery opens in London. William McKinley is elected US president.
1898		Population of West Ham estimated at 287,000.	The Bishop of St Albans' Fund publishes a 'Handbook to the Barking Deaneries' to describe, and to plead the needs of, 'London over the Border'.	Britain leases Hong Kong from China for 99 years. The 'Maine' is sunk in Havana harbour, marking the start of the Spanish-American War.
1899				The outbreak of the second Boer War. James Cagney is born. The first death by motorcycle crash in Britain is recorded. 'O Solo Mio!', is published.
1900		Vicarage Lane Mission opened West Ham United Football Club founded (was Thames Iron Works team).		The Metro in Paris opens. The British under Kitchener take Pretoria, Johannesburg, and Bloemfontein. The Boxer Rebellion begins in China. In Germany, the Zeppelin makes its maiden flight The New Century is celebrated Worldwide
1901 »	Ralph Nicholson becomes vicar of St John's