Year	What Was Happening ?
« 1903	At St John's	In & Around Stratford	In The Church	In The World
1904	Frederick John Key becomes vicar of St John's.	West Ham electric tramway service inaugurated.		The 'entente cordiale' establishes cordial relations between the governments of Britain and France, forming the basis for their alliance in World War I.
1905				Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman becomes Prime Minister Theodore Roosevelt is president of the United States To break a general strike, Russian troops kill over 6000 in Odessa. Russian sailors mutiny aboard the battleship 'Potemkin' in the Black Sea. Japan defeats Russian in the Russo-Japanese War. The Automobile Association was formed in Britain.
1906		Biggerstaff Road Mission opened
1907			West Ham came a close third in a vote for the new Cathedral Town. St Johns may have become the cathedral being one of the largest church buildings in the area.	Pablo Picasso paints his first masterpiece, 'Les Demoiselles d'Avignon.'
1908				Herbert Henry Asquith becomes Prime Minister In Lisbon, King Carlos I of Portugal and the crown prince are assassinated. Young Turks revolt in Macedonia. The London Olympics are held at Wembley The Ford Company produces the Model T.
1909				Gordon H Selfridge opens new department store in London's Oxford Street. Henri Matisse paints 'The Dance'. Civil War breaks our in Honduras. William Howard Taft is inaugurated as 27th president of the United States. London hairdressers begin offering the new permanent waves. Women are admitted to German universities for the first time.
1910				King Edward VII dies. George V succeeds him. China abolishes slavery. Butros Ghali, Egyptian Premier, is assassinated. Mark Twain and Leo Tolstoy die.
1911		Population of Stratford: 50,729		Lloyd George brings the National Health Insurance Bill before Parliament. The Russian Premier, Peter Stolypin is assassinated. Revolution in central China. Winston Churchill is named First Lord of the Admiralty.
1912				The Republic of China is established. The S. S. Titanic, on her maiden voyage, strikes an iceburg and sinks. The remains of the 'Piltdown Man' are found near Lewes. Jim Thorpe, an American Indian, is the star of the Stockholm Olympics. The F. W. Woolworth Company is founded.
1913 »	John Merrin becomes vicar of St John's