Elementary education became obligatory in 1899, and free in 1907.  The years before the First World War saw the foundation of cultural institutions, the Battle of Flowers and the Jersey Eisteddfod . The first aeroplanes arrived in Jersey in 1912.
Elementary education became obligatory in 1899, and free in 1907. Queen Victoria died in 1901, and Edward VII was proclaimed as King in the Royal Square. His coronation a year later was marked by the first Battle of Flowers. The years before the First World War saw the foundation of the Jersey Eisteddfod by the Dean of Jersey, Samuel Falle . The first aeroplanes arrived in Jersey in 1912.
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Queen Victoria died in 1901, and Edward VII was proclaimed as King in the Royal Square. His coronation a year later was marked by the first Battle of Flowers.
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cultural institutions, the Battle of Flowers and the Jersey Eisteddfod
the Jersey Eisteddfod by the Dean of Jersey, Samuel Falle