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| 13th Hussars Baden-Powell, Robert |  |
| Appointed Member of the the 13th Hussars, known for their part in the Charge of the Light Brigade at Balaclava
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| Abdication Abdulhamid I |  |
| Crete Forced do abdicate after a revolution
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| Forced to abdicate in favour of his nephew Murad V
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| Abdication Murad V | |
| Forced to abdicate in favour of his brother Abdul Hamid II
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| Murad V is deposed because of his insanity
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| Abdication Pasha, Midhat | |
| Leads the revolution which deposes Sultan Abd al-Aziz
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| Armistice Milan I |  |
| 31st Oct Russia forces Tukey to agree to an armistice
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| Armistice Abdulhamid II | |
| 31st Oct Russia forces Tukey to agree to an armistice
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| Battle of Aleksinac Milan I | |
| 1st Sep Aleksinac The Serbs are defeated by the Turks
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| Battle of Aleksinac Abdulhamid II | |
| 1st Sep Aleksinac The Serbs are defeated by the Turks
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| Battle of Alexinatz Milan I | |
| 12th Aug Alexinatz The Serbs hold up Turkish forces advancing on Belgrade
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| Battle of Alexinatz Abdulhamid II | |
| 12th Aug Alexinatz The Serbs hold up Turkish forces advancing on Belgrade
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| Battle of Djunis Milan I | |
| 29th Oct Djunis The Serbs are defeated by the Turks
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| Battle of Djunis Abdulhamid II | |
| 19th Oct Djunis The Serbs are defeated by the Turks
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| Battle of Little Big Horn Custer, George Armstrong |  |
| 25th June Little Big Horn Death of George Armstrong Custer, killed at the battle of Little Big Horn
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| 25th June Little Big Horn The 264-man USA7th cavalry is massacred at the hands of the Sioux Chief "Sitting Bull"
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| Battle of Shirogawa Saigo, Takamori |  |
| 24th Sep Shirogawa The Imperial Army under Prince Taruhito defeats & kills the rebel Takamori Saigo
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| Battle of Shirogawa Taruhito | |
| 24th Sep Shirogawa The Imperial Army under Prince Taruhito defeats & kills the rebel Takamori Saigo
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| Bengali, The Banerjea, Surendranath |  |
| Founds the newspaper, The Bengali
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| Bengali, The Bonerjee, Surendranath | |
| 26th July Founds the newspaper, The Bengali
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| Birth Seipel, Ignaz |  |
| Birth of Ignaz Seipel
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| Birth Adenauer, Konrad |  |
| 5th Jan Cologne Birth of Conrad Adenauer, the "Old Fox"
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| Birth Leeb, Wilhelm Ritter von | |
| 5th Sep Landsberg Birth of Wilhelm Ritter von Leeb,
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| Birth Brian, Havergal | |
| 29th Jan Birth of Havergal Brian
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| Birth Jinnah, Mohammed Ali |  |
| 25th Dec Brth of Muhammad Ali Jinnah
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| Birth Litvinov, Maxim Maximovich |  |
| Birth of Maxim Maximovich Litvinov
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| Composition Wagner, Richard | |
| Composition of "Der Ring Des Nibelingen"
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| Composition of, "Gotterdammerung"
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| Composition of, "Siegfried"
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| Composition Liszt, Franz |  |
| Composition of, "Hamlet"
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| Composition Grieg, Edvard Hagerup |  |
| Composes the incidental music for Henrik Ibsen's drama "Peer Gynt"
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| Constitution Disraeli, Benjamin | |
| Judicial Life Peers can sit in the House under the terms of the Appellate Jurisdiction Act
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| Constitution Bratianu, Ion |  |
| Rosetti & Bratianu form a Liberal cabinet, which remains in power until 1888 & comes to terms with Carol
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| Constitution Canovas del Castillo, Antonio |  |
| Madrid Writes a new Constitution
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| Constitution Mahmud, Nedim Pasa | |
| 23rd Dec Istanbul Declares indivisibility of the Ottoman Empire
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| 23rd Dec Istanbul Provides Parliamentary Government based on all groups in society
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| Coup d'Etat Diaz, Porfirio |  |
| Mexico City Overthrows Lerdo de Tejada
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| Coup d'Etat Abdulhamid I | |
| Crete Forced do abdicate after a revolution
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| Coup d'Etat Pasha, Midhat | |
| Leads the revolution which deposes Sultan Abd al-Aziz
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| Death Abdulhamid I | |
| Death of Abdulhamid I, suicide
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| Declaration of War Milan I | |
| 30th June Serbia & Montenegro declare war on Turkey
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| Declaration of War Abdulhamid II | |
| 30th June Serbia & Montenegro declare war on Turkey
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| Deputy Clemanceau, Georges |  |
| Paris Appointed Deputy
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| Diplomacy Bismarck-Schonhausen, Otto Furst von | |
| Alsace Lorraine Offers Russia an Alliance if for Alsace-Lorraine, Russia refuses
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| Discovery of Spectrum Young, Charles Augustus | |
| Discovers the spectrum of the Corona
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| Election Carnot, Marie Francoise Sadi | |
| Paris Elected to the Chamber of Deputies
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| Election McKinley, William | |
| Elected Member of Congress
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| Exile Abdulhamid II | |
| Forces Midhat Pasha into exile
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| Health Murad V | |
| Murad V is deposed because of his insanity
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| Indian National Association Banerjea, Surendranath | |
| 26th July Founds the Indian National Association, the first Indian political organization of its kind
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| Indian National Association Bonerjee, Surendranath | |
| 26th July Founds the Indian National Association, the first Indian political organization of its kind
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| 26th July Uses the INA to tackle the age-limit for Indian students appearing for ICS exams, attacks the racial discrimination perpetrated by British officials in India through speeches all over the country, which made him very popular
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| Invasion of Bosnia Milan I | |
| The Russian backed Serbian invasion of Bosnia fails
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| Invention Gas Engine Otto, Nikolaus August | |
| Makes inprovements to the gas powered internal-combustion engine
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| Invention Telephone Bell, Alexander Graham | |
| 3rd Mar Granted a patent for the telephone
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| Land & Liberty Plekhanov Plekhanov, Georgy Valentinovich | |
| Appointed Member of Land & Liberty
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| Leader House of Representatives Garfield Garfield, James Abram | |
| Appointed Republican floor leader of the House of Representatives
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| Legislation Disraeli, Benjamin | |
| Judicial Life Peers can sit in the House under the terms of the Appellate Jurisdiction Act
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| Under the Royal Titles Bill Victoria becomes the Empress of India
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| Marshal Pasha, Osman Nuri | |
| Appointed Marshal
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| Minister Enomoto, Takeaki | |
| June Appointed Minister of the Navy
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| Party Leader Garfield, James Abram | |
| Appointed Party Leader of the Republican Party
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| Peerage Disraeli, Benjamin | |
| Created Earl Beaconsfield
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| Victoria makes Disraeli the Earl of Beaconsfield for making her Empress of India
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| Peerage Victoria | |
| Victoria makes Disraeli Earl of Beaconsfield for passing the Royal Titles Bill
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| Performance Nibelingen Wagner, Richard | |
| Bayreuth "Der Ring Des Nibelingen" is 1st performed in the Festival Theatre Bayreuth
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| President Diaz, Porfirio | |
| Appointed President of Mexico, 1st term
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| President Prado, Mariano Ignacio |  |
| Appointed President of Peru
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| Prime Minister Geer |  |
| Appointed Prime Minister of Sweden
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| Rebellion Gladstone, William Ewart | |
| Comes out of retirement after the Turkish repression of Bulgaria's rebellion
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| Rebellion Abdulhamid II | |
| July The Christian peasants of Herzogovinia rebel against Muslim landlords & Ottoman rulers
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| Rebellion Mahmud, Nedim Pasa | |
| Bulgaria rises against Turkish rule, the rebellion is savagely repressed
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| Reform Chamberlain, Joseph | |
| Joins the Republican group of the Liberal Party led by Charles Dilke
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| Reform Disraeli, Benjamin | |
| Under the Royal Titles Bill Victoria becomes the Empress of India
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| Resignation Gordon, Charles George Hamilton | |
| Resigns as Governor of Central Africa
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| Rule of Alsace Lorraine Bismarck-Schonhausen, Otto Furst von | |
| Alsace Lorraine Offers Russia an Alliance if for Alsace-Lorraine, Russia refuses
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| Rule of India Victoria | |
| The Royal Titles Bill makes Victoria Empress of India
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| Senator Arago, Francois | |
| Paris Appointed Senator
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| Siege of Belgrade Abdulhamid II | |
| 12th Aug Alexinatz The Serbs hold up Turkish forces advancing on Belgrade
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| Succession Victoria | |
| The Royal Titles Bill makes Victoria Empress of India
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| Succession Abdulhamid II | |
| Succeeds as Emperor of Turkey
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| Succession Murad V | |
| Succeeds as Emperor of Turkey
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| Swan House Shaw, Richard Norman | |
| Completes the Swan House in Chelsea
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