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| Alliance Chamberlain, Joseph |  |
| London Leads the Liberal Unionists into anAlliance with the Conservatives |
| Ambassador Cambon, Pierre-Paul |  |
Madrid Appointed Ambassador to Spain  |
| Beatification Fisher, John |  |
| 29th Dec In a Decree, when fifty-four of the English martyrs are beatified by Leo XIII, the best place of all is given to John Fisher |
| Birth Linhares, Jose |  |
| 28th Jan Birth of Jose Linhares |
| Birth Teh, Chu |  |
| Szechwan Birth of Chu Teh, to a peasant family in the province of Szechwan |
| Birth Heinrici, Gotthard |  |
| 25th Dec Gumbinnen Birth of Gotthard Heinrici |
| Birth Lukacs, Gyorgy |  |
| Birth of Gyorgy Lukacs |
| Birth Homma, Masaharu |  |
| Birth of Masaharu Homma |
| Birth Kirov, Sergei Mironovich |  |
| Birth of Sergei Mironovich Kirov |
| Budget Bismarck-Schonhausen, Otto Furst von | |
| Berlin Asks the Reichstag to increase the military budget after the end of the Dreikaiserbund |
| Berlin Calls up reserves & announces a war loan to rally patriotic voters at the election |
| Berlin Dissolves the Reichstag after failing to raise the budget |
| Berlin The Reichstag turns down Bismark's proposals to increase military spending |
| Budget Churchill, Randolph | |
| London Proposes drastic cuts in funds for the armed services |
| 22nd Dec London Sudden resignation after the Cabinet will not support his proposed defense cuts |
| Canonization More, Thomas | |
| Thomas More is beatified |
| Chancellor Churchill, Randolph | |
| 3rd Aug Appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer |
| Chancellor Goschen | |
| 14th Jan London Appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer |
| Chancellor Spencer-Churchill, Randolph Henry | |
| 3rd Aug London Appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer |
| Chief Secretary Hicks Beach | |
| London Appointed Chief Secretary for Ireland |
| Composition Saint-Saens, Camille | |
| Composition of, "Carinival of the Animals" |
| Composition Tchaikovsky, Peter | |
| Composes, "Manfred Symphony" |
| Death Louis II | |
| Bavaria Declared mad, commits suicide by drowning |
| Death Ludwig II | |
| Declared insane then drowns himself |
| Death Ashley-Cooper, Anthony | |
| 13th April Death of Anthony Ashley-Cooper |
| Death Cardwell | |
| Death of Edward Cardwell |
| Death Liszt, Franz | |
| Death of Franz Liszt |
| Death Arthur, Chester Alan |  |
| 18th Nov Death of Chester Alan Arthur |
| Education Smuts, Jan Christian |  |
Stellenbosch Africa Smuts attends Victoria College, learns High Dutch  , German & Ancient Greek & immerses himself in literature, the classics & Bible studies |
| Education Wilson, Thomas Woodrow | |
| Awarded Ph. D at John Hopkins university |
| Election Asquith, Henry Herbert | |
| Elected Member of Parliament |
| Election Gladstone, William Ewart | |
| Conservatives 317, Liberal Unionists 77, Liberals 191 & Nationalists 86 |
| Exile Thuyet, Ton That |  |
| Hanoi Forced to flee to the highlands of Laos after the French replace him Prince Dong Khanh |
| Governor Khanh | |
| Tonking Appointed Governor of Tonking by the French |
| Independence Campbell-Bannerman, Henry | |
| London The Liberal Party splits over Irish Home Rule, Campbell-Bannerman supports Gladstone |
| Independence Milner, Alfred | |
| London Helps defeat Gladstone's Irish Home Rule Bill |
| Independence Victoria | |
| London Opposes Gladstone's Home Rule Bill which would give Ireland its own Parliament |
| Invention Automobile Daimler, Gottlieb | |
| Fits his engine to a 4 wheeled carriage |
| Leader House of Commons Churchill, Randolph | |
| 3rd Aug London Appointed Leader of the House of Commons |
| Leader House of Commons Spencer-Churchill, Randolph Henry | |
| 3rd Aug London Appointed Leader of the House of Commons |
| Leader of Liberal Unionists Stanley Stanley | |
| London Appointed leader of the Liberal Unionists in the Lords |
| Legislation Gascoyne-Cecil, Robert Arthur Talbot | |
| Local Government Act, transfers administration of counties to elected councils |
| Liberal Unionist Party Goschen | |
| Supports Lord Hartington in forming the Liberal Unionist Party |
| Liberal Unionist Party Stanley | |
| Leaves the Conservative Party & joins the Liberal Unionist Party |
| Lord Chancellor Gibson, Edward | |
| Appointed Lord Chancellor for Ireland, 2nd term |
| Lord Chancellor Giffard, Hardinge Stanley | |
| Appointed Lord Chancellor, 2nd term |
| Minister of Foreign Affairs Primrose | |
| Appointed Foreign Minister, 1st term |
| Minister of Turkey Novakovic, Stojan |  |
| Appointed Minister to Turkey |
| Minister of War Campbell-Bannerman, Henry | |
| Appointed Minister of War, 1st term |
| Novoye Vremya Chekhov, Anton | |
| Invited to write for the Novoye Vremya (New Times), owned and edited by the millionaire magnate Alexei Suvorin, who paid per line a rate double Leikin's, Suvorin was to become a lifelong friend |
| Patent Benz, Karl | |
| 26th Jan Patents a 3 wheel drive motor car & the internal combustion engine |
| Peerage Stanley, Frederick Arthur | |
| London Created Baron Stanley of Preston |
| President Balmaceda, Jose Manuel |  |
| Appointed President of Chile |
| President Stanley, Frederick Arthur | |
| Appointed President of the Board of Trade |
| Prime Minister Cavendish, Spencer | |
| Declines an offer to become Prime Minister |
| Prime Minister Gascoyne-Cecil, Robert Arthur Talbot | |
| 24th July Appointed Prime Minister of Britain , 3rd term, |
| Prime Minister Gladstone, William Ewart | |
| 1st Feb Appointed Prime Minister of Great Britain , 3rd term |
| 1st Feb Chamberlain, hostile to Irish home rule, refuses to serve in the Cabinet |
| Prime Minister Sprigg, John Gordon | |
| 25th Nov Appointed Prime Minister of the Cape Colony, 2nd term |
| Publication Holz, Arno | |
| Publication of, "Buch der Zeit" |
| Publication Marx, Karl Heinrich | |
| Publication of, "Das Kapital" in English |
| Publication Hardy, Thomas | |
| Publication of, "The Mayor of Casterbridge" |
| Publication Stevenson, Robert Louis | |
| Publication of, "The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde" |
| Publication Boleslaw, Prus |  |
| Publication of, "The Outpost" |
| Publication Stanton, Elizabeth Cady | |
| Publication of, "History of Women's Suffrage" |
| Reform Gascoyne-Cecil, Robert Arthur Talbot | |
| Local Government Act, transfers administration of counties to elected councils |
| Reform Gladstone, William Ewart | |
| 8th April London Home Rule Bill, first, Introduced to the House of Commons |
| 8th June London Defeated by Liberal Unionists & 93 Liberal MP's, including Chamberlain, resigns |
| 18th June London The Home Rule Bill, defeated in the Commons by 30 votes |
| Reichstag Bismarck-Schonhausen, Otto Furst von | |
| Berlin Dissolves the Reichstag after it refuses his increases to the military budget |
| Resignation Caprivi, Georg Leo von | |
| Resigns because Wilhelm I consults his cabinet chiefs without his knowledge |
| Resignation Chamberlain, Joseph | |
| London Resigns over Gladstone's support for Irish home rule |
| Resignation Churchill, Randolph | |
| 22nd Dec London Sudden resignation after the Cabinet will not support his proposed defense cuts |
| Resignation Gascoyne-Cecil, Robert Arthur Talbot | |
| 27th Jan London Resigns after having lost Irish Party support |
| Resignation Gladstone, William Ewart | |
| 8th June London Defeated by Liberal Unionists & 93 Liberal MP's, including Chamberlain, resigns |
| 8th June London Resigns over the issue of Irish Home Rule |
| Resignation Spencer-Churchill, Randolph Henry | |
| 22nd Dec London Sudden resignation after the Cabinet will not support his proposed defense cuts |
| Siege of Tonking Thuyet, Ton That | |
| Tonking Dissaproves French policy in Tonking, the city is looted by General de Courcy |
| Speech Churchill, Randolph | |
| 22nd Feb London Gives a militant speech to encourage Ulster Protestants in Belfast |
| 2nd Oct Dartford Promises wide-ranging reforms |
| Speech Spencer-Churchill, Randolph Henry | |
| 22nd Feb London Gives a militant speech to encourage Ulster Protestants in Belfast |
| 2nd Oct Dartford Promises wide-ranging reforms |
| Succession Otto | |
| Bavaria Succeeds as King of Bavaria |
| Under Secretary Gorst, John Eldon | |
Appointed Under Secretary of State for India  |
| Yiheyuan Palace T'zu Hsi | |
| Yiheyuan Palace Money which should have modernized China 's Navy is spent rebuiding the Yiheyuan Palace |
