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| 1st Daimler Daimler, Gottlieb |  |
| 23rd May 1st Daimler takes to the road
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| Agreement Mediterranean Gascoyne-Cecil, Robert Arthur Talbot |  |
| 12th Feb Agreement between the powers maintaining the Mediterranean status quo against Turkey
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| Arrest Pilsudski, Josef Klemens |  |
| Siberia Given 5 yrs in Siberia on the false charge of conspiring to assassinate Alexander III
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| Attorney Mercier, Honore |  |
| Quebec Appointed Prime Attorney General of Quebec
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| Birth Charles I |  |
| Birth of Charles I, grand nephew of Franz Josef
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| Birth Rendulic, Lothar | |
| 23rd Oct Vienna Born in Wiener Neustadt
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| Birth Schrodinger, Erwin | |
| Birth of Erwin Schrodinger
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| Birth Kai-Shek, Chiang |  |
| 31st Oct Chekiang Birth of Chiang Kai-Shek to a prosperous rural family Chekiang
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| Birth Augustus William | |
| Berlin Fourth eldest son of William II
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| Birth Manstein, Fritz Erich von | |
| 24th Nov Birth of Fritz Erich von Manstein
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| Birth Rohm, Ernst | |
| 28th Nov Munich Birth of Ernst Rohm, son of a civil servant
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| Birth Dalton, Edward Hugh John Neale | |
| Neath Birth of Edward Hugh John Neale Dalton
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| Birth Montgomery, Bernard Law | |
| 17th Nov Kennington Birth of Bernard Law Montgommery, St Mark's Vivarage, Kennington Oval
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| Birth Quisling, Vidkun |  |
| 18th July Fyresdal Birth of Vidkun Quisling
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| Birth Rubenstein, Arthur | |
| 28th Jan Birth of Arthur Rubenstein
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| Birth Le Corbusier, Charles-Edouard |  |
| Chaux de Fonds Birth of Charles-Edouard Le Corbusier
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| Budget Bismarck-Schonhausen, Otto Furst von | |
| Berlin Creates ne taxes for liquor & sugar & increasing taxes on grains
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| Berlin Passes a Septennial Act increasing the military budget
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| Captain Carden, Sackville Hamilton | |
| Appointed Captain
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| Chamber of Deputies Poincare Poincare, Raymond |  |
| Lorraine Appointed Member of the Chamber of Deputies for Lorraine
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| Chief Secretary Balfour, Arthur James | |
| 7th Mar London Appointed Chief Secretary for Ireland
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| Composition Verdi, Giuseppe |  |
| Composes, "Othello"
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| Conference of Commonwealth Gascoyne-Cecil, Robert Arthur Talbot | |
| 4th April London A meeting of Imperial Prime Ministers held in London
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| Death Laforgue, Jules | |
| 20th Aug Paris Death of Jules Laforgue
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| Death Borodin, Alexander |  |
| St Petersburg Death of Alexander Borodin
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| Drama Chekhov, Anton | |
| A theatre manager called Korsh commissions Chekhov to write a play, the result being Ivanov, written in a fortnight
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| Education Gandhi, Mohandas Karamchand |  |
| London Gandhigoes to University College London to train as a barrister
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| Election Bismarck-Schonhausen, Otto Furst von | |
| The Free Conservatives & National Liberals win 220 out of 375 seats
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| General Director Rathenau, Emil | |
| Appointed General Director of the Allgemeine-Elektrizitats-Gesellschaft
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| Invention Automobile Daimler, Gottlieb | |
| 23rd May 1st Daimler takes to the road
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| Legislation Balfour, Arthur James | |
| 28th Mar London Irish Crimes Bill, trial by jury is suspended
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| Mayor Abbot, John Joseph Caldwell | |
| Montreal Appointed Mayor of Montreal
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| Minister Abbot, John Joseph Caldwell | |
| Appointed Minister of War without portfolio
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| Name Balfour Balfour, Arthur James | |
| London called "Bloody Balfour" by Irish Nationalists
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| Party Leader Alem, Leandro |  |
| Buenos Aires Appointed Party Leader of the Union Civica Radica, 1st term
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| Appointed Party Leader of the Union Civica
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| Appointed Party Leader of the Union Civica Party
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| Party Leader Laurier, Wilfred | |
| Appointed Party Leader of the Liberal Party
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| Plot Parnell, Charles Stewart |  |
| 18th April Dublin Parnell says the Times letter linking him to the Phoenix Park murders is a forgery
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| 18th April Dublin The Times prints a letter linking Parnell with the Phoenix Park murders
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| President Nunez, Rafael |  |
| Appointed President of Cambodia, 3rd term
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| President Carnot, Marie Francoise Sadi | |
| Appointed fourth President of the Republic
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| Prime Minister Mercier, Honore | |
| Appointed Prime Minister of Quebec
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| Prime Minister Crispi, Francesco | |
| Appointed Prime Minister of Italy, first term, pursues expansionist Colonial policy
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| Prime Minister Ito |  |
| Appointed Prime Minister of Japan, 1st term
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| Privy Council of Ireland Hamilton, James | |
| Appointed to the Privy Council of Ireland
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| Publication Kautsky, Karl Johann |  |
| Publication of, "Karl Marx Okonomische Lehren"
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| Publication Fabre, Ferdinand | |
| Publication of, "Toussaint Galabru"
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| Publication Doyle, Arthur Conan | |
| Publication of, "A Study In Scarlet", first of the Sherlock Holmes stories
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| Publication of, "Micah Clarke"
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| Publication Webb | |
| Publication of, "Facts for Socialists"
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| Purchase Alaska Cleveland, Stephen Grover |  |
| 18th Sep Alaska is purchased from Russia for $7.2m
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| Pushkin Prize Chekhov, Anton | |
| Writes a story collection At Dusk (V Sumerkakh) winning Chekhov the coveted Pushkin Prize "for the best literary production distinguished by high artistic worth"
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| Reform Balfour, Arthur James | |
| 28th Mar London Irish Crimes Bill, trial by jury is suspended
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| 5th Aug London The Congested Districts Board is set up to ease housing problems
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| 23rd Aug London Allows courts to revise unjust rents
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| Relations Bismarck Wilhelm II | |
| Berlin Expresses his support for Christian Socialist principles, earns a rebuke from Bismarck
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| Rule of Alaska Cleveland, Stephen Grover | |
| 18th Sep Alaska is purchased from Russia for $7.2m
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| Rule of India Victoria | |
| 1st Jan London Declared Empress of India by Disraeli
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| Succession Ferdinand I |  |
| Succeeeds as King of Bulgaria
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| Treaty of Mediterranean Bismarck-Schonhausen, Otto Furst von | |
| 12th Feb Berlin Agreed between powers maintaining the status quo in the Mediterranean against Turkey
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| Treaty of Reinsurance Bismarck-Schonhausen, Otto Furst von | |
| A supplementary protocol promises German support for Russia in the Dardanelles
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| University College London Gandhi, Mohandas Karamchand | |
| London Gandhigoes to University College London to train as a barrister
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