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| 1st Crossing Greenland Nansen, Fridtjof |  |
| Heads te 1st etion to cross the ice fields of Greenland |
| Armament Bismarck-Schonhausen, Otto Furst von |  |
| 6th Feb Berlin Introduces a measure to increase the army reserve to 3 1/4 of a million |
| 6th Feb Berlin Says to the Reichstag, "We Germans fear God & nothing else on Earth" |
| Birth Fromm, Friedrich | |
| 8th Oct Berlin Birth of Friedrich Fromm |
| Birth Guderain, Heinz | |
| 17th Jan Kulm Birth of Heinz Guderain, son of an army officer |
| Birth Oscar | |
| Berlin Birth of Oscar, 5th eldest son of William II |
| Birth Lawrence of Arabia, Thomas Edward |  |
| 15th Aug Tremadoc Birth of Thomas Edward Lawrence |
| Birth Morrison, Herbert Stanley | |
| 3rd Jan Birth of Herbert Stanley Morris on |
| Birth Mazurkiewicz, Stefan |  |
| 25th Sep Warsaw Birth of Stefan Mazurkiewicz |
| Budget Goschen | |
| 15th April London Cuts the interest on Britain's National debt |
| Chief of the Imperial Admiralty Caprivi, Georg Leo von | |
| Appointed Chief of the Imperial Admiralty |
| Composition Debussy, Achille-Claude |  |
| Composes, "Deux Arabesques" |
| Composition Tchaikovsky, Peter |  |
| Composes, "Symphony No 5" |
| Death Wilhelm I | |
| 9th May Berlin Dies in Berlin age 90 & succeeded by his 57 year old son Friedrich Wilhelm |
| Death Berkeley, George Lennox Rawdon | |
| 27th Aug Death of George Lennox Rawdon Berkeley |
| Diplomacy Umberto I |  |
| A tariff war with France creates economic problems |
| General Thesiger | |
| Appointed Major-General |
| Governor Badeni, Kasimierz Felix Graf von |  |
| Galicia Appointed Governor of Galicia |
| Governor Stanley, Frederick Arthur | |
| Appointed Governor General of Canada |
| Health Gogh, Vincent van |  |
| Arles Suffers from mental illness & cuts off part of his left ear |
| Invention Straws Stone, Marvin |  |
| 3rd Jan Patents the paper drinking straw |
| Minister of Bucharest Bulow, Bernhard Heinrich Martin | |
| Appointed Minister of Bucharest |
| Minister of Education Boselli, Paolo | |
| Appointed Minister of Education |
| Plot Parnell, Charles Stewart |  |
| 13th Aug Dublin A commission investigates Parnell's involvement in the Phoenix Park murders |
| President Hicks Beach | |
| Appointed President of the Board of Trade |
| Prime Minister Kuroda, Kiyotaka |  |
| Appointed Prime Minister |
| Publication Kautsky, Karl Johann |  |
| Publication of, "Thomas More Und Seine Utopie" |
| Publication Cladel, Leon-Alpinien | |
| Publication of, "Raca" |
| Reform Bradlaugh, Charles | |
| Northampton Champions bill which allows MPs to affirm instead of swearing on the Bible |
| Reform Gascoyne-Cecil, Robert Arthur Talbot | |
| 6th Aug London Establishes County Councils |
| Siege of Khartoum Victoria | |
| Khartoum Censures ministers for not following her orders & sending a relief force too late |
| Slavery Pedro II |  |
| Abolishes slavery, an act that leads to the overthrow of the monarchy |
| SLP Hardie, James Keir | |
| London Founds & leads the Scottish Labour Party |
| Succession Frederick III | |
| Berlin Succeeds as Kaiser of Germany, King of Prussia & Emperor of Germany |
| Succession Wilhelm II | |
| Berlin Declares the divine right of the House of Hohenzollern |
| Berlin Son of Frederick III & Victoria, daughter of Queen Victoria |
| Berlin Succeeds as Kaiser of Germany |
| Viceroy Lansdowne | |
| Appointed Viceroy of India |
