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| Ambassador Bulow, Bernhard Heinrich Martin |  |
| Berlin Appointed Ambassador to Rome |
| Ambassador Muravyov, Mikhail Nikolayevich |  |
| Copehagen Appointed Ambassador to Denmark |
| Copenhagen Appointed Ambassador to Denmark |
| Ambassador Pasic, Nicola |  |
| Belgrade Appointed Ambassador to Russia |
| Birth Tse-Tung, Mao |  |
| 26th Dec Shaoshan Birth of Mao Tse-Tung, Shaoshan in Hunan Province, year of the snake |
| Birth Goering, Herman | |
| 12th Jan Rosenheim Birth of Herman Goering, in Rosenheim, Upper Bavaria, the son of a colonial official |
| Birth Toller, Ernst | |
| 1st Dec Samotschin Birth of Ernst Toller |
| Birth Ulbricht, Walther | |
| 30th June Leipzig Born in Leipzig, the son of a tailor |
| Birth Novello, Ivor |  |
| 15th Jan Birth of Ivor Novello |
| Birth Alexander |  |
| Athens Birth of Alexander, 2nd son of Constantine & Sophia |
| Birth Carol II |  |
| Birth of Carol II, great nephew of Carol I |
| Birth Strijdom, Johennes Gerhardus |  |
| Willowmore Africa Birth of Johennes Gerhardus Strijdom |
| Birth Porter, Cole |  |
| 9th June Birth of Cole Porter |
| Collapse Government Steinbach, Emil |  |
| Vienna Causes the collapse of the government |
| Colonel Rennenkampf, Paul Karlovitch | |
| Appointed General |
| Composition Verdi, Giuseppe |  |
| Composes, "Falstaff" |
| Death MacMahon, Marie Edme Patrice Maurice de |  |
| 17th Oct Paris Death of Marie Edme Patrice Maurice de MacMahon |
| Death Stanley, Edward Henry | |
| 21st April Death of Edward Henry Stanley |
| Death Tchaikovsky, Peter | |
| St Petersburg Death of Peter Tchaikovsky |
| Diplomacy Alexander III | |
| A military convention is agreed with France which becomes a formal defensive alliance |
| Election Viviani, Rene | |
| Elected Deputy |
| Exile of Alem Alem, Leandro |  |
| Forced into exile |
| ILP Hardie, James Keir | |
| 13th Jan Founds & leads new Party |
| Independence Victoria | |
| London Gladstone's Home Rule Bill is defeated in the Lords |
| International Socialist Congress Engels, Friedrich | |
| Zurich Engels is elected honorary President of International Socialist Congress |
| Line of Durand Abd al-Rahman |  |
| The Durand Line divides British India & the Afghankingdom |
| Marriage Albrecht of Wurtemberg | |
| Albrecht of Wurtemberg marries Archduchess Margarete Sophie of Austria |
| Marriage George V | |
| 6th July George V marries Mary of Teck |
| Marriage May of Teck | |
| 6th July George V marries May of Teck |
| Marriage Ferdinand I | |
| Marries Marie, daughter of the Duke of Edinburgh |
| Neue Zeit Kautsky, Karl | |
| Founds Neue Zeit |
| Peerage Greville | |
| Warwick Created Earl of Warwick |
| President Cleveland, Grover | |
| 8th Nov Appointed President of the USA, 24th President |
| Prime Minister Crispi, Francesco | |
| Appointed Prime Minister of Italy, 2nd term |
| Publication Doyle, Arthur Conan | |
| Publication of, "The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes " |
| Publication Kipling, Rudyard | |
| Publication of, "Barrack Room Ballads" |
| Publication Wilde, Oscar | |
| Publication of, "Lady Windermere's Fan" |
| Publication Twain, Mark | |
| Publication of, "The American Claimant" |
| Rebellion Abd al-Rahman | |
| The Pastuns rebel after being placed under British rule |
| Reform Gladstone, William Ewart | |
| 2nd Sep London Irish Home Rule Bill, approved by the House of Commons |
| 9th Sep London Irish Home Rule Bill, rejected by the House of Lords |
| Reform Gandhi, Mohandas Karamchand |  |
| Leads a non-violent movement against racially discriminating laws |
| RSDRP Lenin Lenin, Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov | |
| St Petersburg Joins an underground Social Democratic circle called "the elders" in St Petersburg |
| Shaftesbury Memorial Ashley-Cooper, Anthony | |
| The Shaftesbury Memorial is erected in Piccadilly Circus, London |
| Socialist Party Jaures Jaures, Jean | |
| Appointed Member of the Socialist Party |
| Succession Alfred | |
| 22nd Aug Succeeds as Duke of Saxe-Coburg & Gotha |
| Succession Alexander I | |
| Belgrade Succeeds as King of Serbia |
| Treaty of Wachile Menelik II |  |
| Wachile Abrogates the Treaty after Italy's attempts to subjugate Ethiopia |
| Vice President Stevenson, Adlai E | |
| 8th Nov Washington Appointed Vice President of the USA |
