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| 1st Circumnavigation Slocum, Joshua |  |
| 27th June Newport Completes the 1st single handed yacht voyage around the world |
| Adviser Yuan, Shih-Kai |  |
| Appointed Adviser to the Emperor |
| Ambassador Cambon, Pierre-Paul |  |
| London Appointed Ambassador to Britain |
| Armament Wilhelm II |  |
| 23rd Sep Berlin In a speech says that Germany's future "lay on the water" |
| Arrest Zola, Emile | |
| 23rd Feb Emile Zola is imprisoned for his letter J'accuse in which he accused the French Government of anti-Semitism and the wrongful imprisonment of Army Captain Alfred Dreyfus |
| Assassination Elizabeth |  |
| Geneva Empress Elizabeth is assassinated by an Italian anarchist, Luigi Lucheni |
| Assassination Lucheni, Luigi |  |
| Geneva Empress Elizabeth is assassinated by an Italian anarchist, Luigi Lucheni |
| Battle of Atbara Kitchener, Horatio Herbert |  |
| 8th April Atbara Horatio Kitchener defeats the Khalifa, leader of the dervishes in Sudan, at the battle of Atbara. Anglo-Egyptian forces crush 6,000 Sudanese |
| Battle of Atbara Abdullah |  |
| 8th April Atbara Horatio Kitchener defeats the Khalifa, leader of the dervishes in Sudan, at the battle of Atbara. Anglo-Egyptian forces crush 6,000 Sudanese |
| Battle of Omdurman Kitchener, Horatio Herbert | |
| 2nd Sep Omdurman Attacked by Abdullah at Egeiga 4 miles from Omdurman |
| 2nd Sep Omdurman Counter-attacks the Dervishes & marches into Omdurman |
| 2nd Sep Omdurman Results in British control of the Upper Nile |
| Battle of Omdurman Abdullah | |
| 2nd Sep Omdurman Attacks Kitchener at Egeiga 4 miles from Omdurman |
| 2nd Sep Omdurman Kitchener attacks the Dervishes & marches into Omdurman |
| 2nd Sep Omdurman Kitchener wins control of the Upper Nile |
| Birth Rabi, Isidor Isaac | |
| Birth of Isidor Isaac Rabi |
| Birth En-Lai, Chou | |
| 5th Mar Birth of Chou En-Lai |
| Birth Aalto, Alvar |  |
| 3rd Feb Birth of Alvar Aalto |
| Birth Brecht, Bertolt | |
| 10th Feb Birth of Bertolt Brecht |
| Birth Marcuse, Herbert | |
| Berlin Birth of Herbert Marcus e, son of a prosperous Jewish familly |
| Birth Messerschmitt, Willy | |
| 26th June Frankfurt Birth of Willy Messerschmitt |
| Birth Szilard, Leo |  |
| Birth of Leo Szilard, researchedNuclear fission |
| Birth Lutuli, Albert |  |
| Bulawayo Africa Birth of Albert Lutuli |
| Blockade of Havana McKinley, William |  |
| 25th April Havana The USA begins to blockade Havana |
| Burial Gladstone, William Ewart | |
| Westminster Abbey Buried in Westminster Abbey |
| Campaign Sudan Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer | |
| London Undertakes military service in the Sudan Campaign |
| Capture of Khartoum Kitchener, Horatio Herbert | |
| 5th Sep Khartoum Enters Khartoum |
| Capture of Manila McKinley, William | |
| 13th Aug Manila Manila surrenders to the US |
| Capture of Manila Merritt, Wesley | |
| 13th Aug Manila Accepts the surrender of Manila |
| Capture of Omdurman Kitchener, Horatio Herbert | |
| 2nd Sep Omdurman Results in British control of the Upper Nile |
| Capture of Omdurman Abdullah | |
| 2nd Sep Omdurman Kitchener attacks the Dervishes & marches into Omdurman |
| Chinese Exclusion Act McKinley, William | |
| The Supreme Court rules that a child born in the United States to Chinese immigrants is a USAcitizen, and therefore could not be deported under the Chinese Exclusion Act |
| Commander Cervera y Topete |  |
| Appointed Commander of a Spanish Squadron |
| Conference of Bloemfontein Smuts, Jan Christian | |
| Bloemfontein Africa Martinus Steyn called for a peace conference at Bloemfontein to settle the Boer & British grievances |
| Bloemfontein Africa With an intimate knowledge of the British, Smuts takes control of the Trans vaal delegation |
| Crisis Gascoyne-Cecil, Robert Arthur Talbot | |
| 27th Oct Fashoda Rejects talks with France until the French troops are withdrawn from Fashoda |
| Death Elizabeth | |
| Death of Elizabeth, assassinated |
| Death Dodgson, Author Charles Lutwidge | |
| 14th Jan Death of Author Charles Lutwidge Dodgson-better known as "Alice in Wonderland" creator Lewis Carroll |
| Death Gladstone, William Ewart | |
| Death of William Ewart Gladstone |
| Declaration of War McKinley, William | |
| 11th April Washington McKinley asks Congress for a declaration of war against Spain |
| 19th April Congress passes a resolution recognizing Cuban independence and demanding that Spain relinquish authority over Cuba, McKinley was also authorizes to use military force to put the resolution into effect |
| 20th April McKinley signs a congressional resolution recognizing Cuban independence from Spain & signs the Joint Resolution for War with Spain that authorizes USAmilitary intervention to Cuban independence |
| 25th April Washington Congress declares war against Spain |
| Diplomacy Classe, Theophile de | |
| Tightens control over Nth African colonies against Germany |
| Diplomacy Delcass‚, Theophile | |
| 27th Oct Fashoda Brings Britain & France to the verge of war but ends in a diplomatic victory for Britain |
| 27th Oct Fashoda During the Fashoda Incident Delcass‚ wants Britain's friendship in a future conflict with Germany & sees no advantage in a colonial war |
| 3rd Nov Fashoda The French Government orders it's forces to withdraw during the Fashoda Incident |
| Diplomacy Gascoyne-Cecil, Robert Arthur Talbot | |
| Mar Fashoda The French & British agree that the source of the Nile and the Congo rivers should mark the frontier between their spheres of influence |
| 3rd Nov Fashoda The French Government orders it's forces to withdraw during the Fashoda Incident |
| Diplomacy Kitchener, Horatio Herbert | |
| 2nd Aug Fashoda Ordered to Fashoda to oppose French claims |
| 19th Sep Fashoda Reaches Fashoda where Colonel Marchand is claiming the region for France |
| 4th Nov Fashoda The Fashoda incident passes off peacefully when the French recall Marchand |
| Discovery of Polonium Curie, Pierre | |
| Discovers 2 new elements, radium & polonium, their rays are used to create pure radium |
| Discovery of Radium Curie, Pierre | |
| Discovers 2 new elements, radium & polonium, their rays are used to create pure radium |
| Discovery of Radium Curie, Marie Sklodowska |  |
| 26th Dec Paris Discovers that pitchblende must contain traces of an unknown radioactive component far more radioactive than uranium, Marie Sklodowska-Curie announces the existence of this new substance |
| Drama Chekhov, Anton |  |
| Moscow The play so impressed the playwright Vladimir Nemirovich-Danchenko that he convinced Konstantin Stanislavsky to direct it for the innovative Moscow Art Theatre |
| Fashoda Incident Marchand, Jean-Baptiste | |
| Fashoda Leads a force of 150 tirailleurs out from Brazzaville with orders to secure the area around Fashoda as a French protectorate |
| 10th July Fashoda Marchand arrives at Fashoda with an occupying force |
| Fashoda Incident Delcass‚, Theophile | |
| 27th Oct Fashoda Brings Britain & France to the verge of war but ends in a diplomatic victory for Britain |
| 27th Oct Fashoda During the Fashoda Incident Delcass‚ wants Britain's friendship in a future conflict with Germany & sees no advantage in a colonial war |
| 3rd Nov Fashoda The French Government orders it's forces to withdraw during the Fashoda Incident |
| Fashoda Incident Kitchener, Horatio Herbert | |
| 2nd Aug Fashoda Ordered to Fashoda to oppose French claims |
| 18th Sep Fashoda A flotilla of British gunboats arrives at the isolated Fashoda fort, led by Lord Kitchener |
| Fashoda Incident Gascoyne-Cecil, Robert Arthur Talbot | |
| Mar Fashoda The French & British agree that the source of the Nile and the Congo rivers should mark the frontier between their spheres of influence |
| 27th Oct Fashoda Brings Britain & France to the verge of war but ends in a diplomatic victory for Britain |
| 27th Oct Fashoda Rejects talks with France until the French troops are withdrawn from Fashoda |
| 3rd Nov Fashoda The French Government orders it's forces to withdraw during the Fashoda Incident |
| Field Marshal Oyama |  |
| Appointed Field Marshal |
| Funeral Gladstone Gladstone, William Ewart | |
| 1st State funeral in Westminster Abbey since Pitt |
| Hundred Days' Reform T'zu Hsi | |
| The "Hundred Days' Reform", launched by emperor Guang Hsu/Guang Xu to modernize China, fails when the mother of the emperor, Tsu Hsi/Ci Xi, has him arrested and confined in the Forbidden City |
| Independence McKinley, William | |
| 15th Feb Havana The battleship USS Maine is sent to menace Imperial Spain and its sinking helps to precipitate the Spanish-American War over the issue of Cuban independence |
| 19th April Congress passes a resolution recognizing Cuban independence and demanding that Spain relinquish authority over Cuba |
| 20th April McKinley signs a congressional resolution recognizing Cuban independence from Spain & signs the Joint Resolution for War with Spain that authorizes USAmilitary intervention to Cuban independence |
| Indian National Congress Banerjea, Surendranath |  |
| Bombay Appointed Congress President, 1st term |
| Invention Folding Machine Sherman, John Ames | |
| 8th Feb John Ames Sherman patents the 1st envelope folding & gumming machine |
| Joint Resolution for War McKinley, William | |
| 20th April McKinley signs a congressional resolution recognizing Cuban independence from Spain & signs the Joint Resolution for War with Spain that authorizes USAmilitary intervention to Cuban independence |
| Legislation McKinley, William | |
| The Supreme Court rules that a child born in the United States to Chinese immigrants is a USAcitizen, and therefore could not be deported under the Chinese Exclusion Act |
| Lord Chamberlain Hope | |
| Appointed Lord Chamberlain |
| Martial Law Umberto I | |
| Forced to impose martial law |
| Minister of Education Inukai, Tsuyoshi | |
| Dec Appointed Minister of Education |
| Minister of Education Ozaki, Yukio | |
| Appointed Minister of Education |
| Minister of Foreign Affairs Classe, Theophile de | |
| Appointed Foreign Minister |
| Minister of Russia Hayashi | |
| Appointed Minister to Russia |
| Minister of State Tirpitz, Alfred Friedrich von | |
| Appointed Prussian Minister of State |
| Peace McKinley, William | |
| 7th Aug Washington Spain accepts McKinley's peace terms |
| Peerage Giffard Giffard, Hardinge Stanley | |
| Tiverton Created Earl of Halsbury and Viscount Tiverton, of Tiverton in the County of Devon |
| President Roca, Julio Argentino |  |
| Appointed President of Argentina, 2nd term |
| President Sales, Campos |  |
| 15th Nov Appointed President of Brazil |
| President Banerjea, Surendranath | |
| Appointed Congress President, 1st term |
| Prime Minister Ito | |
| Appointed Prime Minister of Japan, 3rd term |
| Prime Minister Okuma | |
| Appointed Prime Minister of Japan, 1st term |
| Publication Alberdi, Juan Batista | |
| Publication of, "Ensayos Sobre la Sociedead" |
| Publication Bucher, Adolf Lothar | |
| Publication of, "Gedanken und Erinnerungen", collaborates on Bismarck's memoirs |
| Publication James, Henry | |
| Jan Henry James publishes "The Turn of the Screw" |
| Publication Wells, Herbert George | |
| Publication of, "The War of the Worlds" |
| Regency T'zu Hsi | |
| Appointed Regent |
| RSDP Lenin, Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov | |
| Minsk 1st all-Russian Congress of Social Democratic organizations proclaim the RSDP |
| RSDWP Plekhanov, Georgy Valentinovich | |
| The Liberation of Labor becomes the Russian Social Democratic Workers Party |
| Rule of Guam McKinley, William | |
| Guam Guam is ceded by Spain to the US |
| Rule of Nigeria Gascoyne-Cecil, Robert Arthur Talbot | |
| Britain purchases the Royal Niger Company |
| Rule of Port Arthur Nicholas II | |
| Port Arthur Russia takes a lease on Port Athur from China |
| SDP Litvinov, Maxim Maximovich | |
| Appointed Member of the |
