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| Ambassador Aehrenthal, Graf Alois Lexa von |  |
| St Petersburg Appointed Ambassador in St Petersburg |
| Arrest Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer |  |
| Colenso Taken prisoner by the Boers after the derailment of his armoured train near Colenso |
| Nov Pretoria Arrested, asked to be released because he is a correspondent but refused |
| 15th Nov Escourt Leaves Escourt in a train commanded by Captain Haldane to explore Boer positions |
| 12th Dec Colenso Makes a dramatic escape from the Boers which reaches the world's headlines |
| 12th Dec Pretoria The Boers offer ś25 for Churchill dead or alive |
| 23rd Dec Durban Reaches Durban & describes his escape to an enthusiastic crowd |
| Battle of Colenso Buller, Redvers | |
| 15th Dec Colenso The British are defeated by the Boers |
| Battle of Colenso Botha, Louis |  |
| 15th Dec Colenso Africa Buller is forced to consider the surrender of Ladysmith |
| 15th Dec Colenso Africa Defeats Buller at the end of the British "black week" |
| 15th Dec Colenso Africa Buller is forced to consider the surrender of Ladysmith |
| 15th Dec Colenso Africa Defeats Buller at the end of the British "black week" |
| Battle of Dundee Buller, Redvers | |
| 15th May Dundee Buller drives away the Boers from Dundee |
| Battle of Elandslaagte French, John Denton Pikstone | |
| 21st Oct Elandslaagte Fights at the battle of Elandslaagte |
| Battle of Elandslaagte White, George | |
| 21st Oct Elandslaagte Forced back by a Boer force led by Trans vaal General Joubert |
| Battle of Glencoe Buller, Redvers | |
| 15th May Glencoe Buller drives away the Boers from Glencoe |
| Battle of Laing's Nek White, George | |
| 12th Oct Laing's Nek Forced back by a Boer force led by Trans vaal General Joubert |
| Battle of Magersfontein Buller, Redvers | |
| 10th Dec Magersfontein The British are defeated by the Boers |
| Battle of Magersfontein Methuen, Paul | |
| 10th Nov Magersfontein Cronje inflicts heavy losses on the British under Methuen |
| Battle of Magersfontein Cronje, Piet Arnoldus | |
| 10th Nov Magersfontein Africa Cronje inflicts heavy losses on the British under Methuen |
| 10th Dec Magersfontein Africa Near the Modder River, a Boer victory over the British under Methuen |
| Battle of Marersfontein La Rey | |
| 10th Dec Magersfontein Africa Forced to retreats before the superior forces of Lord Roberts |
| Battle of Modder Methuen | |
| River Modder Moves as far as the River Modder to relieve Kimberley |
| Battle of Modder La Rey | |
| Modder Africa The British move as far as the River Modder to relieve Kimberley |
| Battle of Nicholson's Nek White, George | |
| 30th Oct Nicholson's Nek Forced back by a Boer force led by Trans vaal General Joubert |
| Battle of River Modder Methuen, Paul | |
| 28th Nov River Modder Methuen moves towards Kimberly but is delayed by Trans vaal Generals Cronje & De La Rey |
| Battle of River Modder Cronje, Piet Arnoldus | |
| 28th Nov River Modder Africa Methuen moves towards Kimberly but is delayed by Generals Cronje & De La Rey |
| Battle of River Modder De La Rey, Jacobus | |
| 28th Nov River Modder Africa Methuen moves towards Kimberly but is delayed by Generals Cronje & De La Rey |
| Battle of Spion Kop Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer | |
| Sion Kop Takes part in the battle of Sion Kop |
| Battle of Stomberg Gattacre, William | |
| 10th Dec Stomberg Gattacre's forces are weakened after a Boer ambush |
| Battle of Stormberg Buller, Redvers | |
| Dec Stormberg The British are defeated by the Boers |
| Battle of Stormberg Gatacre, William | |
| 10th Dec Stormberg Suffers severe losses against the Boers in an ambush 70 miles from Queenstown |
| Battle of Talana Hill White, George | |
| 20th Oct Talana Hill Forced back by a Boer force led by Trans vaal General Joubert |
| Birth Spaak, Paul Henri-Charles |  |
| 25th Jan Birth of Paul Henri-Charles Spaak |
| Birth Kastner, Erich |  |
| 23rd Feb Dresden Birth of Erich Kastner, writer of children's books |
| Birth Barbirolli, John | |
| 2nd Dec London Birth of John Barbirolli |
| Birth Abe, Hiroaki |  |
| Aichi Birth of Hiroaki Abe |
| Birth Romulo, Carlos Pena |  |
| Birth of Carlos Pena Romulo |
| Birth Nabokov, Vladimir |  |
| Birth of Vladimir Nabokov |
| Birth Menderes, Adnan |  |
| Izmir Birth of Adnan Menderes |
| Bounty Churchill Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer | |
| 12th Dec Pretoria The Boers offer ś25 for Churchill dead or alive |
| Chief Whip Gladstone, William Ewart | |
| London Appointed Chief Liberal Whip |
| Commander Buller, Redvers | |
| Appointed Commander-in-Chief in SouthAfrica |
| 14th Oct Sets sail in the Dunnotar Castle for Sth Africa |
| Commander Botha, Louis | |
| Transvaal Africa Appointed Commander of the Trans vaal Army |
| Commander Deventer, Jacob Louis van | |
| Appointed 2nd-in-Command of the Boer army under General Smuts |
| Composition Debussy, Achille-Claude |  |
| Composes, "Nocturnes" |
| Conference of Hague Peace, 1st Nicholas II | |
| 18th May Hague, The The First Hague Peace Conference opened in the Netherlands as 26 nations meet on World Goodwill Day, the destruction or seizure of enemy property with no military value is banned at the convention |
| Conference of Hague Muravyov, Mikhail Nikolayevich | |
| Hague, The Calls for a disarment conference at the Hague |
| Correspondence Boers Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer | |
| 29th Dec London Says that 1 Boer soldier is worth 3 British |
| Death Caprivi, Georg Leo von | |
| 6th Feb Death of Georg Leo von Caprivi |
| Declaration of War Chamberlain, Joseph | |
| 10th Oct London Declares War on the Boers led by Kruger |
| Declaration of War Kruger, Paulus | |
| 10th Oct Transvaal Africa The Boers resent the policy of Chamberlain which deprives Trans vaal of independence |
| Declaration of War Smuts, Jan Christian | |
| 11th Oct The Boer republics declare war on the United Kingdom |
| Diplomacy Delcass‚, Theophile | |
| 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 |
| Diplomacy Nicholas II | |
| 18th May Hague, The The First Hague Peace Conference opened in the Netherlands as 26 nations meet on World Goodwill Day, the destruction or seizure of enemy property with no military value is banned at the convention |
| Discovery of North Pole Amedeo, Luigi |  |
| North Pole Luigi Amedeo organizes an expedition towards the North Pole |
| Election Marx, Wihelm | |
| Elected Member of Parliament, Prussia |
| Election Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer | |
| 7th July Oldham Fails in his first attempt to be elected to Parliament, defeated by 1,300 |
| Escape Churchill Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer | |
| 23rd Dec Durban Arrives at Durban, highlight of a "black week"during the Boer War |
| 23rd Dec Durban Hailed a hero & begins his political career |
| Exile of Pasic Pasic, Nicola |  |
| Belgrade Exiled for conspiring against King Milan |
| Fashoda Incident Delcass‚, Theophile | |
| 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 |
| General Director Rathenau, Walter | |
| Appointed General Director of the Allgemeine-Elektrizitats-Gesellschaft |
| Hague Peace Conference Nicholas II | |
| 18th May Hague, The The First Hague Peace Conference opened in the Netherlands as 26 nations meet on World Goodwill Day, the destruction or seizure of enemy property with no military value is banned at the convention |
| Independence Chamberlain, Joseph | |
| 10th Oct Transvaal The Boers resent Chamberlain's policy of depriving Trans vaal of independence |
| Independence Kruger, Paulus | |
| 10th Oct Transvaal Africa The Boers resent the policy of Chamberlain which deprives Trans vaal of independence |
| Liberal Imperialists Asquith, Henry Herbert | |
| Joins the Liberal Imperialists who favor the war & a more aggressive foreign policy |
| Major French, John Denton Pikstone | |
| Appointed Major-General |
| Major Haig, Douglas | |
| Appointed Major |
| Minister of Britain Hayashi | |
| Appointed Minister to Britain |
| Minister of Interior Dato Iradier, Eduardo |  |
| Appointed Minister of the Interior |
| Minister of Treasury Boselli, Paolo | |
| Appointed Minister in the Treasury |
| Natal Indian Congress Party Gandhi, Mohandas Karamchand |  |
| At the onset of the SouthAfrican War, Gandhi argues that Indians must support the war effort in order to legitimize their claims to full citizenship, organizing a volunteer ambulance corps of 300 free Indians and 800 indentured labourers |
| Nationalrat Motta Motta, Giuseppe |  |
| Berne Appointed Member of the Nationalrat |
| Pardon Dreyfus Dreyfus, Alfred | |
| 19th Sep Paris The Council of Ministers give Dreyfus s a full pardon |
| Party Leader Campbell-Bannerman, Henry | |
| 19th June London Appointed Party Leader of the Liberal Party |
| 19th June London Regarded as a temporary leader until the return of Lord Rosebery |
| Peerage Bulow, Bernhard Heinrich Martin | |
| Berlin Created Count Bulow |
| President Bethmann Hollweg, Theobald von | |
| Appointed President of the Province of Brandenburg |
| Publication Holz, Arno | |
| Publication of, "Phantasus" |
| Publication Mommsen, Theodor | |
| Publication of, "Romisches Starfrecht" |
| Publication Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer | |
| Publication of, "Savrola", serialised in "MacMilan's Magazine" for a fee of ś100 |
| Rebellion Yuan |  |
| Supports attacks on missionaries because of the Great Powers' incursion into China |
| Reform Kruger, Paulus | |
| 20th Mar Pretoria Africa Advised by Joseph Chamberlain to give civil rights to Uitlanders, in the Trans vaal |
| Resignation Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer | |
| Mar Resigns his commission & leaves India |
| Secretary of State Plehve, Vyacheslav Konstantinovich | |
| Appointed Secretary of State for Finland |
| Secretary of War Root, Elihu |  |
| Appointed Secretary of War |
| Siege of Kimberley Cronje, Piet Arnoldus | |
| 10th Nov Magersfontein Africa Cronje inflicts heavy losses on the British under Methuen |
| 28th Nov River Modder Africa Methuen moves towards Kimberly but is delayed by Generals Cronje & De La Rey |
| Siege of Kimberly Methuen, Paul | |
| 28th Nov River Modder Methuen moves towards Kimberly but is delayed by Trans vaal Generals Cronje & De La Rey |
| Siege of Kimberly De La Rey, Jacobus | |
| 28th Nov River Modder Africa Methuen moves towards Kimberly but is delayed by Generals Cronje & De La Rey |
| Siege of Ladysmith Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer | |
| Ladysmith Serves in the force which relieves Ladysmith |
| Siege of Ladysmith French, John Denton Pikstone | |
| 2nd Nov Ladysmith Escapes from Ladysmith after it falls to the Boers |
| Siege of Ladysmith White, George | |
| 2nd Nov Ladysmith &nb |
