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| Arrest Aguinaldo, Emilio |  |
| 23rd Mar The rebel leader is captured after leading a revolt against USAhegemony |
| Assassination Czolgosz, Leon |  |
| 6th Sep New York An anarchist who assassinates President William McKinley in New York at the Buffalo Pan-American Exposition |
| Assassination Bogolepov, Nikolai Petrovich |  |
| Feb Moscow Assassination of Nikolai Petrovich Bogolepov |
| Assassination Nicholas II | |
| 27th Feb Students assassinate the Minister of Propaganda |
| Assassination McKinley, William |  |
| 6th Sep Buffalo Assassinated in Buffalo, New York |
| Attorney Deakin, Alfred |  |
| Canberra Appointed Attorney General |
| Battle of Bakenlaagte Botha, Louis |  |
| 20th Oct Bakenlaagte Africa Botha defeats a British force |
| Birth Paul I |  |
| Athens Birth of Paul I, 4th child of Constantine & Sophia |
| Birth Hirohito |  |
| 29th April Birth of Hirohito |
| Birth Wyszynski, Stefan | |
| Birth of Stefan Wyszynski |
| Birth Verwoerd, Hendrik Frensch | |
| 8th Sep Amsterdam Africa Birth of Hendrik Verwoerd |
| Birth Disney, Walt | |
| 5th Dec Birth of Walt Disney |
| Birth Gable, Clark | |
| 1st Feb Birth of Clark Gable |
| Chancellor Chamberlain, Austen |  |
| Birmingham Appointed Chancellor of Birmingham University |
| Commander Smuts, Jan Christian | |
| Commands the Republican forces in the Cape of Good Hope |
| Smuts serves as Kruger's eyes & ears, handling propaganda, logistics, communication with generals & diplomats |
| Commands the Republican forces in the Cape of Good Hope |
| Composition Rachmaninov, Sergei Vasilyevich | |
| Composes, "Piano Concerto No 2" |
| Death Victoria | |
| 22nd Jan Isle of Wight Death of Victoriqa, at Osborne House, longest & oldest British monarch |
| Death Czolgosz, Leon | |
| 29th Oct Death of Leon Czolgosz, executed for the assassination of President William McKinley |
| Death Bogolepov, Nikolai Petrovich | |
| Feb Moscow Death of Nikolai Petrovich Begolepov, assassinated |
| Death McKinley, William | |
| 14th Sep Death of William McKinley, of gangrene after assassination attempt |
| Defection Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer | |
| Jan Lunches with Herbert Gladstone to discuss seats for himself as a Liberal MP |
| Director Commission Nansen Nansen, Fridtjof |  |
| Appointed Director of the International Commission for the Sea |
| Director Taiwan Goto Goto, Shimpei | |
| Appointed Director of the Administration of Taiwan |
| Discovery of Adrenalin Takamine, Jokichi | |
| Discovers how to isolate adrenalin |
| Discovery of South Pole Shackleton, Ernest Henry | |
| South Pole Shackleton sets off on his 1st expedition of Antarctica |
| Discovery of South Pole Wilson, Edward | |
| South Pole Joins Scott's expedition, the team fail to reach the Pole because of scurvey |
| Editor Plaatje, Solomon Tshekiso | |
| Appointed Editor of Koranta Ea Becoana |
| Execution of Czolgosz Czolgosz, Leon | |
| 29th Oct Executed for the assassination of William McKinley |
| Field Marshal Wihelm II Edward VII | |
| 27th Jan Appoints his cousin Kaiser Wihelm II of Germany as a Field-Marshal in the British Army |
| Governor Ito | |
| Appointed Governor of Korea |
| Governor Taft, William | |
| 4th July Manila Appointed Governor of the Philippines |
| Health Victoria | |
| 14th Jan Isle of Wight Victoria collapses at Osborne House |
| Independence Barton, Edmund | |
| 1st Jan Canberra Appointed the 1st Prime Minister of an independent Australia |
| 1st Jan Canberra The Commonwealth of Australia is established |
| Independence of Cuba Roosevelt, Theodore | |
| 20th May Cuba gains independence from Spain, the USAwithdraws its troops |
| Invention Hydrogenation Normann, William | |
| Invents the proces of hydrogenation |
| Invention Instant Coffee Kato, Satori | |
| Invents the 1st soluble instant coffee |
| Invention Vacuum Cleaner Booth, Hubert Cecil | |
| Invents the vacuum cleaner |
| London County Council MacDonald, James Ramsey | |
| Appointed Member of the London County Council |
| Minister of Education Bogolepov, Nikolai Petrovich | |
| Appointed Minister of Education |
| Nobel Prize Sully-Prudhomme, Rene |  |
| The Winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature |
| Nobel Prize Behring, Emil von |  |
| Winner of the Nobel Prize for Medicine, for diptheria antitoxin |
| Nobel Prize Dunant, Jean Henri |  |
| Awarded the Nobel Prize for Peace, founder of the International Comm of the Red Cross |
| Nobel Prize Passy, Frederick | |
| Awarded the Nobel Prize for Peace, founder of the French Peace Society |
| Party Leader Borden, Robert Laird |  |
| London Appointed Party Leader of the Conservative Party |
| Peace Yuan |  |
| 7th Sep China is forced to pay ineminities to the world powers |
| 7th Sep The Peace of Beijing ends the Boxer Rebellion |
| Peace Waldersee | |
| 12th Sep Peking Raids on Peking bring the Chinese to the peace table |
| Peace Kitchener, Horatio Herbert | |
| 2nd Middelburg Kitchener on his own initiative opens peace negotiations with Botha |
| 3rd Middelburg The Boers reject the British peace terms |
| Peace Botha, Annie | |
| 2nd Middelburg Africa Ktchener uses Annie Botha as an intemediary for peace negotiations with Louis Botha |
| Peace Botha, Louis | |
| 2nd Middelburg Africa Kitchener on his own initiative opens peace negotiations with Botha |
| 3rd Middelburg Africa The Boers reject the British peace terms |
| President Roosevelt, Theodore | |
| Appointed President of the USA, 26th President, 1st term |
| Press Buber, Martin | |
| Appointed Editor of Die Welt |
| Prime Minister Barton, Edmund | |
| 1st Jan Appointed Prime Minister of Australia |
| Prime Minister Zaimis, Alexandros | |
| Appointed Prime Minister of Greece, 2nd term |
| Prime Minister Katsura | |
| Appointed Prime Minister of Japan, 1st term |
| Publication Wells, Herbert George | |
| Publication of, "First Men in the Moon" |
| Publication Lenin, Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov | |
| Publication of, "The Development of Capitalism in Russia" |
| Rebellion Waldersee | |
| 12th Sep China is forced to pay an indemnity |
| Rebellion Nicholas II | |
| 27th Feb Students assassinate the Minister of Propaganda |
| Reform Webb | |
| London Author of the Factory Acts |
| Resignation Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer | |
| Resigns from the Conservatives & joins the Liberals on the issue of free trade |
| SDP Radek, Karl Bernhardovich | |
| Appointed Member of the Polish & Lithuanian Social Democratic Party |
| SDP Zinoviev, Grigory Yevseyevich | |
| Appointed Member of the Ruissian Social Democratic Party |
| Siege of Cape Good Hope Smuts, Jan Christian | |
| Cape Good Hope Africa Hopes to raise a rebellion against the British & disrupt their lines of communication |
| Cape Good Hope Africa Leads a failed Boer raid on the Cape of Good Hope |
| SPD Kamenev, Lev Borisovich | |
| Joins the Russian Social Democratic Party |
| Speech Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer | |
| 18th Feb London Churchill makes his maiden speech in the House of Commons |
| Statue Cromwell Cromwell, Oliver |  |
| St Ives A statues in honour of Oliver Cromwell is unveiled at St Ives |
| Succession Habib Allah |  |
| Succeeds as Emir of Afghanistan |
| Vice Admiral Cervera y Topete |  |
| Appointed Vice Admiral |
| Vice President Fairbanks, Charles W | |
| Washington Appointed Vice President of the USA |
| Viceroy Yuan, Shih-Kai | |
| Pohai Appointed Viceroy of Pohai |
