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| Alliance Gascoyne-Cecil, Robert Arthur Talbot |  |
| 20th Jan Great Britain & Japan sign an alliance, ends British "splendid isolation" |
| Alliance Katsura |  |
| 20th Jan Great Britain & Japan sign an alliance |
| Ambassador Cambon, Jules-Martin |  |
| Madrid Appointed Ambassador to Madrid |
| Appendix Edward VII | |
| 24th June London Has an appendix operation 2 days before his planned coronation |
| Assassination Plehve, Vyacheslav Konstantinovich |  |
| April Assassinated by a student from Kiev University who had been expelled |
| Assassination Sipiagin, Dimitri Sergeevich | |
| 2nd April Moscow Assassination of Dimitri Sergeevich Sipiagin |
| Birth Figl, Leopold |  |
| Birth of Leopold Figl |
| Birth Popper, Karl | |
| Birth of Karl Popper |
| Birth Leclerc, Jacques Philippe | |
| 22nd Nov Belloy Saint Birth of Jacques Philippe Leclerc |
| Birth Dertinger, Georg |  |
| Berlin Birth of Georg Dertinger |
| Birth Butler, Richard Austen | |
| Birth of Richard Austen Butler |
| Birth Malenkov, Georgi Maksimilanovich | |
| 8th Jan Orenburg Birth of Georgi Maksimilanovich Malenkov |
| Birth Lodge, Henry Cabot |  |
| 5th July Nahant Birth of Henry Cabot Lodge |
| Border Sudan Menelik II |  |
| Agrees a boundary settlement with British Sudan |
| Chief of Staff Cervera y Topete |  |
| Appointed Chief-of-Staff of the Navy |
| Colonel Byng | |
| London Appointed Colonel of 10th Hussars |
| Commander French, John Denton Pikstone | |
| Aldershot Appointed Commander of Aldershot |
| Composition Nielsen, Carl |  |
| Composes, "Saul & David" |
| Composition Debussy, Achille-Claude | |
| Composes, "Pelleas et Melisande" |
| Conference of Pretoria Milner, Alfred | |
| 28th May Pretoria Milner tries to get the 5 Boer Generals to recognize the annexed republics as colonies |
| Conference of Pretoria Botha, Louis |  |
| 28th May Pretoria Africa Peace negotiations open at Pretoria |
| Conference of Vereeniging Botha, Louis | |
| 15th May Vereeniging Africa The 60 representitives of the burghers report how desperate conditions are |
| 16th May Vereeniging Africa Botha decides to decare peace while the Free Staters are still a nation |
| Conference of Vereeniging Smuts, Jan Christian | |
| Kroonstad Africa Before the Conference, Smuts met Lord Kitchener at Kroonstad station where they discussed the proposed terms of surrender |
| Vereeniging Africa Joins Botha in negotiating a peace with Kitchener |
| Vereeniging Africa Leading role in the negotiations between the representatives from commandos from the Orange Free State & the SouthAfrican Republics |
| Vereeniging Africa The Conference vots 54 to 6 in favour of peace |
| 31st May Vereeniging Africa Representatives of the Governments meet Lord Kitchener and at 5 minutes past 11 on May 31st 1902 Acting President Burger signs the Peace Treaty |
| Conference of Yalta Witte | |
| June Yalta Attends a conference which decides Russia should tighten its grip on Manchuria |
| Congress of RSDRP Lenin, Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov | |
| Mar London An Organizational Committee for the Congress is formed |
| Constitution Palma, Tom s Estrada |  |
| 20th May Under the new Cuban constitution, however, the U.S. retained the right to intervene in Cuban affairs and to supervise its finances and foreign relations |
| Coronation Edward VII | |
| 9th Aug Westminster Abbey Delayed by six weeks due to appendicitis |
| Death Plehve, Vyacheslav Konstantinovich | |
| April Death of Vyacheslav Konstantinovich Plehve, assassinated |
| Death Sipiagin, Dimitri Sergeevich | |
| 2nd April Moscow Death of Dimitri Sergeevich Sipiagin, assassinated |
| Decree Binding Feet T'zu Hsi |  |
| A decree abolishes the binding of women's feet |
| Decree Science T'zu Hsi | |
| A decree is passed allowing the study of western science |
| Diplomacy Hayashi | |
| Tokyo Responsible for the Anglo-Japanese alliance |
| Diplomacy Katsura | |
| Great Britain recognizes Japan's interests in Korea |
| Japan completes the Anglo-Japanese Alliance, 1st |
| Discovery of Polonium Curie, Marie Sklodowska |  |
| The Curies first name polonium after Marie's native country Poland, and radium from its intense radioactivity |
| Discovery of Radium Curie, Marie Sklodowska | |
| The Curies first name polonium after Marie's native country Poland, and radium from its intense radioactivity |
| Doctrine Drago Drago, Luis Maria |  |
| Buenos Aires Debt cannot be an excuse for armed intervention or occupation of American nations |
| Earthquake Nicholas II | |
| Caucasus An earthquake kills 2000 |
| Election Hara, Kei | |
| Elected to the Diet |
| Exile of Alexeev Alexeev, Nikolai | |
| April Kings Cross Provides rooms for Lenin during his exile to London |
| Exile of Konstantinova Konstantinova, Nadezhda | |
| April Kings Cross Helps Lenin move the Iskra HQ from Munich to London, Lenin's flat in Kings Cross |
| Exile of Lenin Lenin, Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov | |
| April Kings Cross Arrives in England |
| April Kings Cross Lenin's flat houses the Iskra editorial board & secretariat |
| April Kings Cross Lives in an unfurnished rented 2-room appartment 30 Holford Sqr, King's Cross Road |
| Exile of Martov Martov, Yuly Osipovich | |
| April Kings Cross Helps set up the Iskra HQ in London |
| Exile of Mussolini Mussolini, Benito Amilicare Andrea |  |
| Flees to Switzerland to avoid military service |
| While working as a manual laborer becomes interested in socialism |
| Exile of Pilsudski Pilsudski, Josef Klemens | |
| Returns to Poland |
| Exile of Potresov Potresov, Alexander | |
| April Kings Cross Helps set up the Iskra HQ in London |
| Exile of Rayment Rayment, Henry | |
| London Helps Lenin learn English |
| Exile of Richter Richter, Jacob | |
| April London An alias used by Lenin to register as a reader at the British Museum |
| Exile of Trotsky Trotsky, Leon | |
| London Escapes to London from Siberia |
| Exile of Zasulich Zasulich, Vera | |
| April Kings Cross Helps set up the Iskra HQ in London |
| Governor Milner, Alfred | |
| Transvaal Appointed Governor of the Trans vaal |
| Independence Palma, Tom s Estrada | |
| 20th May The Republic of Cuba gains formal independence, with the independence leader Tom s Estrada Palma becoming the country's first President |
| 20th May Under the new Cuban constitution, however, the U.S. retained the right to intervene in Cuban affairs and to supervise its finances and foreign relations |
| 20th May Under the Platt Amendment, Cuba agrees to lease to the U.S. the naval base at Guant namo Bay |
| Independence Alfonso XIII | |
| 20th May Cuba gains independence from Spain |
| Invasion of Afghanistan Curzon | |
| London Supports invasion because of Russian advancement on Persia but is dissuaded |
| Legislation Bulow, Bernhard Heinrich Martin | |
| Berlin The Tariff Law, increases duties particularly on imported grain from Russia |
| Manifesto RSDRP Lenin, Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov | |
| 1st June Munich Includes "the dictatorship of the proletariat" |
| 1st June Munich The Manifesto for the RSDRP is published in Iskra |
| Manifesto RSDRP Plekhanov, Georgy Valentinovich | |
| Adds "dictatorship of the proletariat" to the draft programme of the RSDWP |
| Divides the revolution into 2 phases, bourgois-democratic & then proletarian |
| 1st June The Manifesto for the RSDRP is published in Iskra |
| Minister of Foreign Affairs Drago, Luis Maria | |
| Appointed Minister of Foreign Affairs |
| Minister of Interior Kahr, Gustav Ritter von | |
| Appointed Minister of the Interior, Bavaria |
| Minister of Interior Plehve, Vyacheslav Konstantinovich | |
| Appointed Minister of the Interior, 2nd term |
| Minister of Interior Sipiagin, Dimitri Sergeevich | |
| 2nd April Appointed Minister of the Interior |
| Minister of Justice Dato Iradier, Eduardo | |
| Appointed Minister of Justice |
| Minister of War Terauchi, Matasake | |
| Appointed Minister of War |
| Nobel Prize Fischer, Emil Herman | |
| Winner of the Nobel Prize for Chemistry, describes the chemistry of carbohydrates |
| Nobel Prize Mommsen, Theodor | |
| The Winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature |
| Nobel Prize Ross, Ronald | |
| Winner of the Nobel Prize for Medicine, discovered the malaria parasite |
| Nobel Prize Ducommun, Elie |  |
| Awarded the Nobel Prize for Peace |
| Awarded the Nobel Prize for Peace, Secretary of the Permanent Int Peace Bureau |
| Nobel Prize Gobat, Charles Albert | |
| Berne The Winner of the Nobel Prize for Peace |
| Awarded the Nobel Prize for Peace |
| Offensive Kitchener, Horatio Herbert | |
| Jan Lauches major offensives against the Boers |
| Orangia Unie Hertzog, James | |
| Helps found the Orangia Unie |
| Order of Merit Edward VII | |
| 26th June The Order of Merit is instituted by Edward VII |
| Peace La Rey | |
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