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| 1st Flight Wright, Orville |  |
| 17th Dec Kill Devil Hill At the controls during the 1st flight in a powered aircraft, 120ft in 12 seconds |
| 1st Flight Wright, Wilbur | |
| 17th Dec Kill Devil Hill Makes the 1st flight in a powered aircraftl, Nth Carolina, 120ft in 12 seconds |
| Archbishop of Canterbury Davidson, Randall |  |
| Canterbury Appointed Archbishop of Canterbury |
| Arrest Mussolini, Benito Amilicare Andrea |  |
| July Berne Arrested as an agitator & is expelled from Switzerland |
| Arrest Pilsudski, Josef Klemens |  |
| Arrested for anti-Tsarist activity |
| Assassination Alexander I |  |
| Belgrade Alexander & his Queen are assassinated |
| Birth Aramburu Cilveti, Pedro Eugenio |  |
| 21st May Birth of Pedro Eugenio Aramburu Cilveti |
| Birth Simenon, Georges |  |
| 13th Feb Birth of Georges Simenon, creator of Maigret |
| Birth Abetz, Otto |  |
| 26th May Birth of Otto Abetz |
| Birth Douglas-Home, Alexander Frederick | |
| 2nd July London Birth of Alexander Frederick Douglas -Home |
| Birth Orwell, George | |
| 25th June Birth of George Orwell |
| Birth Nagako |  |
| Birth of Princess Nagako daughter of Prince Kuniyoshi Kuni |
| Birth Bourguiba, Habib |  |
| Istanbul Birth of Habib Bourguiba |
| Bolshevik Party Lenin, Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov |  |
| Wants the SDP to be a vanguard party |
| Bolshevik Party Zinoviev, Grigory Yevseyevich | |
| Helps Lenin in forming the Bolshevik Group within the Social Democratic Party |
| Bolshevik Party Stalin Stalin, Joseph | |
| Appointed Member of the Bolsheviks |
| Bolshevik Party Voroshilov Voroshilov, Klimenty Efremovich | |
| Aug Appointed Member of the Bolshevik Party |
| Chancellor Chamberlain, Austen | |
| Appointed Foreign Minister |
| Chief of Naval Staff Tirpitz, Alfred Friedrich von | |
| Appointed Chief-of-Staff, Naval |
| Chief of Staff Putnik, Radomir | |
| Belgrade Appointed Commander of the Army's General Staff |
| Composition Dvorak, Antonin |  |
| Composition of, "Armida" |
| Composition Holst, Gustav Theodore | |
| London Composes, "Indra" |
| Congress of RSDRP Dan, Fedor Ivanovich | |
| Organises the 2nd Congress of the RSDRP |
| Congress of SDP Lenin, Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov | |
| July London Mensheviks get their version of rule1 accepted, right wingers resign |
| July London The party is left with a Bolshevik majority |
| July London Wants rule1 for members to "participate in one of the organizations of the party" |
| 17th July Brussels Opening day of the 2nd Congress |
| 18th July London The Congress is forced to move to London |
| 29th July London The 2nd Congress re-opens in Southgate Rd, London |
| Congress of SDP Martov, Yuly Osipovich | |
| Rule 1, "work under the control & guidance of 1 of the organizations of the party" |
| The Mensheviks get rule1 accepted, the right resign & the party becomes Bolshevik |
| Constitution Lenin, Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov | |
| July London Wnats rule1 for members to "participate in one of the organizations of the party" |
| Constitution Martov, Yuly Osipovich | |
| Rule 1, "work under the control & guidance of 1 of the organizations of the party" |
| Death Hitler, Adolf | |
| 3rd Jan Death of Alois Hitler, Adolf Hitler's father |
| Death Hitler, Alois | |
| 3rd Jan Berlin Death of Alois Hitler, Adolf Hitler's father |
| Death Gascoyne-Cecil, Robert Arthur Talbot | |
| 22nd Aug Hatfield Death of Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil |
| Death Alexander I | |
| Belgrade Death of Alexander I |
| Declaration of War Nicholas II | |
| Dec Japan decides to go to war with Russia |
| Decree Armenian Church Nicholas II | |
| Caucasus A Tsarist decree confiscates all the property of the Armenian Church in the Caucasus |
| Diplomacy Edward VII | |
| 1st May Paris 1st day of a good will visit to Paris |
| Diplomacy Nicholas II | |
| 13th Feb Chateau d'Eau Russia & Austria jointly demand Turkey make reforms in the Balkans |
| Diplomacy Abdulhamid II | |
| 13th Feb Chateau d'Eau Russia & Austria jointly demand Turkey make reforms in the Balkans |
| Discovery of North Mag Pole Amundsen, Roald |  |
| Oslo Leaves on the Gjoa to sail the North West Passage & reach the North Magnetic Pole |
| Discovery of North West Passage Amundsen, Roald | |
| Oslo Leaves on the Gjoa to sail the North West Passage & reach the North Magnetic Pole |
| Discovery of Radium Curie, Marie Sklodowska | |
| 25th June Announces the discovery of radium |
| 25th June Intentionally does not patent the radium isolation process, instead leaving it open so the scientific community could research unhindered |
| Discovery of South Pole Scott, Robert Falcon | |
| South Pole Scott's team reaches the furthest south so far at 82 degrees 17S |
| Discovery of South Pole Shackleton, Ernest Henry | |
| South Pole Scott blames Shackleton for not reaching the Pole, the team was suffering from scurvy |
| South Pole Scott's team, including Shakleton, reaches the furthest south so far at 82 degrees 17S |
| Discovery of Typhus Vaccine Plotz, Harry | |
| 14th April Discovers the typhus vaccine |
| Dismissal Nicholas II | |
| Aug Dismisses Witte as Minister of Finance |
| Education Curie, Marie Sklodowska | |
| Paris Receives her DSc from the ESPCI, Paris , becoming the first woman in France to complete her doctorate |
| Education MacArthur, Douglas | |
| West Point Graduates from West Point |
| Election Bulow, Bernhard Heinrich Martin | |
| The Centre Party holds the balance of power |
| The Tariff Law increased food prices & the Social Democrats gain 25 seats |
| Election Henderson, Arthur | |
| Elected Member of Parliament |
| Embassy Counselor Neurath, Constantin Freiher von | |
| London Appointed Consul General to London |
| Emigration Verwoerd, Hendrik Frensch |  |
| Verwoerd emigrates to Sth Africa with his parents |
| Exile of Lenin Lenin, Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov | |
| April Geneva Moves from London to Geneva |
| FFL Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer | |
| May Founds the Free Food League with Conservative MP's in favour of free trade |
| Ford Motor Company Ford, Henry | |
| Founds the Ford Motor Company & pioneers the "assembly line" for the Model T |
| Free Trade Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer | |
| Supports Free Trade & opposes Chamberlain's policy of Imperial Preference |
| Free Trade Mowatt, Francis | |
| Supports Free Trade & opposes Chamberlain's policy of Imperial Preference |
| General Bulow, Bernhard Heinrich Martin | |
| Appointed commanding General |
| General Oku | |
| Appointed Major-General |
| Governor Harding, Warren Gamaliel | |
| Ohio Appointed Governor of Ohio |
| Grand Admiral Tirpitz Tirpitz, Alfred Friedrich von | |
| Appointednd Admiral of the German Navy |
| Health Lenin, Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov | |
| Suffers from St Anthony's fire |
| Imperial Preference Chamberlain, Austen | |
| 24th April Birmingham Makes a speech in favour of Imperial Preference |
| 28th May London Makes a speech in favour of Imperial Preference |
| Imperial Preference Chamberlain, Joseph | |
| London Chamberlain campaigns for Imperial Preference, provokes Conservative free traders |
| London Resigns from the Conservative-Unionist Government to campaign for Imperial Preference |
| Inspector General Haig, Douglas | |
| London Appointed Inspector General of Cavalry, serves in India |
| Inspector General Baden-Powell, Robert | |
| London Appointed Inspector General of Cavalry on return to England |
| International Socialist Congress Lenin, Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov | |
| The Russian party split between Bolsheviks and Mensheviks |
| Invasion of Manchuria Nicholas II | |
| Feb Manchuria Agrees to the Russian annexation of Manchuria |
| Iskra Lenin, Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov | |
| Geneva Run by Lenin, Plekhanov, Martov, Potresov, Zasulich & Axelrod |
| Geneva The London office joins Geneva |
| Landtag Czernin, Ottokar |  |
| Appointed Member of the Bohemian Landtag |
| Liberal Protectionist Government Kin, Alfred de |  |
| Canberra Forms a Liberal Protectionist Government dependent on Labour support |
| Manifesto RSDRP Plekhanov, Georgy Valentinovich | |
| Draws up the draft manifesto of the RSDRP |
| Refers to the "power of the Proletariat" rather than "dictatorship of the Proletariat" |
| Marriage Andrew |  |
| 6th Oct Prince Andrew marries Her Serene Highness Princess Alice of Battenberg in a civil wedding |
| Massacre Jews Plehve, Vyacheslav Konstantinovich | |
| 4th April Kishinev 50 Jews are killed during an anti-Jewish pogrom |
| 4th April Kishinev Plehve blames the Jews for revolutionary feeling |
| Menshevik Party Martov, Yuly Osipovich | |
| London Founds the Menshevik faction within the Social Democratic Party |
