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| Advocate General Sinha |  |
| Bengal Appointed Advocate General of Bengal, 1st term |
| Alliance Grey, Edward |  |
| London Concludes the Anglo-Russian entente |
| Ambassador Cambon, Jules-Martin |  |
| Berlin Appointed Ambassador to Germany |
| Archbishop of Bologna Benedict XV |  |
| Bologna Appointed Archbishop of Bologna |
| Birth Whittle, Frank | |
| 1st June Coventry Birth of Frank Whittle |
| Birth Nu, U |  |
| Wakema Birth of U Nu |
| Birth Khan, Muhammad Khan |  |
| Birth of Muhammad Ayub Khan |
| Birth Shalamov, Varlam |  |
| Birth of Varlam Shalamov |
| Birth Wayne, John |  |
| Winterset Birth of John Wayne, Marion Michael Morris on |
| Brigadier General Foch, Ferdinand | |
| Appointed Brigadier-General |
| Brigadier General Wilson, Harold | |
| London Appointedrigadier General |
| Central Committee Zinoviev, Grigory Yevseyevich | |
| Elected to the Central Committee of the Russian Social Democratic Party |
| Chief of General Staff Hotzendorf |  |
| Vienna Appointed Chief-of-General-Staff, 1st term |
| Chief of Staff Foch, Ferdinand | |
| Appointed Chief-of-Staff to V Corps |
| Colonial Secretary Smuts, Jan Christian |  |
| Transvaal Africa Appointed Colonial Secretary of the Trans vaal |
| Composition Cilea, Francesco | |
| Composes, "Gloria" |
| Composition Noskowski, Zygmunt |  |
| Composes, "Wyrok" |
| Conference of Hague, The Roosevelt, Theodore | |
| Hague, The Leads the Conference at The Hague |
| Hague, The Produces conventions on the conduct of war |
| Hague, The Proposes an International Court of Justice which is established in 1920 |
| Conference of Impereial Botha, Louis | |
| Botha declares Afrikaaner loyalty to the British Empire |
| Congress Party Tilak, Bal Gangadhar | |
| At the Party annual session trouble breaks over the selection of the new president of the Congress , the party splits into the Garam Dal ("Hot Faction," extremists), led by Tilak, Pal and Rai, and the Naram Dal ("Soft Faction," moderate) |
| Constitution Campbell-Bannerman, Henry | |
| Proposes the Lords have a "suspesory veto" of 3 yrs, this becomes Liberal Party policy |
| Constitution Stolypin, Pyotr Arkadyevich | |
| Moscow Members of the Duma must speak Russia in their ethnic lands |
| Moscow Stolypin's allows ethnic groups in the Duma but they must speak Russian in their lands |
| Moscow Stolypin's electoral law allows ethnic groups in the Duma |
| Moscow Stolypin's electoral law allows ethnic groups into the Duma |
| Moscow Under Stolypin's constitutional law ethnic groups must speak Russian in their lands |
| Mar Moscow Stolypin announces a reform program |
| Constitution Smuts, Jan Christian | |
| Favors unitary rather than federal Government for a future unified Sth Africa |
| Convention St Petersburg Grey, Edward | |
| St Petersburg Russia and Great Britain signed the Convention of St Petersburg, in which Afghanistan is declared outside Russia's sphere of influence |
| Convention St Petersburg Stolypin, Pyotr Arkadyevich | |
| St Petersburg Russia and Great Britain sign the Convention of St Petersburg, in which Afghanistan is declared outside Russia's sphere of influence |
| Cullinan Diamond Edward VII | |
| Botha presents the Cullinan diamond to Edward VII |
| Cullinan Diamond Botha, Louis | |
| Botha presents the Cullinan diamond to Edward VII |
| Death Hitler, Adolf |  |
| Dec Death of Klara Hitler, Adolf Hitler's mother |
| Death Hitler, Klara | |
| Dec Berlin Death of Klara Hitler, Adolf Hitler's mother |
| Death Thomson, William | |
| Death of William Thomson |
| Death Grieg, Edvard |  |
| Bergen Birth of Edvard Grieg |
| Demonstrations Hlinka, Andrej |  |
| 27th Oct Cernova A leader of a demonstration against Hungarian rulein Slovakia, turns into a massacre |
| Demonstrations Wekerle, Sandor | |
| 27th Oct Cernova A demonstration in Cernova against Hungarian rulein Slovakia, turns into a massacre |
| Diplomacy Edward VII | |
| Contributes to the Anglo-Russian Agreement |
| Diplomacy Grey, Edward | |
| London Concludes the Anglo-Russian entente |
| St Petersburg Russia and Great Britain signed the Convention of St Petersburg, in which Afghanistan is declared outside Russia's sphere of influence |
| Diplomacy Stolypin, Pyotr Arkadyevich | |
| Britain and Russia carve Iran into spheres of influence. |
| St Petersburg Russia and Great Britain sign the Convention of St Petersburg, in which Afghanistan is declared outside Russia's sphere of influence |
| Director Music Holst Holst, Gustav Theodore | |
| London Appointed director of music at Morley College |
| Discovery of Bakelite Baekeland, Leo Hendrik |  |
| Develops the 1st all artificial plastic & calls it Bakelite |
| Discovery of Beardmore Glacier Shackleton, Ernest Henry | |
| Beardmore Glac Discovers the Beardmore Glacier |
| Discovery of South Pole Shackleton, Ernest Henry | |
| Polar Plateau Cross es the Polar Plateau to within 97 miles of the South Pole |
| South Pole Cross es the Polar Plateau to within 97 miles of the South Pole |
| South Pole Raises enough money to launch his own expedition to the South Pole |
| South Pole Takes the 1st motion pictures of Antarctica |
| Drama Ziegfeld, Florenz | |
| Florenz Ziegfeld launches the Ziegfeld Follies, elaborate musical stage shows, starring such performers as Billie Burke, Fannie Brice, W. C. Fields, Eddie Cantor, Will Rogers |
| Duma Closing Nicholas II | |
| 2nd June Moscow The 2nd Duma is closed by the Tsat & a new electoral law is passed |
| Duma Closing Stolypin, Pyotr Arkadyevich | |
| 2nd June Moscow The 2nd Duma is closed by the Tsat & a new electoral law is passed |
| Duma Opening Nicholas II | |
| Moscow The franchise is restricted & the 3rd Duma meets for its full 5 year term, 1907-12 |
| 20th Feb Moscow The 2nd Duma meets in 1907 for 102 days |
| 7th Nov Moscow The 3rd Duma is opened by the Tsar & remains open until 1912 |
| Duma Opening Stolypin, Pyotr Arkadyevich | |
| 20th Feb Moscow The 2nd Duma is opened by the Tsar |
| 7th Nov Moscow The 3rd Duma is opened by the Tsar & remains open until 1912 |
| Education Montgomery, Bernard Law | |
| Sandhurst Enters Sandhurst |
| Education Mussolini, Benito Amilicare Andrea | |
| Qualifies as a "Professor" in French which enables him to teach as Secondary School |
| Education Smuts, Jan Christian | |
| Appointed Education Secretary of the Trans vaal |
| Education Franco-Bahamonde, Francisco Paulino Hermenegildo |  |
| Toledo Enters the Toledo Academia de Infanteria |
| Election Milkas, Wilhelm | |
| Elected Member of Parliament |
| Election Bulow, Bernhard Heinrich Martin | |
| The parties of the Bulow Bloc win 216 seats |
| Wins a working majority without dependence on the Centre Party |
| Election Stressman, Gustav | |
| Elected Member of the Reichstag |
| Election Botha, Louis | |
| 4th Mar Transvaal Africa The Het Volk, including many English-speaking allies, win the election |
| Entente Anglo Russian Grey, Edward | |
| London Concludes the Anglo-Russian entente |
| General French, John Denton Pikstone | |
| Appointed General |
| General Infantry Beseler, Hans von | |
| Appointed General of the Infantry |
| Grand Councillor Yuan, Shih-Kai |  |
| Appointed Grand Councillor |
| Independence Campbell-Bannerman, Henry | |
| Orange Riv Col The Orange River Colony is awarded self-government |
| Independence Botha, Louis | |
| Dec Orange Riv Col Africa The British agree to self-government for the Orange River Colony |
| Dec Traansval Africa The British agree self-government for the Traansval |
| Inspector General French, John Denton Pikstone | |
| Appointed Inspector General |
| Lieutenant General Baden-Powell, Robert | |
| London Appointed Lieutenant General |
| Lieutenant Papen Papen, Franz von | |
| Appointedieutenant in a cavalry regiment |
| Loan Transvaal Botha, Louis | |
| Transvaal Africa The British Government agrees a loan of œ5 million to the Trans vaal |
| Massacre Cernova Hlinka, Andrej | |
| 27th Oct Cernova Helps lead a demonstration against Hungarian rulein Slovakia, turns into a massacre |
| Minister of Poland Dmowski, Roman | |
| Heads the Polish representatives in the 2nd Duma |
| Minister of War Averescu, Alexandru |  |
| Mar Appointed Minister of War |
| National Convention Botha, Louis | |
| Botha's party forms the National Convention for Sth African unity |
| Nobel Prize Kipling, Rudyard | |
| Winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature |
| Parliament Botha, Louis | |
| 21st Mar Pretoria Africa Botha attends the opening of Parliament by Lord Selbourne |
| Party Leader Milkas, Wilhelm | |
| Vienna Appointed Party Leader of the Chris tian Socialist Party |
| Party Leader Branting, Karl Hjalmar |  |
| Appointed Party Leader of the Social Democratic Party |
| President Maximilian of Baden | |
| Appointed President of the Baden Diet |
| Press Hilferding, Rudolf | |
| Appointed Editor of Vorwarts |
| Prime Minister Forrest, John |  |
| Appointed Prime Minister of Australia, acting |
| Prime Minister Botha, Louis | |
| 4th Mar Appointed Prime Minister of the Trans vaal |
| Privy Council Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer | |
| 1st May London Appointed Privy Councillor |
| Provisional Assembly La Rey South Afric La Rey | |
| Pretoria Africa Appointed Trans vaal Provisional Assembly |
| Publication Conrad, Joseph | |
| Publication of, "The Secret Agent" |
| Publication Glyn, Elinor | |
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