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| 1st Flight Codey, Samuel |  |
| Makes the 1st powered flight in the UK |
| 1st Plane Passenger Farman, Henri |  |
| 21st Mar Paris Taks the 1st aviation passenger, flies over Paris |
| Alliance Bulow, Bernhard Heinrich Martin |  |
| Strengthens the Triple Entente between Great Britain, France & Russia |
| Ambassador Bernstorf | |
| Washington Appointed Ambassador to the USA |
| Armament Asquith, Henry Herbert | |
| Appoints a committee of Lloyd George, Churchill & Harcourt for War Office estimates |
| Arrest Tilak, Bal Gangadhar |  |
| Sentenced to 6 yrs in prison |
| Arrest Voroshilov, Klimenty Efremovich |  |
| Aug Lugansk Arrested & forced into exile, 1908-1917 |
| Birth Fuchs, Vivien | |
| 11th Nov Birth of Vivien Fuchs |
| Birth Grappelli, Stephane | |
| 26th Jan Birth of Stephane Grappelli |
| Birth Teller, Edward |  |
| Birth of Edward Teller, helped develop the 1st hydrogen bomb |
| Birth Glushko, Valentin Petrovich | |
| Birth of Valentin Petrovich Glushko |
| Border Somaliland Menelik II |  |
| Agrees a boundary settlement with Italian Somaliland |
| Boy Scouts Baden-Powell, Robert | |
| London Founds the Boy Scout movement |
| Cabinet Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer | |
| 12th April Appointed Member of the Cabinet for the 1st time, age 33 |
| Capture of Bosnia Franz Josef I |  |
| Austria alienates Russia by illegally annexing Bosnia-Herzegovina |
| Capture of Bosnia Bulow, Bernhard Heinrich Martin | |
| Berlin Forces Europe to accept Austria-Hungary's annexation of Bosnia-Herzegovinia |
| Capture of Hankow Shih-kai, Yuan |  |
| Hankow Captures Hankow from the Nationalists |
| Capture of Herzegovinia Bulow, Bernhard Heinrich Martin | |
| Berlin Forces Europe to accept Austria-Hungary's Annexation of Bosnia-Herzegovinia |
| Capture of Wuhan P'u-i | |
| Wuhan Rebels capture Wuhan |
| Chairman Labour Party Henderson, Arthur | |
| Appointed Chairman of the Labour Party, 1st term |
| Chancellor Lloyd George, David | |
| London Appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer |
| Commander Mackensen, August von | |
| Appointed Commander of the XVIII Corps |
| Commander Spee, Maximilian Johannes Hubert von | |
| Appointed Commander of the North Sea Fleet |
| Composition Holst, Gustav Theodore | |
| London Composes, "Savitri" |
| Conference of Customs Botha, Louis |  |
| Reinforces the foundation of the National Convention |
| Consortium Four Powers P'u-i | |
| British, French, American & German banks will build Chinese railways |
| Constitution G˘mez, Jos‚ Miguel |  |
| Self-government is restored when Jos‚ Miguel G˘mez is elected President, but the USAretains its supervision of Cuban affairs |
| Constitution Smuts, Jan Christian | |
| 12th Oct Durban Africa 1st day of the convention which determines the Government & constitition of Sth Africa |
| 12th Oct Durban Africa Smuts calls for a constitutional convention |
| 12th Oct Durban Africa Submits his scheme for a Sth African Union to the National Convention |
| 12th Oct Durban Africa The constitutional convention represents 4 colonies, natives of Sth Africa excluded |
| Dec London Africa Smuts & Botha take the Constitution to London, where it is passed by Parliament, & signed into law by Edward VII |
| Dec London Africa The Union of SouthAfrica is born, the Afrikaners hold the key to political power, they forme the largest part of the electorate |
| Convention Constitution Smuts, Jan Christian | |
| 12th Oct Durban Africa Smuts calls for a constitutional convention |
| 12th Oct The convention represents the 4 colonies but natives of Sth Africa are excluded |
| Coup d'Etat Gomez, Juan Gomez |  |
| Appoints himself President & establishes a dictatorship |
| Crisis Bulow, Bernhard Heinrich Martin | |
| Stops Austria-Hungary's annexation of Bosnia and Hercegovina |
| Stops Russis opening the Dardanelles |
| Death Campbell-Bannerman, Henry | |
| 28th April London Dies after having been dogged by ill health |
| Death Stanley, Frederick Arthur | |
| 14th June Death of Frederick Arthur Stanley |
| Death Enomoto, Takeaki |  |
| June Death of Takeaki Enomoto |
| Diplomacy Bulow, Bernhard Heinrich Martin | |
| Strengthens the Triple Entente between Great Britain, France & Russia |
| Diplomacy Wilhelm II | |
| 31st Oct Says Germany, France & Russia had secret talks to "humiliate England to the dust" |
| Discovery of South Pole Boyd Adams, James | |
| 29th Oct Cape Royds Departs from Cape Royds with Shackleton with 3 months rations |
| Discovery of South Pole Shackleton, Ernest Henry | |
| South Pole Comes within 97 miles of reaching the Sth Pole, forced back by starvation |
| 1st Jan Port Lyttlelton Shackleton's ship, the Nimrod, leaves Port Lyttlelton for the Sth Pole |
| 10th Mar Mount Erebus Climbs Mt Erebus, the world's southernmost active volcano |
| 8th Aug Plymouth The Endurance leaves Plymouth for Buenos Aires |
| 29th Oct Cape Royds Departs from Cape Royds with 3 months rations |
| Discovery of South Pole Wild, Frank | |
| 29th Oct Cape Royds Departs from Cape Royds with Shackleton with 3 months rations |
| Editor Dan, Fedor Ivanovich | |
| Paris Appointed co-editor of the "Social Democratic Voice" in Paris |
| Election Baldwin, Stanley | |
| Bewdley Elected Member of Parliament for Bewdley, succeeds his father in the seat |
| Election Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer | |
| 12th April London Must be elected to Parliament since offerred a place in the Cabinet |
| 12th April Manchester Loses a bi-election in Manchester North West |
| 23rd April Dundee Accepts an invitation to stand as prospective Liberal MP for Dundee |
| 24th April Manchester Loses the North-West Manchester by-election by just 429 votes |
| 9th May Dundee Elected Member of Parliament for Dundee with a Liberal majority 2,709 |
| Exile of Pilsudski Pilsudski, Josef Klemens |  |
| Exiled after serving 5 yrs hard labour for anti-Tsarist activities |
| Exile of Yat Sen Yat-Sen, Sun | |
| 25th Dec Returns to China to participate in the nationalist rebellion |
| Exile of Yuan Yuan, Shih-Kai | |
| Exiled after the death of the Emperor |
| Exile of Zinoviev Zinoviev, Grigory Yevseyevich | |
| Forced into exile |
| General Cavalry Mackensen, August von | |
| Appointed General of the Cavalry |
| Government Shih-kai, Yuan | |
| Forms a republican government |
| Head of War College Foch, Ferdinand | |
| Appointed Head of the War College |
| Independence Ferdinand I |  |
| 5th Oct Sofia Delclares the indpendence of Bulgaria |
| Independence G˘mez, Jos‚ Miguel | |
| Self-government is restored when Jos‚ Miguel G˘mez is elected President, but the USAretains its supervision of Cuban affairs |
| Invention Aeroplane Wright, Orville |  |
| 22nd May Patents a flying machine |
| Invention Aeroplane Wright, Wilbur | |
| 22nd May Patents a flying machine |
| Invention Model T Ford Ford, Henry | |
| 12th Aug The first model T Ford roles off the production line |
| Legislation Asquith, Henry Herbert | |
| 10th June London Introduces a state scheme for old age pensions in the Invalid & Old Age Pensions Act |
| Lieutenant Governor Murray, John Hubert |  |
| Papua Appointed Lieutenant-Governor of Papua |
| Marriage Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer | |
| 8th Aug Churchill gets engaged to Clementine Hozier |
| 12th Sep Marries Clementine Hozier |
| Marriage Hozier, Clementine | |
| Sep Marries Winston Churchill |
| Marriage Lloyd George, David | |
| 12th Sep London Signs the registar for Churchill's marriage to Clementine Hozier |
| Minister of Communications Goto, Shimpei | |
| Appointed Minister of Communications |
| Minister of Defense Smuts, Jan Christian | |
| Appointed Minister of Defense |
| Minister of Education Sturgkh, Karl von | |
| Appointed Minister of Education |
| Minister of Education Runciman, Walter | |
| Appointed Minister of Education |
| Minister of Interior Smuts, Jan Christian | |
| Appointed Minister of the Interior |
| Minister of Mines Smuts, Jan Christian | |
| Appointed Minister of Mines |
| Minister of Public Works Alessandri Palma, Arturo |  |
| Appointed Minister of Public Works |
| Nationalization Leopold II |  |
| Leopold receives 50 million francs compensation |
| Nationalized by the Belgium Government |
| Nationalization Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer | |
| Supports nationalization of the railways |
| Nobel Prize Bajer, Frederik |  |
| The Winner of the Nobel Peace Prize |
| Nobel Prize Ehrlich, Paul | |
| Winner of the Nobel Prize for Medicine |
| Nobel Prize Eucken, Rudolf | |
| Winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature |
| Party Leader Attlee, Clement Richard | |
| Appointed Party Leader of the Independent Labour Party |
| President Shih-kai, Yuan | |
| Appointed President of China, at the head of a republican government |
| President G˘mez, Jos‚ Miguel | |
| Self-government is restored when Jos‚ Miguel G˘mez is elected President, but the USAretains its supervision of Cuban affairs |
| President Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer | |
| 12th April Appointed President of the Board of Trade |
| President Villiers, Henry de | |
| Appointed President of the National Convention |
| Prime Minister Fisher, Andrew | |
| Appointed Prime Minister of Australia, 1st term |
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