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| Abdication Hsuan T'ung |  |
| 10th Oct A KMT revolt under Sun Yat-Sen overthrows the last Emperor of the Manchu Dynasty |
| Arrest Mussolini, Benito Amilicare Andrea |  |
| Forli Arrested for trying to stop troops at Forli during the Italian invasion of Libya |
| Forli Imprisoned for 5 months, while in prison writes his autobiography |
| Assassination Bogrov, Mordkha |  |
| Kiev Shoots Stolypin the Duma Prime Minister at the opera in front of Tsar Nicholas II |
| Moscow A Jewish police informer, the incident provokes anti-Jewish tension |
| Assassination Nicholas II | |
| 1st Sep Kiev Shot at the opera in Kiev in front of Tsar Nicholas II |
| Assassination Stolypin, Pyotr Arkadyevich | |
| 5th Sep Dies in hospital after being shot 4 days previously |
| 14th Sep Kiev Shot at the opera in Kiev in front of Tsar Nicholas II |
| Balkan League Ferdinand I |  |
| Following Italy's victory in the Italo-Turkish War of 1911-1912 the Young Turks fell from power after a coup, the Balkan countries see this as an opportunity to attack and fulfill their desires of expansion |
| The Balkan League is the Alliance of Serbia, Montenegro, Greece and Bulgaria against the Ottoman Empire during the Balkan Wars |
| Balkan League George I |  |
| The Balkan League is the Alliance of Serbia, Montenegro, Greece and Bulgaria against the Ottoman Empire during the Balkan Wars |
| Balkan League Pasic, Nicola |  |
| The Balkan League is the Alliance of Serbia, Montenegro, Greece and Bulgaria against the Ottoman Empire during the Balkan Wars |
| Battle of Nanking Hsuan T'ung | |
| Dec Nanking Defeated by the Republicans |
| Birth Kreisky, Bruno |  |
| 22nd Jan Vienna Birth of Bruno Kreisky |
| Birth Mengele, Josef |  |
| 16th Nov Birth of Josef Mengele |
| Birth Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer |  |
| 28th May Birth of Randolph Churchill, Winston Churchill's only son |
| Birth Mohrenschildt, George de |  |
| 17th April Birth of George de Mohrenschildt |
| Birth Reagan, Ronald Wilson | |
| 6th Feb Birth of Ronald Reagan |
| Birth Ruby, Jack | |
| 25th Mar Chicago Birth of Jacob Rubenstein |
| Black Friday Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer | |
| 23rd Feb Accounts are published of police confrontation outside the Commons with Suffragettes |
| Bundesrat Motta Motta, Giuseppe |  |
| Berne Appointed Member of the Bundesrat |
| Captain Blomberg, Werner von | |
| Appointed Captain |
| Capture of Hanoi Chun | |
| Hanoi Imperial soldiers Capture Hanoi |
| Capture of Shanghai Garrison Hsuan T'ung | |
| Shanghai The republicans capture the garrison at Shanghai |
| Chief of General Staff Joffre, Joseph |  |
| Appointed Chief-of-General-Staff |
| Commander Yuan, Shih-Kai | |
| Appointed Commander-in-Chief, Northern forces after the death of the Emperor |
| Committee Home Rule Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer | |
| London Appointed Member of Irish Home Rule Committee |
| Composition Prokofiev, Sergei | |
| Composes, "Piano Concerto No 1", awarded Anton Rubenstein Prize |
| Composition Stravinsky, Igor | |
| Composes, "Petrushka", completes music for the ballet |
| Composition Berlin, Irving | |
| Popular songwriter Irving Berlin completes "Alexander's Ragtime Band," his first hit; culmination of ragtime craze |
| Constitution Hsuan T'ung | |
| Oct Parliament will control treaties & budgets |
| Oct The Emperor agrees to a Constitution as demanded by the republican National Assembly |
| Oct The Emperor's sole power will be to appoint a Prime Minister |
| Constitution Asquith, Henry Herbert | |
| 21st Feb Admits that Edward VII had not promised to create new Peers to reform the Lords |
| 21st Feb Introduces the Parliament Bill to the House of Commons |
| 10th Aug MP's are to be payed for the first time, œ400 a year |
| 10th Aug Passed by the House of Lords , the duration of Parliament is reduced from 7 to 5 yrs |
| 10th Aug The Lords are denied a veto over "money bills" & have 2 yr veto for other bills |
| Constitution Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer | |
| Favors "Home Rule All Round", Parliaments for Ireland, Scotland, England & Wales |
| Favours an Imperial Parliament |
| London Favors "Home Rule All Round", Parliaments for Ireland, Scotland, England & Wales |
| London Favours an Imperial Parliament |
| 3rd Jan Advises Asquith to create 500 peers if necessary to pass the Parliament Act |
| 3rd Jan London Advises Asquith to create 500 peers if necessary to pass the Parliament Act |
| Constitution Redmond, John | |
| 11th Feb London Threatens to topple the Government if the Lords veto is not abolished |
| Coronation George V | |
| 22nd June Westminster Abbey Crowned King of Great Britain |
| Coup d'Etat Hsuan T'ung | |
| 10th Oct A KMT revolt under Sun Yat-Sen overthrows the last Emperor of the Manchu Dynasty |
| Coup d'Etat Teh, Chu | |
| Helps overtrow the Manchu Dynasty |
| Death Stolypin, Pyotr Arkadyevich | |
| 18th Sep Death of Pyotr Arkadyevich Stolypin, in hospital after being shot 4 days previously |
| Death Cronje, Piet Arnoldus |  |
| Death of Piet Arnoldus Cronje |
| Declaration of War Giolitti, Giovanni | |
| 29th Sep Italy declares war on Turkey to conquer Libya & gain a foothold in nth Africa |
| 29th Sep Rome Italy declares war on Turkey to conquer Libya & gain a foothold in nth Africa |
| Declaration of War Mehmed V |  |
| 29th Sep Italy declares war on Turkey |
| Demonstrations Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer | |
| 23rd Feb Accounts are published of police confrontation outside the Commons with Suffragettes |
| 23rd Feb The WSPU claim police act under Churchill's instructions during Black Friday |
| 23rd Feb London Accounts are published of police confrontation outside the Commons with Suffragettes |
| 23rd Feb London The WSPU claim police act under Churchill's instructions during Black Friday |
| Devolution Britain Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer | |
| 1st Mar Proposes Britain be divided into 10 with a local administration & elected assembly |
| Diplomacy Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer | |
| July Agadir Because of Germany's action at Agidir Churchill supports France & informs Lloyd-George |
| 4th July Cabinet decides Germany should consult Britain over Morocco |
| 4th July London Cabinet decides Germany should not influence Morocco without consulting Britain |
| 25th July In a letter to Grey proposes the British detach Spain from her pro-German position |
| 23rd Aug Forecasts German military plans in an attack on France at the Comm of Imperial Defence |
| 23rd Aug Forecasts the Germans will cross the Meuse on the 20th day of the invasion on France |
| 23rd Aug London Forecasts German military plans in an attack on France at the Comm of Imperial Defence |
| 23rd Aug London Forecasts the Germans will cross the Meuse on the 20th day of the invasion on France |
| 30th Aug Proposes to Grey France, Britain & Russia safeguard Belgium, Holland & Denmark |
| 30th Aug London Proposes to Grey France, Britain & Russia safeguard Belgium, Holland & Denmark |
| Diplomacy Lloyd George, David | |
| 21st July The Germans call Lloyd-George's Mansion House speech, "warning bordering on menace" |
| 21st July Warns Germany not to endanger peace over Morocco during his Mansion House speech |
| Diplomacy Katsura |  |
| Japan completes the Anglo-Japanese Alliance, 3rd |
| Director Military Op's Wilson Wilson | |
| Appointed Director of Military Operations at the War Office |
| Discovery of South Pole Amundsen, Roald |  |
| 14th Dec South Pole 1st person to reach the South Pole, beating Captain Scott |
| Discovery of Wien's Law Wien, Wihelm | |
| Wien's law states that the hotter the body the shorter its radiation wavelegnth |
| Winner of the Nobe Prize for Physics |
| Education Teh, Chu | |
| Yunnan Graduates from the Yunnan Military Academy |
| Education Rommel, Erwin Johannes Eugen | |
| Mar Danzig Begins studies at the Royal Officer Cadet Academy |
| Election Borden, Robert Laird |  |
| Elected on a platform of resistance to USAeconomic influence |
| Election Asquith, Henry Herbert | |
| 22nd Jan Conservatves increase their seats from 116 to 273 |
| 22nd Jan the Government depends on 41 Labour & 71 Irish |
| 22nd Jan The Liberals win the election with 275 seats |
| Feb Claims that Edward VII had promised to create new peers to reform the House of Lords |
| Election Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer | |
| 22nd Jan Dundee Elected Member of Parliament for Dundee with an increased majority |
| Exile of Bukharin Bukharin, Nikolai | |
| June Arkhangelsk Exiled to the Arkhangelsk region |
| Aug Arkhangelsk Escapes from exikle & returns to Russia during the February revolution |
| Exile of Yat Sen Yat-Sen, Sun | |
| 25th Dec Shanghai Returns from 14 years of exile to lead the republican revolution |
| Field Marshal Schlieffen, Alfred Graf von | |
| Appointed Field Marshal |
| Field Marshal Oku | |
| Appointed Field Marshal |
| First Lord of the Admiralty Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer | |
| 24th Oct London Appointed First Sea Lord of the Admiralty |
| General Staff Blomberg, Werner von | |
| Blomberg enters the General Staff |
| Governor Denman, Thomas | |
| Appointed Governor General of Australia |
| Health Curie, Marie Sklodowska |  |
| A month after accepting her 1911 Nobel Prize, Marie Curie is hospitalized with depression and kidney trouble |
| Incident Agadir Grey, Edward | |
| Agadir Backs France against Germany in the Agadir Incident |
| Independence Asquith, Henry Herbert | |
| Sets up a Committee on Home Rule for Ireland under the chairmanship of Lord Loreburn |
| Sets up a Home Rule Comm of Lloyd George, Birrell, Churchill, Grey, Haldane & Samuel |
| Inspector Artillery Gallwitz, Max von | |
| Appointed Inspector of the Artillery |
| Invasion of France Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer | |
| 23rd Aug Forecasts the Germans will cross the Meuse on the 20th day of the invasion on France |
| 23rd Aug London Forecasts the Germans will cross the Meuse on the 20th day of the invasion on France |
| Invasion of Libya Caneva, Carlo | |
| Leads an invasion of Libya |
| Invasion of Libya Giolitti, Giovanni | |
| Decides to invade Libya |
| INV Casement, Roger | |
| Helps found the Irish |
