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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 |
| Appendix Edward VII | |
| 24th June London Has an appendix operation 2 days before his planned coronation |
| Birth Butler, Richard Austen | |
| Birth of Richard Austen Butler |
| Colonel Byng | |
| London Appointed Colonel of 10th Hussars |
| Commander French, John Denton Pikstone | |
| Aldershot Appointed Commander of Aldershot |
| Conference of Pretoria Milner, Alfred | |
| 28th May Pretoria Milner tries to get the 5 Boer Generals to recognize the annexed republics as colonies |
| Coronation Edward VII | |
| 9th Aug Westminster Abbey Delayed by six weeks due to appendicitis |
| Diplomacy Katsura | |
| Great Britain recognizes Japan 's interests in Korea |
| Governor Milner, Alfred | |
| Transvaal Appointed Governor of the Trans vaal |
| Invasion of Afghanistan Curzon | |
London Supportsinvasion because of Russian  advancement on Persia but is dissuaded |
| Nobel Prize Ross, Ronald | |
| Winner of the Nobel Prize for Medicine, discovered the malaria parasite |
| Offensive Kitchener, Horatio Herbert | |
| Jan Lauches major offensives against the Boers |
| Order of Merit Edward VII | |
| 26th June The Order of Merit is instituted by Edward VII |
| Postmaster General Chamberlain, Austen | |
| Appointed Postmaster General |
| President Cavendish, Spencer | |
| Appointed President of the Council, 2nd term |
| Prime Minister Balfour, Arthur James | |
| 12th July Appointed Prime Minister of Great Britain , succeeds his uncle, Lord Salisbury |
| Publication Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer | |
| Begins work on the official biography of his father |
| Publication Conrad, Joseph | |
| Publication of, "Heart of Darkness" |
| Publication Doyle, Arthur Conan | |
| Publication of, "The Hound of the Baskervilles" |
| Publication La Mare, Walter John de | |
| Publication of, "Songs of Childhood" |
| Resignation Gascoyne-Cecil, Robert Arthur Talbot | |
| London The Boer War splits the Cabinet & leads to Salisbury's resignation |
| Retirement Gascoyne-Cecil, Robert Arthur Talbot | |
| London Retires in favor of his nephew Arthur Balfour |
| Second Lord Admiralty Fisher | |
| Oct Appointed 2nd Lord of the Admiralty |
| Surrender Kitchener, Horatio Herbert | |
| 1st June Issues a dispatch to the war office saying the Boers have accepted the surrender terms |
| 1st June Signs with Lord Milner peace with the Boers on behalf of the British Government |
| 1st June Issues a dispatch to the war office saying the Boers have accepted the surrender terms |
| 1st June Signs with Lord Milner peace with the Boers on behalf of the British Government |
| Surrender Milner, Alfred | |
| 1st June Signs the peace on behalf of the British with Lord Kitchener |
| Treaty of Vereeniging Milner, Alfred | |
| 31st May Vereeniging The Boer burghers decide to relinquish theirindependence declaration |
| 31st May Vereeniging The Boers accepts Milner's terms & ratify the peace treaty |
| 31st May Vereeniging The Boer burghers decide to relinquish theirindependence declaration |
| 31st May Vereeniging The Boers accepts Milner's terms & ratify the peace treaty |
