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| Alliance Pretorius, Marthinus |  |
| Orange Free Africa The British capture the Orange Free State & Pretorius joins the insurgent Boer leaders |
| Attorney Gibson, Edward |  |
| Dublin Appointed Attorney General for Ireland |
| Birth Araki, Sadao |  |
| 26th May Birth of Sadao Araki |
| Capture of Kars Alexander II |  |
| Kars Russia captures Kars |
| Capture of Kars Abdulhamid II |  |
| Kars Russia captures Kars |
| Capture of Plevna Alexander II | |
| Plevna Russia captures Plevna |
| Capture of Plevna Abdulhamid II | |
| Plevna Russia captures Plevna |
| Commander Hornby, Geoffrey Thomas Phipps | |
| London Appointed Commander of the Mediterranean |
| Composition Mussorgsky, Modest | |
| Composes, "Songs & Dances Of Death" |
| Composition Tchaikovsky, Peter | |
| 3rd Mar Moscow 1st performance of, "Swan Lake" staged by the Russian Imperial Ballet in Moscow |
| Death Steinmetz, Karl Friedrich von |  |
| 2nd April Death of Karl Friedrich von Steinmetz |
| Declaration of War Alexander II | |
| Russia declares war on Turkey |
| Declaration of War Abdulhamid II | |
| Russia declares war on Turkey |
| Education George V | |
| Joins the Britannia as a naval cadet |
| Election Giffard, Hardinge Stanley | |
| Launceston Elected as Member of Parliamenr for Launceston, which borough he continued to represent until his elevation to the peerage in 1885 |
| Election Hayes, Rutherford Birchard |  |
| Wins the election after an electoral commission rules in his favour |
| Governor Gordon, Charles George Hamilton | |
| Appointed Governor-General of Sudan |
| Invention Phonograph Edison, Thomas Alva | |
| 12th Aug New Jersey Demonstrates 1st machine for recording at his "invention factory" at Menlo Park |
| 29th Nov New Jersey Edison shouts verses of Mary Had a Little Lamb into the machine |
| President Diaz, Porfirio |  |
| Appointed President of Mexico, 2nd term |
| President Hayes, Rutherford Birchard | |
| Appointed President of the USA, 19th President |
| Prime Minister Grey, George | |
| Appointed Prime Minister of NewZealand |
| Publication Bradlaugh, Charles | |
| Publication of, "Fruits of Philosophy" |
| Publication Turgenev, Ivan Sergeyevich | |
| Publication of, "Nov" |
| Rebellion Mutsuhito | |
| Satsuma Puts an end to the Satsuma Rebellion |
| Rebellion Okubo, Toshimichi | |
| Helps suppress the Satsuma rebellion led by Saigo Takamori |
| Rebellion Yamaji, Motoharu | |
| Wins distinction in supressing the Satsuma rebellion |
| Siege of Constantinople Disraeli, Benjamin | |
| Constantinople Britain warns Russia not to capture Constantinople |
| Siege of Constantinople Alexander II | |
| Constantinople Britain warns Russia not to capture Constantinople |
| Siege of Constantinople Abdulhamid II | |
| Constantinople Britain warns Russia not to capture Constantinople |
| Succession Victoria | |
| Jan Inaugurated Empress of India |
| Treaty of Peace Milan I |  |
| 1st Mar The Turks & Serbs agree a peace treaty based on the status quo |
| Treaty of Peace Abdulhamid II | |
| 1st Mar The Turks & Serbs agree a peace treaty based on the status quo |
| Vice President Wheeler, William A | |
| Washington Appointed Vice President of the USA |
