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| Alliance Haymerle, Heinrich Karl von |  |
| St Petersburg Concludes the Dreikaiserbund Alliance with Germany & Russia |
| Vienna Concludes an Alliance with Serbia, the Serbian Compact |
| Armistice Wood, Evelyn |  |
| 6th Mar Laing's Nek Joubert & Wood sign an Anglo-Boer armistice |
| Armistice Joubert, Piet |  |
| 6th Mar Laing's Nek Africa Joubert & Wood sign an Anglo-Boer armistice |
| Arrest Parnell, Charles Stewart |  |
| Campaigns for Irish tenants not to pay rent, retaliation for outlawing the Land League |
| Convicted on charge of obstructing the operation of the new land act |
| Articles of Confederarion Hayes, Rutherford Birchard |  |
| 1st Mar All the USAstates ratify the Articles of Confederarion |
| Assassination Alexander II |  |
| 13th Mar Alexander II, Tsar of Russia, is assassinated, a bomb is thrown at him near his palace by the anarchist group People's Will led by Sophia Perovskaya |
| Assassination Perovskaya, Sophia | |
| 13th Mar Alexander II, Tsar of Russia, is assassinated, a bomb is thrown at him near his palace by the anarchist group People's Will led by Sophia Perovskaya |
| Assassination Garfield, James Abram | |
| 2nd July Potomac Charles Guiteau, failed applicant for an appointment as minister to Austria & consul-general to Paris , shoots Garfield in a railroad station, he dies 19th Sept |
| 2nd July Potomac Garfield's assassination is instrumental to the passage of the Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act on January 16, 1883 |
| 2nd July Potomac Guiteau says, "I am a Stalwart of the Stalwarts! I did it and I want to be arrested! Arthur is President now," |
| 2nd July Potomac One bullet grazes his arm, a 2nd bullet lodged in his back & could not be found despite Alexander Graham Bell devising a metal detector |
| Assassination Guiteau, Charles | |
| Guiteau is found guilty of assassinating Garfield, despite his lawyers raising an insanity defense |
| Guiteau is found guilty of assassinating Garfield, despite his lawyers raising an insanity defense, & sentenced to death |
| 2nd July Potomac Charles Guiteau, failed applicant for an appointment as minister to Austria & consul-general to Paris , shoots Garfield in a railroad station, he dies 19th Sept |
| 19th Aug President Garfield dies from gunshot wounds fired by Charles Guiteau |
| Battle of Bronkhorstspruit Joubert, Frans | |
| 20th Dec Bronkhorstsprui Africa Destroys the British 94th Regiment during an ambush |
| Battle of Laing's Nek Joubert, Piet | |
| 28th Jan Laing's Nek Africa Joubert leads a Boer force which inflicts serious losses under a force led by Colley |
| Battle of Majuba Colley, George Pomeroy | |
| 27th Feb Majuba A Boer victory brings the Trans vaal close to independence |
| 27th Feb Majuba Colley fails to open up the road to the Trans vaal |
| 27th Feb Majuba Colley is killed during the battle of Majuba |
| 27th Feb Majuba The Boers lose just 1 man compared to the British who lose 92 |
| Battle of Schinshoogte Colley, George Pomeroy | |
| 8th Feb Schinshoogte Smit leads a Boer force which inflicts serious losses under a force led by Colley |
| Battle of Schinshoogte Smit, Nicolaas | |
| 8th Feb Schinshoogte Africa Smit leads a Boer force which inflicts serious losses under a force led by Colley |
| Birth Brauchitsch, Walter von |  |
| Birth of Walter Brauchitsch |
| Birth Kleist, Paul Ludwig Ewald von | |
| 8th Aug Birth of Paul Ludwig Ewald von Kleist |
| Birth Fleming, Alexander | |
| Birth of Alexander Fleming |
| Birth Wood, Edward Frederick Lindley | |
| London Birth of Edward Frederick Lindley Wood, 4th son of Charles the 2nd Viscount Halifax |
| Birth Sikorski, Wladyslaw |  |
| Birth of Wladyslaw Sikorski |
| Birth Rykov, Aleksey Ivanovich | |
| Birth of Aleksey Ivanovich Rykov |
| Burial Disraeli, Benjamin | |
| Hughenden Buried at Hughenden |
| Burial Garfield, James Abram | |
| Lakeview Cemetery Garfield is buried, with great and solemn ceremony, in a mausoleum in Lakeview Cemetery in Cleveland, Ohio |
| Chancellor Hamilton, James | |
| Appointed Chancellor of the University of Ireland |
| Conference of Pretoria Smuts, Jan Christian | |
| Pretoria Africa The Trans vaal becomes an independent Afrikaner republic at the Convention of Pretoria |
| Constitution Pretorious, Andries Wilhemus Jacobus | |
| 3rd Aug Pretoria Africa Kruger, Joubert & Pretorious announce the restoration of republican government |
| Convention Pretoria Joubert, Piet | |
| 3rd Aug Pretoria Africa The Pretoria Convention is signed by the Boer leaders |
| Convention Pretoria Kruger, Paulus | |
| 2nd Aug Pretoria Africa The Pretoria Convention is signed by the Boer leaders |
| Convention Pretoria Pretorious, Andries Wilhemus Jacobus | |
| 3rd Aug Pretoria Africa Kruger, Joubert & Pretorious announce restoration of republican government |
| 3rd Aug Pretoria Africa Kruger, Joubert & Pretorious announce the restoration of republican government |
| Death Victoria | |
| London Her fovoured & trusted Prime Minister dies |
| Death Alexander II | |
| 13th Mar St Petersburg Death of Alexander II, assasinated |
| Death Garfield, James Abram | |
| 19th Sep Elberon Death of James Abram Garfield, dies from gunshot wounds fired by Charles Guiteau |
| Education Freud, Sigmund |  |
| Prague Rep Earns a medical degree |
| Exile of Marti Marti, Jose |  |
| Exiles for a 2nd time, goes to the USA |
| Inauguration of Garfield Garfield, James Abram | |
| Washington Inaugurated as President |
| Independence Joubert, Piet | |
| 8th Aug Transvaal Africa The Triumvirate take over the Government of the Trans vaal |
| Independence Kruger, Paulus | |
| 8th Aug Transvaal Africa The Triumvirate take over the Government of the Trans vaal |
| Independence Pretorious, Andries Wilhemus Jacobus | |
| 8th Aug Transvaal Africa The Triumvirate take over the Government of the Trans vaal |
| Independence Pretorius, Marthinus | |
| Orange Free Africa Helps win independence for the Orange Free State from Britain |
| Independence Smuts, Jan Christian | |
| Pretoria Africa The Trans vaal becomes an independent Afrikaner republic at the Convention of Pretoria |
| Invasion of Vietnam T'zu Hsi |  |
| Tonking China sends troops down the Red River to occupy Tonkin |
| Land League Parnell, Charles Stewart | |
| Campaigns for Irish tenants not to pay rent, retaliation for outlawing the Land League |
| Leader House of Lords Gascoyne-Cecil, Robert Arthur Talbot | |
| London Appointed Leader of the Lords Opposition |
| Liberal Party Itagaki, Taisuke |  |
| Helps found the Liberal Party, 1st political party in Japan |
| Liberal Union Forckenbeck, Maximilian Franz August von | |
| Berlin Opposes Bismarck's tariffs & forms the Liberal Union with National Liberals |
| Major General Yamaji, Motoharu | |
| Appointed Major-General |
| Manifesto Alexander III Alexander III | |
| 13th May "..the voice of God commands us to stand bravely at the helm of the state" |
| Marriage Wilhelm II | |
| Berlin Marries Princess Augusta Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg |
| Marriage Gandhi, Mohandas Karamchand |  |
| Marries Kasturbai, they have 4 sons |
| Minister of Education Bert, Paul |  |
| Appointed Minister of Education |
| Minister of Foreign Affairs Balmaceda, Jose Manuel |  |
| Appointed Minister of Foreign Affairs |
| Minister of Interior Ignatyev | |
| Appointed Minister of the Interior |
| Minister of Interior Plehve, Vyacheslav Konstantinovich | |
| Appointed Minister of the Interior, 1st term |
| Oath Arthur, Chester Alan | |
| 20th Sep Takes the oath the day after Garfield's death |
| Party Leader Gascoyne-Cecil, Robert Arthur Talbot | |
| Appointed Party Leader of the Conservative Party |
| Peace Wood, Evelyn | |
| 23rd Mar Britain makes agrees peace with the Boers |
| President Belcredi, Richard Graf | |
| Appointed President of the Administritive Court |
| President Arthur, Chester Alan | |
| Appointed President of the USA, 21st President |
| Prime Minister Gambetta, Leon | |
| Ministry last for 9 weeks, suspected of dictatorial ambitions |
| Prime Minister Scanlen, Thomas Charles | |
| 9th May Appointed Prime Minister of the Cape Colony |
| Publication Fabre, Ferdinand | |
| Publication of, "Un Illumine" |
| Publication Huxley, Thomas Henry | |
| Publication of, "Evolution & Ethics", an exposition of scientific humanism |
| Publication Ibsen, Henrik |  |
| Publication of, "Ghosts", the first production |
| Radical Party Pasic, Nicola |  |
| Belgrade Founds the Radical Party |
| Reform Ignatyev | |
| Moscow Emancipates Serfs but fails to check pogroms & growing pan-slavism |
| Rule of Epirus George I |  |
| Epitus The greater part of Thessaly & part of Epirus is incorporated into Greece |
| Rule of Thessaly George I | |
| Thessaly The greater part of Thessaly & part of Epirus is incorporated into Greece |
| Rule of Tunisia Ferry, Jules Francoise Camille | |
| Tunisia is made a French protectorate |
| Rule of Vietnam T'zu Hsi | |
| China declares sovereignty over Annam, Vietnam |
| SDP Bismarck-Schonhausen, Otto Furst von | |
| Berlin The Septennat Law financing the Army for 7 years is passed through the Reichstag |
| Secretary of War Lincoln, Robert Todd | |
| Appointed Secretary of War |
| Siege of Hanoi Riviere, Henri Laurent | |
| Hanoi Captures the Hanoi fortress & the the Hon Gay coal mine |
| Hanoi Killed during a Vietnamese counterattack |
| Hanoi Riviere is sent to Hanoi to evict the Chinese "Black Flag Pirates" |
| Siege of Potchefstroom Cronje, Piet Arnoldus | |
| June Potchefstroom Africa Captures the British garrison at Potchefstroom |
| Speech Arthur, Chester Alan | |
| 2nd July Washington Exclaims, "I am a stalwart of the stalwarts..Arthur is president now" |
| Strike Parnell, Charles Stewart | |
| Campaigns for Irish tenants not to pay rent, retaliation for outlawing the Land League |
| Campaigns for tennants not to pay rent in retaliation for outlawing the land League |
| Succession Carol I |  |
| Crowned after Romanian independence is ratified by the Treaty of Berlin 1878 |
| Succeeds as King of Romania, 1st King of Romania |
| Succession Alexander III | |
| Succeeds as Tsar of Russia, Succeeds his father Alexander II |
| Trial Guiteau, Charles | |
| Guiteau is found guilty of assassinating Garfield, despite his lawyers raising an insanity defense, & sentenced to death |
| Under Secretary Primrose | |
| Appointed Under Secretary for the Home Department in charge of Scottish affairs |
| Vice President Arthur, Chester Alan | |
| Appointed Vice President of the USA |
