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| Birth Gaulle, Charles Andre Marie Joseph de |  |
| 22nd Nov Lille Birth of Charles Andre Marie Joseph de Gaulle |
| Birth Joachim |  |
| Berlin Birth of Joachim, 6th son of William II |
| Birth Jodl, Alfred | |
| 10th May Wurzburg Birth of Alfred Jodll, into a military family |
| Birth Ley, Robert | |
| Birth of Robert Ley |
| Birth Cooper, Alfred Duff |  |
| 22nd Feb Birth of Alfred Duff Cooper |
| Birth Laurel, Stan | |
| 16th June Ulverston Birth of Stan Laurel |
| Birth George II |  |
| Birth of George II, eldest child of Constantine & Sophia |
| Birth Collins, Michael John "Mick" |  |
| 16th Oct Sam's Cross Birth of Michael John ("Mick") Collins |
| Birth Pasternak, Boris Leonidovich |  |
| Moscow Birth of Boris Leonidovich Paternak, son of a painter & pianist |
| Birth Chi-Minh, Ho |  |
| 19th May Birth of Ho Chi-Minh |
| Chancellor Caprivi, Georg Leo von | |
| Feb Berlin Summoned to Berlin by Wilhelm II, Caprivi is informed that he is the Kaiser's intended choice should Bismarck prove resistant to Wilhelm's proposed changes to the government |
| 18th Mar Berlin Appointed Imperial Chancellor |
| Composition Tchaikovsky, Peter | |
| 15th Jan St Petersburg 1st performance of, "Sleeping Beauty" |
| Daimler Motor Daimler, Gottlieb | |
| Founds the motor company & becomes a leader in motor technology |
| Death Gogh, Vincent van |  |
| Death of Vincent van Gogh |
| Diplomacy Caprivi, Georg Leo von | |
| 21st Mar Berlin Instructed by Wihelm II to renew the Reinsurance Treaty with Russia |
| July Berlin Under the Zanzibar treaty the British cede the island of Heligoland to Germany in exchange for control of Zanzibar |
| Diplomacy Hahnke, Karl | |
| 16th Mar Berlin Urges Wihelm to dismiss Bismarck for concealing declining relations with Russia |
| Discovery of Guldberg's Law Guldberg, Cato Maximilian |  |
| Formulates Guldberg's Law of Boiling Points |
| Discovery of Rydberg Constant Rydberg, Johannes Robert |  |
| Discovers the Rydberg Constant which mathematically describes the spectral series |
| Dismissal Bismarck-Schonhausen, Otto Furst von | |
| 20th Mar Berlin Dismissed by William II who "drops the pilot" |
| Dismissal Hahnke, Karl | |
| 16th Mar Berlin Urges Wihelm to dismiss Bismarck for concealing declining relations with Russia |
| Dismissal Wilhelm II | |
| Berlin Dismisses Bismarck |
| 15th Mar Berlin Criticises Bismarck for making arrangements with the Centre without his knowledge |
| 18th Mar Berlin Forces Bismarck's resignation as Imperial Chancellor |
| Election Bismarck-Schonhausen, Otto Furst von | |
| 20th Feb The cartell led by Bismarck loses 57 National Liberal & 28 Conservative seats |
| Election Lloyd George, David | |
| Elected Member of Parliament |
| General Commission Liegen, Carl | |
| Appointed leader of the newly created General Commission of Trade Unions |
| Invention Tabulator Hollerith, Herman |  |
| 1st device for data processing, used in the USA 1890 census |
| Hollerith's tabulating machine company becomes international business machines - IBM |
| Marriage Kahr, Gustav Ritter von | |
| Marries Ella Schubeck |
| Minister of Foreign Affairs Holstein, Friedrich von | |
| Appointed Foreign Minister |
| National Diet Ito |  |
| Tokyo Establishes the National Diet |
| Party Leader Itagaki | |
| Appointed Party Leader of the Liberal Party |
| Peerage Bismarck-Schonhausen, Otto Furst von | |
| Created Herzog von Lauenburg (Duke of Lauenburg), highest rank of non-sovereign nobility & styled Serene Highness |
| Plot Parnell, Charles Stewart | |
| Dublin Cleared of the Phoenix Park murders |
| Dublin The letter in the Times condeming Parnell is judged to be a forgery by Richard Pigott |
| Plot Pigott, Richard | |
| Dublin The letter in the Times condeming Parnell is judged to be a forgery by Richard Pigott |
| President Kato, Hiroyuki | |
| Appointed President of the Imperial University |
| Prime Minister Canovas del Castillo, Antonio |  |
| Appointed Prime Minister of Spain, 4th term |
| Professor Wilson, Thomas Woodrow | |
| Princeton Appointed Professor of Jurisprudence & Political Economy |
| Publication Booth, William | |
| Publication of, "In the Darkest England" |
| Publication Doyle, Arthur Conan | |
| Publication of, "The White Company" |
| Publication Webb | |
| Publication of, "Socialism in England" |
| Publication Ibsen, Henrik | |
| Publication of, "Hedda Gabler", the first production |
| Publication Boleslaw, Prus |  |
| Publication of, "The Doll" |
| Publication Alas, Leopoldo | |
| Publication of, "Su Unico Hijo" |
| Queen's Council Asquith Asquith, Henry Herbert | |
| London Appointed to the Queen's Council |
| Reform Wilhelm II | |
| 24th Jan Berlin Attributes the rise of socialism to failure of the Government to reform |
| 24th Jan Berlin Proposes shortening working hours & regulating Sunday work |
| Rule of Caprivi Strip Caprivi, Georg Leo von | |
| Caprivirip The Caprivi Strip is added to German Namibia, thus linking that territory with the Zambezi River |
| Rule of German South West Africa Caprivi, Georg Leo von | |
| The Caprivi Strip is added to German Namibia, thus linking that territory with the Zambezi River |
| Rule of Heligoland Caprivi, Georg Leo von | |
| July Heligoland Under the Zanzibar treaty the British cede the island of Heligoland to Germany in exchange for control of Zanzibar |
| Rule of Heligoland Gascoyne-Cecil, Robert Arthur Talbot | |
| Heligoland Heligoland is ceded to Germany |
| Rule of Tanganyika Leopold II |  |
| 24th May Lake Tanganyika Cedes land near lake Tanganyika to the British east Africa Co in a private Treaty |
| Rule of Zanzibar Caprivi, Georg Leo von | |
| July Under the Zanzibar treaty the British cede the island of Heligoland to Germany in exchange for control of Zanzibar |
| Scandal Parnell, Charles Stewart | |
| 15th Nov Ruined by the O'Shea divorce case |
| Succession Wilhelmina I | |
| Succeeds as Queen of The Netherlands |
| Treaty of Reinsurance Holstein, Friedrich von | |
| Fails to renew the Reinsurance Treaty with Russia |
| Treaty of Zanzibar Caprivi, Georg Leo von | |
| July Heligoland Under the Zanzibar treaty the British cede the island of Heligoland to Germany in exchange for control of Zanzibar |
