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| Archbishop of Canterbury Temple, Frederick |  |
| Canterbury Appointed Archbishop of Canterbury |
| Arrest Yat-Sen, Sun |  |
| London Awaits repatriation to China to face certain death but saved by the British government |
| London Kidnapped by the Chinese legation while in exile in London |
| Arrest Dan, Fedor Ivanovich |  |
| Orlov Arrested & exiled to Orlov for 3 yrs |
| Arrest Jameson, Leanders Starr |  |
| 2nd Jan Doorn Kop Africa Turned over to the British for trial in England |
| Battle of Adowa Menelik II |  |
| 1st Mar Adowa Frustrates Italian attempts to make Ethiopia a protectorate |
| Battle of Adowa Baratieri, Oreste |  |
| 1st Mar Adowa With a force of 20,000 attacks but defeated by Emperor Menelek's force of 90,000 |
| Battle of Adowa Crispi, Francesco | |
| 26th Oct Adowa The treaty of Addis Ababa is completed several months after the decisive battle of Adowa in March of the same year, which was convincingly won by the Ethiopian forces commanded by Menelek II |
| Battle of Adowa Umberto I | |
| Adowa Umberto's colonial policies lead to defeat at Adowa |
| Battle of Dongola Kitchener, Horatio Herbert | |
| 23rd Sep Dongola Captures Dongola |
| Battle of Krugerdorp Jameson, Leanders Starr | |
| 1st Jan Krugerdorp Africa Defeated by the Boers |
| Birth Ho, Long | |
| Hunan Birth of Long Ho |
| Birth Helena |  |
| Athens Birth of Helena, 3rd child of Constantine & Sophia |
| Birth Desai, Morarji Ranchodji |  |
| Gujarat Birth of Morarji Ranchodji Desai, future Prime Minister of India |
| Birth Rokossovsky, Konstantin Konstantinovich | |
| Birth of Konstantin Konstantinovich Rokossovsky |
| Birth Zhdanov, Andrei Aleksandrovich | |
| Birth of Andrei Aleksandrovich Zhadnov |
| Birth Zhukov, Georgi Konstantinovich | |
| Moscow Birth of Georgi Konstantinovich Zhukov, son of peasant parents born in Moscow |
| Birth Simpson, Wallis |  |
| 19th June Monterey Birth of Wallis Simpson |
| Burial Simpson, Wallis | |
| Winsor The Duke and Duchess of Windsor are buried together on the grounds of Windsor Castle |
| Capture of Dalien Kuang Hsu | |
| Dalien The Russians capture Dalien |
| Capture of Guangdong Kuang Hsu | |
| Guangdong The French capture Guangdong |
| Capture of Liaodong Kuang Hsu | |
| Liaodong The Russians capture the Liaodong peninsula |
| Capture of Sudan Gascoyne-Cecil, Robert Arthur Talbot | |
| 12th Mar French ambition in the Nile lead Salisbury to order Britain to reoccupy the Sudan |
| Capture of Sudan Kitchener, Horatio Herbert | |
| 21st Aug Leads an Anglo-Egyptian force which begins to reconquer the Sudan |
| Capture of Weihaiwei Kuang Hsu | |
| Weihaiwei The British capture Weihaiwei |
| Constitution Franz Josef I |  |
| Universal suffrage is introduced |
| Constitution Herzl, Theodor |  |
| Publication of, "The Jewish State" |
| Death Ludwig, Karl | |
| Death of Karl Ludwig, 2nd younger brother of Franz Josef |
| Diplomacy Bismarck-Schonhausen, Otto Furst von |  |
| Berlin Attacks the Emperor for trying to sacrifice Russian friendship |
| Berlin Reveals the secret Reinsurance treaty with Russia |
| Diplomacy Wilhelm II | |
| Berlin Announces Britain intends to give the Straits to Russia & refuses to allow it |
| Transvaal Telegram's Kruger supporting him against the British backed James on Raid |
| Diplomacy Gascoyne-Cecil, Robert Arthur Talbot | |
| 26th Nov Russia disclosed a plan to seize Constantinople if Britain intervenes in Crete |
| Diplomacy Alexander III | |
| Russia discloses a plan to seize Constantinople if Britain intervenes in Crete |
| Diplomacy Witte | |
| June China signs an agreement to allow the Trans -Siberian Railway through Manchuria |
| Discovery of Graphite Acheson, Edward Goodrich | |
| Invents a new method for producing graphite |
| Discovery of Psychoanalysis Freud, Sigmund |  |
| Prague Rep First uses the term psychoanalysis |
| Drama Chekhov, Anton | |
| Moscow The Art Theatre commissions more plays from Chekhov & stages Uncle Vanya |
| 17th Oct Petersburg The first night of The Seagull at the Alexandrinsky Theatre in Petersburg was a fiasco, booed by the audience, and stung Chekhov into renouncing the theatre |
| Election McKinley, William | |
| Wins the presidential election for the 1st time |
| Governor Gallieni, Joseph |  |
| Madagascar Appointed Governor of Madagascar |
| Independence Ferdinand I |  |
| Bulgaria is recognized by Russia |
| Independence Menelik II | |
| 1st Mar Addis Ababa Under the Treaty of Addis Ababa Italy recognizes Abyssinian independence and delineates borders with Italian-controlled Eritrea |
| Independence Crispi, Francesco | |
| 26th Oct Addis Ababa Under the Treaty of Addis Ababa Italy recognizes Abyssinian independence |
| Indian National Congress Jinnah, Mohammed Ali |  |
| Jinnah joins the Indian National Congress |
| Invasion of Jameson Raid Wilhelm II | |
| Transvaal Telegram's Kruger supporting him against the British backed James on Raid |
| Invasion of Jameson Raid Chamberlain, Joseph | |
| 31st Dec London Orders the immediate withdrawal of Dr James on's force from the Trans vaal |
| Invasion of Jameson Raid Jameson, Leanders Starr | |
| 31st Dec Transvaal Africa A failed atempt to overthrow the Trans vaal government |
| 31st Dec Transvaal Africa Leads 800 men in an abortive attempt to begin a Uitlander uprising |
| Invasion of Jameson Raid Kruger, Paulus | |
| 3rd Jan Receives a telegram from Wilhelm II congratulating him on defeating the James on raid |
| 31st Dec Pretoria Africa The Boer President calls on his countrymen to defend the state |
| Invasion of Nicaragua Cleveland, Grover | |
| 20th Mar Coronet USAMarines land in Nicaragua, to protect USAcitizens at the outbreak of revolution |
| Invention Automobile Levasor, Emile | |
| Places the engine in the front of the car |
| Invention Automobile Panhard, Rene | |
| Places the engine in the front of the car |
| Invention Radio Marconi, Guglielmo | |
| 2nd June Files a patent for "Improvements in Trans mitting Impulses" |
| Irish Socialist Republican Party Connolly, James |  |
| 29th Mar Founds the Irish Socialist Republican Party |
| Jameson Raid Smuts, Jan Christian | |
| Smuts resigns from public life after his outrage at the James on Raid |
| Malakand Field Force Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer | |
| Malakand Does military service with the Malakand Field Force in India's north-western frontier |
| Marriage Maud | |
| London Marries Haakon VII, King of Norway |
| Marriage Haakon VII |  |
| Marries Princess Maude, daughter of Edward VII of England |
| Minister of China Hayashi |  |
| Appointed Minister to China |
| Minister of Foreign Affairs Muravyov, Mikhail Nikolayevich | |
| Appointed Foreign Minister |
| Minister of Interior Barthou, Louis | |
| Appointed Minister of the Interior |
| Olympic Games Courbertin, Pierre de | |
| England, Greece, Italy, Russia, Spain, Sweden & the USA open the newly founded Olympic Games |
| Olympic Gold Medal Connolly, James | |
| Winner of the triple jump Olympic Gold Medal, 1st medal in modern Olympic history |
| Patent Marconi, Guglielmo | |
| 2nd June Files a patent for "Improvements in Trans mitting Impulses" |
| Poet Laureate Austin, Alfred | |
| Appointed Poet Laureate |
| President Millais, John | |
| Appointed President of the Royal Academy |
| President Poyner, Edward | |
| Appointed President of the Royal Academy |
| Press Naumann, Friedrich | |
| Founds & edits Die Zeit |
| Prime Minister Laurier, Wilfred |  |
| Appointed Prime Minister of Canada |
| Prime Minister Tupper, Chris | |
| Appointed Prime Minister of Canada |
| Publication Doyle, Arthur Conan | |
| Publication of, "The Rodney Stone" |
| Publication Wells, Herbert George | |
| Publication of, "The Island of Doctor Moreau" |
| Publication of, "The Wheels of Chance" |
| Publication Wilde, Oscar | |
| Publication of, "Salome" |
| Publication Herzl, Theodor | |
| Publication of, "The Jewish State" |
| Publication Alas, Leopoldo |  |
| Publication of, "Cuentos Morales" |
| Publication Giddings, Franklin Henry | |
| Publication of, "The Principles of Sociology" |
| Raid Jameson Cronje, Piet Arnoldus | |
| Forces the surrender of the James on raiders |
| Raid Jameson Rhodes, Cecil | |
| 6th Jan Pretoria Africa Resigns pending enquiries into the James on Raid, found guilty of engineering the raid |
| Rebellion Baden-Powell, Robert | |
| Matabele Helps suppress the Matabele uprising in Rhodes ia |
| Rebellion George I | |
| Crete Beginning of the rebellion of Crete |
| Reform Franz Josef I | |
| Universal suffrage is introduced |
| Resignation Rhodes, Cecil | |
| 6th Jan Pretoria Africa Resigns pending enquiries into the James on Raid, found guilty of engineering the raid |
| Rule of Straits Wilhelm II | |
| Straits Announces Britain intends to give the Straits to Russia & he refuses to allow it |
| Surrender Jameson, Leanders Starr | |
| 2nd Jan Doorn Kop Africa Surrenders to a Boer force led by General Cronje at Doorn Kop |
| 2nd Jan Doorn Kop Africa Turned over to the British for trial in England |
| Telegram Wilhelm II Kruger, Paulus | |
| 3rd Jan Receives a telegram from Wilhelm II congratulating him on defeating the James on raid |
| Treaty of Addis Ababa Menelik II | |
