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| Army Staff Officer Ludendorf, Erich von |  |
| Apointed German Army Staff-Officer |
| Arrest Mussolini, Benito Amilicare Andrea |  |
| Arrested in France |
| Arrest Ilinichna, Anna |  |
| Arrested, a message carrier between Russia & Europe for the RSDRP |
| Arrest Ilinichna, Maria | |
| Arrested, a message carrier between Russia & Europe for the RSDRP |
| Assassination Plehve, Vyacheslav Konstantinovich | |
| 15th July Assassination of Vyacheslav Konstantinovich Plehve |
| Assassination Savinkov, Boris | |
| 15th July Directs an operation which results in the assassination of Plehve |
| Assassination Savinkov, Boris Viktorovich | |
| Organizes the assassination of Plehve |
| Battle of Chemulpo Kamimura, Hikonojo |  |
| Chemulpo A Japanese cruiser squadron sinks 1 ship & forces scuttling of a 2nd |
| Battle of Liaoyang Oyama | |
| 25th Aug Liaoyang 25 Aug-3 Sept, commands an engagement 40 miles SW of Mukden |
| 25th Aug Liaoyang The Russians are driven out of Manchuria |
| Battle of Liaoyang Nicholas II | |
| 17th Aug Liaoyang The Russians are forced to rerteat to Mukden |
| Birth Heydrich, Reinhard | |
| 7th Mar Halle Birth of Reinhard Heydrich, Saxony |
| Birth Addinsell, Richard |  |
| Birth of Richard Addinsell |
| Birth Formby, George | |
| Lancashire Birth of George Formby |
| Birth Eirene |  |
| Athens Birth of Eirene, 5th child of Constantine & Sophia |
| Birth Kosygin, Aleksei Nikolaevich | |
| St Petersburg Birth of Kosigyn, son of a working class family |
| Birth Oppenheimer, Julius Robert |  |
| Birth of Julius Robert Oppenheimer |
| Blockade of Port Arthur Togo, Heihachiro | |
| Port Arthur Blockades Port Arthur after an undeclared attack |
| Burial Kruger, Paulus |  |
| 16th Dec Pretoria Africa Funeral procession of Paulus Kruger, revives an Afrikaaner political revival |
| Capture of Port Arthur Nicholas II | |
| 6th Dec Port Arthur The Japanese capture Port Arthur |
| Cavalry School Baden-Powell, Robert | |
| Wiltshire Founds a Cavalry School in Wiltshire |
| Central Committee Krzhizhanovski, Gleb | |
| Appointed Member of the Central Committee |
| Central Committee Lenin, Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov | |
| Appointed Joint representitive of the Central Committee abroad with Noske |
| Central Committee Noskov, Vladimir | |
| Appointed Joint representitive of the Central Committee abroad with Lenin |
| Commander Togo, Heihachiro | |
| Appointed Commander-in-Chief of the Combined Fleet of the Imperial Japanese Navy |
| Commander Makarov, Stepan Osipovich | |
| Appointed Commander of the Naval forces in the Far East |
| Composition Puccini, Giacomo | |
| April La Scala 1st performance of, "Madam Butterfly" |
| Composition Grieg, Edvard |  |
| Composition of, "Lyric Suite" |
| Conductor Rachmaninov, Sergei Vasilyevich | |
| Moscow Appointed Conductor of the Bolshoi Theatre |
| Constitution Nicholas II | |
| 12th Dec Changes agreed by the Tsar become law, still no representitive form of government |
| 12th Dec The Zemstvo are given a broader national & local role |
| Constitution Plehve, Vyacheslav Konstantinovich | |
| 4th Feb Moscow Authorizes Gapon's Assembly |
| Constitution Smuts, Jan Christian | |
| Johannesburg Africa The Afrikaaner Het Volk party founds the Responsible Government Association |
| Johannesburg Africa The Afrikaan party opposes the Lyttelton Constitution |
| CPP Radic, Stjepan |  |
| Founds & leads the Croatian Peasant Party, advocates autonomy for Croatia |
| Death Dvorak, Antonin |  |
| Prague Rep Death of Antonin Dvorak |
| Death Chekhov, Anton | |
| 2nd July Crimea Death of Anton Chekhov |
| Death Plehve, Vyacheslav Konstantinovich | |
| 15th July Assassination of Vyacheslav Konstantinovich Plehve |
| Death Savinkov, Boris Viktorovich | |
| Organizes the assassination of Plehve |
| Death Kruger, Paulus | |
| 14th July Clarens Africa Death of Paulus Kruger |
| Death Murad V |  |
| Death of Murad V |
| Declaration of War Katsura | |
| Declares war on Russia |
| Defection Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer | |
| Jan The Conservative whip is withdrawn because of his support Liberal support |
| 14th Feb Votes with the Liberals against his own party on a Free Trade motion |
| 29th Mar London There is a walkout of Conservative MP's when Churchill stands up to speak |
| 31st May London Cross es the House of Commons to become a Liberal |
| Diplomacy Balfour, Arthur James | |
| Concludes diplomatic means of resolving colonial conflicts between Britain & France |
| France & Britain recognize each others spheres of interest eg in Morocco & Egypt |
| Diplomacy Edward VII | |
| Contributes to the Entente Cordiale with France |
| Diplomacy Mulai Abdul Aziz |  |
| Military clashes take place as France tries to exert its influence over Morocco |
| Discovery of Cullinan Diamond Edward VII | |
| 25th Jan World's largest diamond discovered in the Prime Minister diamond mine in Sth Africa |
| Drama Cohan, George | |
| George Cohan's musical play, Little Johnny Jones , followed by Forty-five Minutes from Broadway, helps create indigenous American musical theater |
| Duy Tan Hoi Phan, Boi Chou |  |
| Forms the Duy Tan Hoi to overthrow French rule& install Cuong De on the throne |
| Editor Lunacharsky, Anatoly Vasilyevich | |
| Appointed Editor of Vpered |
| Election Guest | |
| Cardiff Elected Member of Parliament for Cardiff, cousin of Winston Churchill |
| Entente Cordiale Cambon, Pierre-Paul |  |
| 8th April Paris Instrumental in negotiating the Entente Cordiale |
| Exile of Lenin Lenin, Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov | |
| 2nd Sep Returns to Geneva & lives at 91 Rue de Carouge |
| Exile of Mussolini Mussolini, Benito Amilicare Andrea | |
| Escapes to Switzerland to avoid the military draft in Italy |
| Exile of Stalin Stalin, Joseph | |
| Siberia Exiled to Siberia |
| First Lord of the Admiralty Fisher | |
| Appointed First Lord of the Admiralty, 1st term |
| Forward Bogdanov, Alexander | |
| 22nd Dec 1st publication of, "Forward" |
| 22nd Dec Financed by Bogdanov & Lunacharski as a rival to "Iskra" |
| Free Trade Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer | |
| Supports free trade with the Liberals as an independent MP |
| General Alekseyev, Mikhail Vasilyevich | |
| Appointed General |
| Het Volk Smuts, Jan Christian | |
| May Trans vaal generals to form a political party, Het Volk, to fight for the Afrikaner cause. Louis Botha is elected leader, & Smuts his deputy |
| Humanite Jaures, Jean | |
| Co-founds the popular Socialist newspaper |
| Invasion of Korea Kuroki | |
| 17th Feb River Yalu The Japanese army advavance through Korea to the Yalu River |
| 17th Feb River Yalu The Japanese army begins debarkation |
| Invention Radar Hulsmeyer, Christian | |
| Invents Radio & detection ranging |
| Invention Thermionic Valve Fleming, John Ambrose | |
| London Invents the Thermionic Valve |
| Knighthood Elgar, Edward | |
| 5th July London Knighted following the March Festival of his music at Covent Garden |
| Liberal Candidate Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer | |
| April Manchester Adopted as a Liberal Candidate in Manchester North West |
| Liberal Party Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer | |
| 31st May Manchester Sits on the opposition benches for the 1st time |
| Major Haig, Douglas | |
| London Appointed Major General |
| Mayor Ozaki, Yukio | |
| Tokyo Appointed Mayor of Tokyo |
| Minister of Foreign Affairs Pasic, Nicola |  |
| Appointed Foreign Minister |
| Minister of Interior Sviatopolk-Mirskii | |
| 25th Aug Appointed Minister of the Interior |
| Mobilization Kuropatkin, Aleksei Nikolaevich | |
| 2nd Oct Take up personal command of the Russian forces |
| Mobilization Nicholas II | |
| Oct Libau The Russian Baltic Fleet leaves Libau to turn the war |
| 9th Oct Orders the Baltic Fleet of 45 ships 18,000 miles to fight Japan |
| Mobilization Rozhdestvenski, Zinovi | |
| Oct Sets sail with the Baltic Fleet of 45 ships 18,000 miles to fight Japan |
| Mobilization Rozhdestvenski, Zinovy | |
| Oct Bay of Biscay British cruisers escort the Russian Fleet out of Biscay Bay |
| Oct Dogger Bank Fires on a British fishing fleet believing to be under Japanese torpedoe attack |
| 15th Oct Liepaja Sails the Russian Baltic Fleet from Liepaja & Tallin to turn the war |
| 15th Oct Tallin Sails the Russian Baltic Fleet from Liepaja & Tallin to turn the war |
| Nobel Prize Mistral, Frederic | |
| Winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature |
| Nobel Prize Echegaray, Jose |  |
| Winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature |
| President Steinbach, Emil |  |
| Appointed President of the Supreme Court of Justice |
| President Montes, Ismael |  |
| Appointed President of Bolivia, 1st term |
| President Banerjea, Surendranath |  |
| Appointed Congress President, 2nd term |
| Prime Minister Houston, George |  |
| Forms a Protectionist-free trade coalition Government |
| Prime Minister Watson, John | |
| Appointed Prime Minister of Australia |
| Prime Minister Zaimis, Alexandros | |
| Appointed Prime Minister of Greece, 3rd term |
| Prime Minister |
