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| Armistice Wood, Evelyn |  |
| 6th Mar Laing's Nek Joubert & Wood sign an Anglo-Boer armistice |
| 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 |
| Birth of Fleming, Alexander Fleming, Alexander | |
| Birth of Alexander Fleming |
| Birth of Wood, Edward Frederick Lindley Wood, Edward Frederick Lindley | |
| London Birth of Edward Frederick Lindley Wood, 4th son of Charles the 2nd Viscount Halifax |
| Burial of Disraeli, Benjamin Disraeli, Benjamin | |
| Hughenden Buried at Hughenden |
| Chancellor Hamilton, James | |
| Appointed Chancellor of the University of Ireland |
| Death of Disraeli Victoria | |
| London Her fovoured & trusted Prime Minister dies |
| Leader House of Lords Gascoyne-Cecil, Robert Arthur Talbot | |
| London Appointed Leader of the Lords Opposition |
| 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 |
| Publication of Huxley Huxley, Thomas Henry | |
| Publication of, "Evolution & Ethics", an exposition of scientific humanism |
| Under Secretary Home Office Primrose | |
| Appointed Under Secretary for the Home Department in charge of Scottish affairs |
