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| 1900 |
| January
5th |
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Irish leader John Edward Redmond called for a revolt against
British rule in Ireland. |
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| January
6th |
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The Boers attacked Ladysmith, South Africa - over 1000 people
were killed. |
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| January
8th |
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The United States President William McKinley placed Alaska under
military rule. |
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| January
24th |
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British troops and the Boers clashed at the Battle of Spion
Kop in Second Boer War, in South Africa. |
|
| January
24th |
|
The governments in London and Pretoria began negotiations to
end the Second Boer War. |
|
| January
27th |
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Foreign diplomats in Peking, China demanded to the Chinese government
that the Boxer rebels be disciplined. |
|
| January
30th |
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British forces fighting the Boers in South Africa applied for
more reinforcements. |
|
| February
7th |
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The
Labour Representation Committee (the Labour Party) was founded
in Great Britain. |
|
| February
8th |
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British troops were defeated by the Boers at Ladysmith, South
Africa. |
|
| February
14th |
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In South Africa, 20,000 British troops invaded the Orange Free
State. |
|
| February
17th |
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British troops and the Boers clashed at the Battle of Paardeberg
in the Second Boer War. |
|
| February
22nd |
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Hawaii officially became a territory of the United States of
America. |
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| February
23rd |
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Battle of Hart's Hill - In South Africa the Boers and British
troops clashed in battle. |
|
| February
27th |
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In South Africa, British military leaders received an unconditional
notice of surrender from the Boer General Piet Cronje. |
|
| February
27th |
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Ramsay MacDonald was appointed secretary of newly formed British
Labour Party. |
|
| March
11th |
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Boer leader Paul Kruger's peace overtures were rejected by the
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Lord Salisbury. |
|
| March
13th |
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British forces occupied Bloemfontein, Orange Free State. |
|
| May
17th |
|
British
Troops relieved Mafeking during the Boer War in South Africa. |
|
| May
21st |
|
Russia
invaded and occupied Manchuria, China. |
|
| May
24th |
|
Britain
annexed Orange Free state and the Transvaal. |
|
| May
25th |
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In South Africa, Boer soldiers voted for the continuance of
the war with Britain. |
|
| May
28th |
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Rebel Boxers attacked Belgian personnel at the Fengtai railway
station in China. |
|
| May
29th |
|
The Chinese government officially denounced the Boxer rebels. |
|
| May
30th |
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The Boxer rebels occupied the city of Tientsin, China. |
|
| May
31st |
|
Peacekeepers from various European countries arrived in China,
in the wake of the Boxer Rebellion. |
|
| May
31st |
|
The British under Lord Robert occupied the city of Johannesburg
in South Africa. |
|
| June
5th |
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In the Boer War, British soldiers took the city of Pretoria,
South Africa. |
|
| June
14th |
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The German parliament, the Reichstag, approved a second law
that allowed the expansion of the German navy. |
|
| June
20th |
|
The Boxers gathered 20,000 people near Peking and killed hundreds
of European citizens, including the German ambassador. |
|
| July
2nd |
|
Count
von Zeppelin's first airship flight on Lake Constance, Friedrichshafen,
Germany. |
|
| July
5th |
|
The British Parliament passed the Commonwealth of Australia
Constitution Act. |
|
| July
9th |
|
Queen Victoria gave royal assent to the Commonwealth of Australia
Constitution Act. |
|
| July
13th |
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In China, European Allies clashed with the rebelling Boxers
and retook Tientsin. |
|
| July
29th |
|
Soviet
space pioneer Mikhail Klavdievich Tikhonravov was born.
He was a Soviet aerospace engineer, one of the founders of the
Soviet space programme. Involved with Sputnik and Vostok,
among others. |
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| August
14th |
|
The
anti-western Boxer Rebellion in China, instigated by Empress
Zi Xi was crushed by an International force sent in by western
powers, under British command. |
|
| September
8th |
|
A powerful destructive hurricane hit Galveston in Texas, USA,
killing nearly 8,000 people. |
|
| October
7th |
|
Heinrich Himmler was born. Himmler would later become a top
Nazi official and leader of the SS under Hitler during the 1930s
and WWII. |
|
| November
6th |
|
Republican William McKinley was reelected by defeating Democrat
challenger William Jennings Bryan in the U.S. presidential election. |
|
| November
30th |
|
Oscar Wilde, Anglo-Irish playwright, novelist and poet died
of cerebral meningitis at Hôtel d'Alsace in Paris. Wilde
was finally laid to rest at Le Père Lachaise Cemetery
in Paris. |
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