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| 1 | 1899 | - 11 Oct 1899—31 May 1902:
SA - The Second Anglo-Boer War.
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| 2 | 1900 | - 1900—1900:
School leaving age in Britain raised to 14 years
- 1900—1900:
Central Line opens in London: underground is electrified
- 1900—1900:
Escalator shown at Paris exhibition
- 6 Jan 1900—1900:
SA - Boers attack Ladysmith.
- 23 Jan 1900—24 Jan 1900:
SA - Battle of Spion Kop.
- 5 Feb 1900—1900:
SA - Battle of Vaal Krantz.
- 9 Feb 1900—9 Feb 1900:
Davis Cup tennis competition established
- 15 Feb 1900—1900:
SA - Relief of Kimberley.
- 27 Feb 1900—27 Feb 1900:
Labour Party formed
- 28 Feb 1900—1900:
SA - Ladysmith relieved.
- 7 Mar 1900—1900:
SA - Battle of Poplar Grove.
- 13 Mar 1900—1900:
SA - Bloemfontein captured.
- 11 Jun 1900—1900:
SA - Battle of Diamond Hill. Burning of farms (scorched earth) policy authorised in July / August. Amalgamation of Union and Castle Steamship Lines.
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| 3 | 1901 | - 1901—1901:
Commonwealth of Australia founded
- 1901—1901:
Hubert Cecil Booth patents the vacuum cleaner
- 1901—1901:
SA - Bubonic plague in Cape Town.
- 1901—1902:
SA - 200 teachers arrive from England to teach in the British concentration camps, followed by 100 teachers from Canada, New Zealand and Australia.
- 22 Jan 1901—22 Jan 1901:
Queen Victoria dies - Edward VII king
- 2 Feb 1901—2 Feb 1901:
Queen Victoria's funeral - interred beside Prince Albert in the Frogmore
Mausoleum at Windsor Great Park
- Jun 1901—Jun 1901:
Denunciation of use of concentration camps by British in Boer War
- 2 Oct 1901—2 Oct 1901:
Britain's first submarine launched
- 12 Dec 1901—12 Dec 1901:
First successful radio transmission across the Atlantic, by Marconi - Morse
code from Cornwall to Newfoundland
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