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Date |
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| 1 | 1895 | - 1895—1895:
Sir Henry Wood starts Promenade Concerts in London
- 1895—1895:
SA - The Jameson Raid takes place in the Johannesburg district in December. The Pretoria-Delagoa Bay railway line opened by the South African Republic. Railway line opened between Durban and Johannesburg on 16 Dec 1896. Rinderpest causes big loss of cattle.
- 12 Jan 1895—12 Jan 1895:
The National Trust founded in England
- 24 May 1895—24 May 1895:
Henry Irving becomes the first person from the theatre to be knighted
- 28 May 1895—28 May 1895:
Oscar Wilde sent to prison
- 12 Jul 1895—12 Jul 1895:
First recorded motor journey of any length (56 miles) in Britain
- 17 Oct 1895—17 Oct 1895:
First people in Britain to be charged with motor offences - John Henry Knight and James Pullinger of Farnham, Surrey
- Nov 1895—Nov 1895:
X-rays discovered
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| 2 | 1896 | - 1896—1896:
SA - Montshiwa of Rolong dies
- 1896—1896:
SA - Rinderpest epidemic; spreading through Africa; breaks out here
- 1896—1897:
SA - Bechuanaland Campaign/Galeshewe's War begins at Phokwane and spreads to Langeberg
- 5 Apr 1896—5 Apr 1896:
First modern Olympic Games held in Athens
- 2 Jun 1896—2 Jun 1896:
Guglielmo Marconi receives a British patent (later disputed) for the radio
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| 3 | 1897 | - 1897—1897:
Thomas Edison patents the Kinetoscope, the first movie projector
- 1897—1897:
SA - Luka Mothibi killed in Langeberg
- 1897—1897:
SA - Zululand incorporated into Natal. Railway line opened between Cape Town and Bulawayo.
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| 4 | 1898 | - 1898—1898:
First photograph using artificial light
- 1898—1898:
Zeppelin builds airship
- 1898—1898:
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company founded
- 17 Mar 1898—17 Mar 1898:
USS Holland launched, the first practical submarine
- 27 Jun 1898—27 Jun 1898:
The first solo circumnavigation of the globe completed at Rhode island by
Joshua Slocum in Spray (started from Boston, Mass on Apr 24, 1895)
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| 5 | 1899 | - 6 Mar 1899—6 Mar 1899:
Aspirin first marketed by Bayer
- 11 Oct 1899—11 Oct 1899:
Start of Second Boer War
- 11 Oct 1899—31 May 1902:
SA - The Second Anglo-Boer War.
- 13 Oct 1899—1899:
SA - Boers invade Natal
- 14 Oct 1899—1899:
SA - Sieges of Mafeking and Kimberley started.
- 20 Oct 1899—1899:
SA - Battle of Talana.
- 21 Oct 1899—1899:
SA - Battle of Elandslaagte.
- 30 Oct 1899—1899:
SA - Battle of Lombard's Kop.
- 30 Oct 1899—1899:
SA - Siege of Ladysmith started.
- 23 Nov 1899—1899:
SA - Battle of Belmont.
- 25 Nov 1899—1899:
SA - Battle of Graspan.
- 28 Nov 1899—1899:
SA - Battle of Modder River.
- 10 Dec 1899—1899:
SA - Battle of Stormberg.
- 11 Dec 1899—1899:
SA - Battle of Magersfontein.
- 15 Dec 1899—1899:
SA - Battle of Colenso. Battle of Dundee. Imperial Penny Postage adopted by Cape Colony
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| 6 | 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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| 7 | 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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| 8 | 1902 | - 1902—1902:
Balfour's Education Act provides for secondary education
- 1902—1902:
Cremation Act - cremation can only take place at officially recognised establishments,
and with two death certificates issued
- 1902—1902:
Marie Curie discovers radioactivity
- 31 Feb 1902—1902:
SA - Peace of Vereeniging signed, ending Anglo-Boer War.
- 24 May 1902—24 May 1902:
Empire Day (later Commonwealth Day) first celebrated
- 31 May 1902—31 May 1902:
Treaty of Vereeniging ends Second Boer War
- 9 Aug 1902—9 Aug 1902:
Coronation of Edward VII
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| 9 | 1903 | - 1903—1903:
Workers' Education Association (WEA) formed in Britain
- 1903—1903:
Women's Social and Political Union formed in Britain by Emmeline Pankhurst
- 1903—1903:
Henry Ford sets up his motor company
- 14 Dec 1903—14 Dec 1903:
First flight of Wilbur & Orville Wright
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| 10 | 1904 | - 1904—1904:
Leeds University established
- 1904—1904:
SA - Chinese labourers recruited for the Transvaal mines.
- 8 Apr 1904—8 Apr 1904:
France and UK sign the Entente Cordiale
- 4 May 1904—4 May 1904:
America takes over construction of the Panama Canal from the French
(completed 1914)
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| 11 | 1905 | - 1905—1905:
The title 'Prime Minister' noted in a royal warrant for the first time - placed the Prime
Minister in order of precedence in Britain immediately after the Archbishop of York
- 1905—1905:
Aliens Act in Britain: Home Office controls immigration
- 1905—1905:
Germany lays down the first Dreadnought battleship
- 11 Apr 1905—11 Apr 1905:
Einstein publishes Special Theory of Relativity
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