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| 1 | 1899 | - 11 Oct 1899—31 May 1902:
SA - The Second Anglo-Boer War.
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| 2 | 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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| 3 | 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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