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American Statesman and diplomat John Hay announces the Open-Door Policy to promote trade with
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The United States and the United Kingdom sign a treaty for the Panama Canal. -
The Germany German liner SS Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse becomes the first ship to send Wireless telegraphy
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Philippine–American War: Filipinos Filipino guerrillas launch a surprise attack on U.S. infantry and begin a
Siege of Catubig four-day siege of Catubig, Northern Samar Catubig, Philippines. -
Second Boer War: The United Kingdom annexes the Orange Free State. -
Second Boer War ends. -
The Reichstag (German Empire) called Reichstag approves a second law that allows the expansion of the
German navy. -
Boxer Rebellion: The Imperial Chinese Army begins a Siege of the International Legations called 55-day siege
of the Beijing Legation Quarter or Legation Quarter in Beijing, China. -
Willis Carrier invents the first modern electrical air conditioning unit. -
In Italy, King Umberto I of Italy is assassinated by the Anarchism or anarchist Gaetano Bresci. -
Boxer Rebellion defeated by international coalition. They impose heavy financial sanctions on China. -
Philippine–American War: Filipino people Filipinos under Juan Cailles defeat United States Americans
under Colonel (United States) Colonel Benjamin F. Cheatham at Mabitac. -
Battle of Leliefontein, a battle during which the Royal Canadian Dragoons win three Victoria Crosses. -
Guglielmo Marconi receives the first trans-Atlantic radio signal. -
The Australian colonies federate. -
Edward VII becomes King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions and Emperor of India upon the
death of Queen Victoria. -
Platt Amendment limits the autonomy of Cuba in exchange for withdrawal of American troops. -
6: Assassination of William McKinley. Vice President Theodore Roosevelt assumes office as President of the
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Unification of Saudi Arabia begins. -
Cuba given independence by USA. -
Arthur Balfour becomes Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. -
The first teddy bear is invented. -
King Alexander I of Serbia and his wife Queen Draga are assassinated in a military coup. -
The first Tour de France is held. -
Pius X becomes Pope. -
Independence of Panama, the Hay–Bunau-Varilla Treaty is signed by the United States and Panama. -
First controlled heavier-than-air flight of the Wright Brothers. -
A Japanese surprise attack on Port Arthur (Lushun) starts the Russo-Japanese War. -
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Entente cordiale signed between Britain and France. -
Trans-Siberian railway is completed. -
The Revolution of 1905 in Russia erupts. -
The Norwegian Parliament declares the union with Sweden dissolved, and Norway achieves full independence. -
The Russo-Japanese War ends in Japanese victory. -
Albert Einstein's formulation of special relativity. -
The British Indian Province of Bengal, partitioned by the Viceroy of India, Lord Curzon, despite strong opposition. -
Liberal Henry Campbell-Bannerman becomes Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. -
An earthquake in San Francisco, California, magnitude 7.9, kills 3,000. -
Alfred Dreyfus is exonerated and reinstated as a major in the French Army; the Dreyfus Affair ends.
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Japan–Korea Treaty of 1907. -
Alfred Dreyfus is exonerated and reinstated as a major in the French Army; the Dreyfus Affair ends. -
The US begins the Second Occupation of Cuba. -
Brazilian inventor Alberto Santos-Dumont takes off and flies his 14-bis to a crowd in Paris. -
The Muslim League is formed by Nawab Saifullah Khan of Dacca. -
Elections to the new Parliament of Finland are the first in the world with woman candidates, as well as
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The ANC was founded on 8 January 1912 in Bloemfontein and is the oldest liberation movement in Africa. The 1914 South African Native National Congress delegation to Britain (L-R: Walter Rubusana, Thomas Mapikela, Saul Msane, John Dube, and Sol Plaatje).
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Early in April 1908 Campbell-Bannerman resigned and died some days later. Asquith, generally regarded as his inevitable successor, became prime minister and was to hold the office for nearly nine years. He appointed David Lloyd George to the Exchequer and made Winston Churchill president of the Board of Trade. -
Oil was discovered at Masjed Soleymān in 1908, and the town early became one of Iran's leading oil centres. Pipelines, built in 1909–10, link the town with Abadan, 125 miles (200 km) southwest. -
Tunguska event, enormous explosion that is estimated to have occurred at 7:14 am plus or minus one minute on June 30, 1908, at an altitude of 5–10 km (15,000–30,000 feet), flattening some 2,000 square km (500,000 acres) and charring more than 100 square km of pine forest near the Podkamennaya Tunguska River in central -
They led a rebellion against the absolute rule of Sultan Abdulhamid II ( r. 1876–1909) in the 1908 Young Turk Revolution. With this revolution, the Young Turks helped to establish the Second Constitutional Era in the same year, ushering in an era of multi-party democracy for the first time in the country's history. -
On July 26, 1908, Bonaparte ordered DOJ attorneys to refer most investigative matters to the Chief Examiner, Stanley W. Finch, who would determine if there were special agents under his direction available to investigate the case. -
On October 1, 1908, the first production Model T Ford is completed at the company's Piquette Avenue plant in Detroit. Between 1908 and 1927, Ford would build some 15 million Model T cars. It was the longest production run of any automobile model in history until the Volkswagen Beetle surpassed it in 1972. -
Puyi's father, Prince Chun, became Prince Regent (攝政王). During Puyi's coronation in the Hall of Supreme Harmony on 2 December 1908, the young emperor was carried onto the Dragon Throne by his father. -
The earthquake almost levelled Messina. At least 91% of structures in Messina were destroyed or irreparably damaged and 75,000 people were killed in the city and suburbs. Reggio Calabria and other locations in Calabria also suffered heavy damage, with some 25,000 people killed. -
The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire killed 146 workers and injured dozens more. While trying to escape the fire, they encountered locked doors and broken fire escapes. Many chose to leap from the building in desperation, instead of succumbing to the blaze and smoke, and died on the sidewalks below. -
Nine days later, the Italian ambassador in Istanbul gave an ultimatum to the Ottoman government: Libya had to be ceded to the Kingdom of Italy in 24 hours. The Turks did not respond in time to the ultimatum and on 29 September 1911, the war began.
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Louis-Joseph Chevrolet was a Swiss-American race car driver, mechanic and entrepreneur who co-founded the Chevrolet Motor Car Company in 1911
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On 12th December, 1911, at the historic Delhi Durbar, the George V, the Emperor of the British Empire proclaimed the shifting of the capital of India from Calcutta to Delhi. After announcement of Delhi as the Capital of India, the preparation for the building a new city started with majesty, pomp and show.
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On February 12, 1912, Hsian-T'ung, the last emperor of China, is forced to abdicate following Sun Yat-sen's republican revolution. A provisional government was established in his place, ending 267 years of Manchu rule in China and 2,000 years of imperial rule.
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His presidency ended with his defeat in the 1912 election by Democrat Woodrow Wilson. Taft sought to lower tariffs—a tax on imports—then a major source of governmental income. -
Bangkok Treaty signed on March 10, 1909, with ratifications exchanged in London on July 9, 1909. (Great Britain, Foreign Office, Treaty Series 1909, No. 19, Command 4703, London.) The Treaty formally ceded the four southern Malay states under Siamese suzerainty to the protection of Great Britain. -
The Indian Councils Act of 1861 transformed the viceroy's Executive Council into a miniature cabinet run on the portfolio system, and each of the five ordinary members was placed in charge of a distinct department of Calcutta's government—home, revenue, military, finance, and law. -
t is not clear who was the first to reach the North Pole. A US explorer called Frederick Cook claimed to have walked there in 1908, but had no proof. Another American called Robert Peary announced that he had reached the Pole in 1909, but because his men were not trained navigators, none of them could be sure. -
What was the coup in the Ottoman Empire?
In January 1913, the leadership of the CUP staged a coup, forcing the Saviour-backed Freedom and Accord government to resign at gunpoint. The leaders of the Saviour Officers escaped to Egypt and Albania. CUP governments continued up to the end of the First World War. -
On 16 July 1909, the parliament voted to place Mohammad Ali Shah's 11-year-old son, Ahmad Shah on the throne. Mohammad Ali Shah abdicated following the new Constitutional Revolution and he has since been remembered as a symbol of dictatorship. -
At around 3pm on 14 December 1911, Amundsen raised the flag of Norway at the South Pole. He had reached the Pole a full 33 days before Captain Scott arrived. Amundsen and his crew returned to their base camp on 25 January 1912, 99 days and roughly 1400 nautical miles after their departure.
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The first aircraft landing onboard a ship takes place when pilot Eugene Ely lands onboard the armored cruiser USS Pennsylvania.
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Nine days later, the Italian ambassador in Istanbul gave an ultimatum to the Ottoman government: Libya had to be ceded to the Kingdom of Italy in 24 hours. The Turks did not respond in time to the ultimatum and on 29 September 1911, the war began.
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On this day, Titanic sinks. At 2.20am Titanic founders with the loss of 1,490 passengers and crew. The survivors (711 persons) were rescued by the Cunard liner Carpathia which answered Titanic's wireless distress calls and raced to her last reported position of 41.
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In a regional military alliance known as the Balkan League, the countries of Serbia, Montenegro, Greece and Bulgaria joined forces and declared war on the Ottoman Empire in October 1912.
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