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| + | :* February 5 – The United Kingdom and the United States sign a treaty for the building of a Central American shipping canal, across Central America in Nicaragua. | ||
| + | :* February 6 – The International Arbitration Court at The Hague is created, when the Netherlands' Senate ratifies an 1899 peace conference decree. | ||
| + | :* February 8 – Second Boer War: British troops are defeated by the Boers at Ladysmith. | ||
| + | :* February 14 – Second Boer War – Battle of Paardeberg: 20,000 British troops invade the Orange Free State. | ||
| + | :* February 15 – Second Boer War: The Siege of Kimberley is lifted. | ||
| + | :* February 17 – Second Boer War: Battle of Paardeberg: British troops defeat the Boers. | ||
| + | :* February 27 | ||
| + | :** FC Bayern, Germany's most successful football club, is founded in Munich. | ||
| + | :** Second Boer War: British military leaders accept the unconditional notice of surrender, from Boer General Piet Cronjé. | ||
| + | :** The British Labour Party is officially established, at a meeting in the Congregational Memorial Hall in London. | ||
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Revision as of 12:05, 19 February 2018
Contents
January
- • January 2 – U.S. Secretary of State John Hay announces the Open Door Policy, to promote American trade with China.
- • January 5 – Dr. Henry A. Rowland of Johns Hopkins University announces a theory about the cause of the Earth's magnetism.
- • January 6 – Second Boer War: Boers attempt to end the Siege of Ladysmith, which leads to the Battle of Platrand.
- • January 9 – S.S. Lazio, an Italian professional sports club, is founded in Rome.
- • January 14
- • Puccini's opera Tosca premieres in Rome, Italy.
- • The U.S. Senate accepts the British-German Treaty of 1899, in which the United Kingdom renounces its claims to the American Samoa portion of the Samoan Islands.
- • January 24 – Second Boer War – Battle of Spion Kop: Boer troops defeat the British Army.
- • January 27 – Boxer Rebellion: Foreign diplomats in Peking, Qing Dynasty China, demand that the Boxer rebels be disciplined.
- • January 31 – Datu Muhammad Salleh, leader of the Mat Salleh Rebellion in North Borneo, is shot dead in Tambunan.
February
- February 5 – The United Kingdom and the United States sign a treaty for the building of a Central American shipping canal, across Central America in Nicaragua.
- February 6 – The International Arbitration Court at The Hague is created, when the Netherlands' Senate ratifies an 1899 peace conference decree.
- February 8 – Second Boer War: British troops are defeated by the Boers at Ladysmith.
- February 14 – Second Boer War – Battle of Paardeberg: 20,000 British troops invade the Orange Free State.
- February 15 – Second Boer War: The Siege of Kimberley is lifted.
- February 17 – Second Boer War: Battle of Paardeberg: British troops defeat the Boers.
- February 27
- FC Bayern, Germany's most successful football club, is founded in Munich.
- Second Boer War: British military leaders accept the unconditional notice of surrender, from Boer General Piet Cronjé.
- The British Labour Party is officially established, at a meeting in the Congregational Memorial Hall in London.
