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Germany claims Ruanda and Urundi as a joint colony adjacent to German East Africa
The French exile the queen of Madagascar and claim the island as a French colony
To accommodate the increasing number of children, the Queen’s School is rebuilt on three storeys
The British burn Benin City in a punitive expedition after members of a British delegation are murdered
The first Zionist Congress is held in Basel with Theodor Herzl in the chair
Diamond Jubilee bonfires and fireworks all round Briain celebrate Victoria's sixty years on the throne
Turbinia, powered by the newly invented Parsons steam turbine, breaks the speed record when Queen Victoria reviews her fleet
Somerset Maugham publishes his first novel, Liza of Lambeth, based on the London life he has observed as a medical student
Adolph Ochs, a new proprietor of The New York Times, coins the slogan 'All the News That's Fit to Print'
English author Bram Stoker publishes Dracula, his gothic tale of vampirism in Transylvania
British physician Ronald Ross identifies the Anopheles mosquito as the carrier of malaria
Rachmaninov's First Symphony has a disastrous premiere in St Petersburg, probably caused by the incompetence of Glazunov as conductor
Richmond Golf Club is established at Sudbrook Park
Germany passes the first of four Fleet Acts, reflecting the determination of Alfred von Tirpitz to build a navy equal to that of Britain
Martinus Beijerinck publishes proof that tobacco mosaic disease is caused by an infectious agent smaller than a bacterium, for which he uses the name 'virus'
Émile Zola sends an open letter to the French president, headed 'J'accuse!', drawing attention to the injustice done to Alfred Dreyfus
Charlotte Perkins Gilman publishes Women and Economics, developing the feminist theme in US cultural and political life
The National Consumers' League, headed by Florence Kelley, fights for improved conditions in the US factories making consumer goods
The US battleship Maine is blown up in Havana harbour, sparking off the Spanish-American War
The Cunard family, then living close by at Orleans House, buy the Marble Hill estate for £36,000 with the intention of creating a housing estate.
The Hawaiian islands are made a US territory, five years after American involvement in the overthrow of the ruling dynasty
Russian forces seize the strategically important Chinese harbour known in the west as Port Arthur
The Philippines declare independence from the colonial power, Spain, with whom they are at war
British chemists William Ramsay and Morris Travers isolate the element c
Henry James moves from London to Lamb House in Rye, Sussex, which remains his home for the rest of his life
