istoryworld
All Events
Theodore Roosevelt fights against the Spanish in Cuba with a volunteer regiment of cavalry, the Rough Riders
British chemists William Ramsay and Morris Travers isolate the element neon
Winston Churchill gallops into battle with the Twenty-First Lancers at Omdurman
Chekhov's The Seagull, directed by Konstantin Stanislavsky, succeeds at the Moscow Art Theatre
Joshua Slocum reaches Newport, Rhode Island, after sailing 46,000 miles to achieve the first solo voyage round the world
British chemists William Ramsay and Morris Travers isolate the element xenon
Marie Curie and her husband Pierre isolate a new element which they name polonium in honour of her native Poland
French and British forces meet at Fashoda, in a potentially explosive incident in the scramble for Africa
US basketball becomes a professional game with the establishment in Philadelphia of the National Basketball League
5-year-old Mary Pickford plays her first professional role on stage
Kitchener's victory at Omdurman brings to an end thirteen years of rule in Sudan by followers of the Mahdi
Marie and Pierre Curie isolate the element radium, working without any protection because unaware of the danger of radioactivity
In the Treaty of Paris, ending the Spanish-American War, Spain cedes Puerto Rico and Cuba to the USA
The agreement ending the Spanish-American War includes Spain selling the Philippines to the USA for a payment of $20 million
H.G. Wells publishes his science-fiction novel The War of the Worlds, in which Martians arrive in a rocket to invade earth
Marconi launches a factory in Chelmsford, England, for the purpose of manufacturing radios ('wirelesses' in the language of the time)
English town-planner Ebenezer Howard puts forward a Utopian scheme in Tomorrow a Peaceful Path to Real Reform
Henry James publishes The Turn of the Screw in a collection of short stories
The Australian soprano Nellie Melba forms the Melba Grand Opera Company as a touring venture in the USA
John Kelly (1840-1904) designs All Saints, Petersham, in the style of a Romanesque basilica
A new theatre opens on the Green in Richmond, designed by a speciallist in theatre architecture, Frank Matcham
The Sudan begins half a century of supposedly joint rule by Britain and Egypt
The War of a Thousand Days begins in Colombia, causing eventually 100,000 deaths
Belgian racing driver Camille Jenatzy is the first to drive faster than a mile a minute, reaching 65 mph in an electric car at Achères in France
Italian inventor Guglielmo Marconi succeeds in transmitting a wireless telegraph message across the English Channel
