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Mohammed ibn Abdullah (the Mad Mullah in British eyes) leads an uprising in British Somaliland
US social scientist Thorstein Veblen publishes The Theory of the Leisure Class, an attack on capitalist exploitation and 'consumerism'
Marconi equips two ships to send radio reports to New York on the progress of the yachts racing for the America's Cup
The Boer War breaks out, ostensibly over the rights of British settlers in the Transvaal
Edward Elgar teases with the word 'enigma' printed at the head of his orchestral Variations on an Original Theme
Within a single 'Black Week' the British forces in South Africa suffer three defeats, at Stromberg, Magersfontein and Colenso
US Secretary of State John Hay circulates a proposal that western powers should adopt an open-to-all trading policy in China
At a retrial of Alfred Dreyfus a new court martial confirms his conviction for treason
Ten days after the court martial's verdict, Alfred Dreyfus is given a pardon by the president of France
Austrian composer Arnold Schoenberg composes the string sextet Verklärte Nacht
Ranjitsinhji becomes the first cricketer to score 3000 runs in a single season
The finding of a Homo erectus skull in Java ('Java Man', about 1.8 million years old) is the first discovery of a type of human earlier than ourselves and the Neanderthals
E. Nesbit publishes The Story of the Treasure Seekers, introducing the Bastable family who feature in several of her books for children
The Central London (Tube) Railway charges a flat rate
Paul Ehrlich describes to the Royal Society in London his side-chain theory of molecules capable of attaching to toxins and thus generating antibodies, potentially providing immunity
Giacomo Puccini's Tosca brings in the new century with a January premiere in Rome
The faction founded in Bohemia by Tomas Masaryk becomes known as the Progressive party
Isadora Duncan dances professionally for the first time in Europe in London's Lyceum Theatre
Paul Kruger flees after the British take Pretoria and annexe both the Boer republics
Puerto Ricans are granted limited democracy in a bill of rigfhts introduced after two years of US military occupation
Frank Baum introduces children to Oz, in his book The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
Scottish music-hall artist Harry Lauder makes his first London appearance at Gatti's music hall in Westminster
David Belasco's play Madame Butterfly has its premiere in New York, and is subsequently seen in London by Giacomo Puccini
The Conservatives win an increased majority during the Boer War, in what becomes known as the 'khaki election'
Charles Rennie Mackintosh and his wife exhibit together at the Sezession show in Vienna
