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1900
 
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The faction founded in Bohemia by Tomas Masaryk becomes known as the Progressive party      
1900
 
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Paul Kruger flees after the British take Pretoria and annexe both the Boer republics      
1900
 
    
Puerto Ricans are granted limited democracy in a bill of rigfhts introduced after two years of US military occupation       
1900
 
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The Conservatives win an increased majority during the Boer War, in what becomes known as the 'khaki election'      
1900
 
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Keir Hardie is returned to parliament for Merthyr Tydfil, beginning a long and close link between the Labour party and Wales.       
1900
 
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The relief of Mafeking ends a long siege which brings fame to the British commander of the garrison, Robert Baden-Powell       
Baden-Powell at Mafeking, 1900
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1900
 
   
Hostility to foreign intrusion erupts in China with the Boxer Rising      
1900
 
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The British government assumes direct responsibility for the entire region of Nigeria, previously entrusted to a commercial company      
1900
 
     
The Irish Parliamentary Party, which split after the Parnell divorce case, reunites under the leadership of John Redmond        
1900
 
   
In the US presidential election William McKinley wins a second term on a simple platform, promising 'the full dinner pail'