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The British burn Benin City in a punitive expedition after members of a British delegation are murdered
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
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
Émile Zola sends an open letter to the French president, headed 'J'accuse!', drawing attention to the injustice done to Alfred Dreyfus
The US battleship Maine is blown up in Havana harbour, sparking off the Spanish-American 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
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
Chekhov's The Seagull, directed by Konstantin Stanislavsky, succeeds at the Moscow Art Theatre
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
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
