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The Sudan begins half a century of supposedly joint rule by Britain and Egypt
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
Mohammed ibn Abdullah (the Mad Mullah in British eyes) leads an uprising in British Somaliland
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
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
Ranjitsinhji becomes the first cricketer to score 3000 runs in a single season
E. Nesbit publishes The Story of the Treasure Seekers, introducing the Bastable family who feature in several of her books for children
Giacomo Puccini's Tosca brings in the new century with a January premiere in Rome
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
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'
Enrique Granados completes the ten piano pieces forming his Danzas españolas
Keir Hardie is returned to parliament for Merthyr Tydfil, beginning a long and close link between the Labour party and Wales.
The relief of Mafeking ends a long siege which brings fame to the British commander of the garrison, Robert Baden-Powell
Hostility to foreign intrusion erupts in China with the Boxer Rising
Charles Stewart Rolls wins the Automobile Club's Thousand Mile Trial in a 12 horse-power Panhard
The British government assumes direct responsibility for the entire region of Nigeria, previously entrusted to a commercial company
Jean Sibelius's Finlandia stirs national instincts in Helsinki
The Irish Parliamentary Party, which split after the Parnell divorce case, reunites under the leadership of John Redmond
