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John William Wilson Inglethorpe

Male 1898 - 1900  (1 year)


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   Date  Event(s)
1 1898 
  • 1898—1898:
    First photograph using artificial light
  • 1898—1898:
    Zeppelin builds airship
  • 1898—1898:
    Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company founded
  • 17 Mar 1898—17 Mar 1898:
    USS Holland launched, the first practical submarine
  • 27 Jun 1898—27 Jun 1898:
    The first solo circumnavigation of the globe completed at Rhode island by Joshua Slocum in Spray (started from Boston, Mass on Apr 24, 1895)
2 1899 
  • 6 Mar 1899—6 Mar 1899:
    Aspirin first marketed by Bayer
  • 11 Oct 1899—11 Oct 1899:
    Start of Second Boer War
  • 11 Oct 1899—31 May 1902:
    SA - The Second Anglo-Boer War.
  • 13 Oct 1899—1899:
    SA - Boers invade Natal
  • 14 Oct 1899—1899:
    SA - Sieges of Mafeking and Kimberley started.
  • 20 Oct 1899—1899:
    SA - Battle of Talana.
  • 21 Oct 1899—1899:
    SA - Battle of Elandslaagte.
  • 30 Oct 1899—1899:
    SA - Battle of Lombard's Kop.
  • 30 Oct 1899—1899:
    SA - Siege of Ladysmith started.
  • 23 Nov 1899—1899:
    SA - Battle of Belmont.
  • 25 Nov 1899—1899:
    SA - Battle of Graspan.
  • 28 Nov 1899—1899:
    SA - Battle of Modder River.
  • 10 Dec 1899—1899:
    SA - Battle of Stormberg.
  • 11 Dec 1899—1899:
    SA - Battle of Magersfontein.
  • 15 Dec 1899—1899:
    SA - Battle of Colenso. Battle of Dundee. Imperial Penny Postage adopted by Cape Colony
3 1900 
  • 1900—1900:
    School leaving age in Britain raised to 14 years
  • 1900—1900:
    Central Line opens in London: underground is electrified
  • 1900—1900:
    Escalator shown at Paris exhibition
  • 6 Jan 1900—1900:
    SA - Boers attack Ladysmith.
  • 23 Jan 1900—24 Jan 1900:
    SA - Battle of Spion Kop.
  • 5 Feb 1900—1900:
    SA - Battle of Vaal Krantz.
  • 9 Feb 1900—9 Feb 1900:
    Davis Cup tennis competition established
  • 15 Feb 1900—1900:
    SA - Relief of Kimberley.
  • 27 Feb 1900—27 Feb 1900:
    Labour Party formed
  • 28 Feb 1900—1900:
    SA - Ladysmith relieved.
  • 7 Mar 1900—1900:
    SA - Battle of Poplar Grove.
  • 13 Mar 1900—1900:
    SA - Bloemfontein captured.
  • 11 Jun 1900—1900:
    SA - Battle of Diamond Hill. Burning of farms (scorched earth) policy authorised in July / August. Amalgamation of Union and Castle Steamship Lines.

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