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1882

7.11.1882

The British Mediterranean fleet begins the Bombardment of Alexandria in Egypt as part of the 1882 Anglo-Egyptian War.

1884

1.18.1884

Dr. William Price attempts to cremate the body of his infant son, Jesus Christ Price, setting a legal precedent for cremation in the United Kingdom.

1885

3.31.1885

The United Kingdom establishes a protectorate over Bechuanaland.

1892

7.6.1892

Dadabhai Naoroji is elected as the first Indian Member of Parliament in Britain.

1893

1.13.1893

The Independent Labour Party of the UK has its first meeting.

1896

8.27.1896

Anglo-Zanzibar War: the shortest war in world history (09:00 to 09:45) between the United Kingdom and Zanzibar.

9.22.1896

Queen Victoria surpasses her grandfather King George III as the longest reigning monarch in British history.

1899

10.11.1899

Second Boer War begins: In South Africa, a war between the United Kingdom and the Boers of the Transvaal and Orange Free State erupts.

11.2.1899

The Boers begin their 118 day siege of British held Ladysmith during the Second Boer War.

1900

1.16.1900

The United States Senate accepts the Anglo-German treaty of 1899 in which the United Kingdom renounces its claims to the Samoan islands.

1.23.1900

The Battle of Spion Kop between the forces of the South African Republic and the Orange Free State and British forces during the Second Boer War resulted in a British defeat.

2.5.1900

The United States and the United Kingdom sign a treaty for the Panama Canal

2.8.1900

British troops are defeated by Boers at Ladysmith, South Africa.

2.27.1900

Second Boer War: In South Africa, British military leaders receive an unconditional notice of surrender from Boer General Piet Cronje at the Battle of Paardeberg.

3.13.1900

Second Boer War: British forces occupy Bloemfontein, Orange Free State.

5.17.1900

Second Boer War: British troops relieve Mafeking.

5.24.1900

Second Boer War: The United Kingdom annexes the Orange Free State.

6.5.1900

Second Boer War: British soldiers take Pretoria.

10.25.1900

The United Kingdom annexes the Transvaal.

1901

1.1.1901

Nigeria becomes a British protectorate.

1902

5.31.1902

Second Boer War: The Treaty of Vereeniging ends the war and ensures British control of South Africa.

1904

2.22.1904

The United Kingdom sells a meteorological station on the South Orkney Islands to Argentina, the islands are subsequently claimed by the United Kingdom in 1908.

4.8.1904

British mystic Aleister Crowley transcribes the first chapter of ''The Book of the Law''.

1910

5.6.1910

George V becomes King of the United Kingdom upon the death of his father, Edward VII.

1912

5.13.1912

The Royal Flying Corps (now the Royal Air Force) is established in the United Kingdom.

1913

1.30.1913

The United Kingdom's House of Lords rejects the Irish Home Rule Bill.

1914

8.4.1914

World War I: Germany invades Belgium. In response, the United Kingdom declares war on Germany. The United States declare their neutrality.

8.22.1914

World War I: in Belgium, British and German troops clash for the first time in the war.

11.1.1914

World War I: the first British Royal Navy defeat of the war with Germany, the Battle of Coronel, is fought off of the western coast of Chile, in the Pacific, with the loss of HMS Good Hope and HMS Monmouth.

12.25.1914

World War I: Known as the Christmas truce, German and British troops on the Western Front temporarily cease fire.

1915

3.18.1915

World War I: Massive naval attack in Battle of Gallipoli. Three battleships are sunk during a failed British and French naval attack on the Dardanelles.

10.12.1915

World War I: British nurse Edith Cavell is executed by a German firing squad for helping Allied soldiers escape from Belgium

1916

4.25.1916

Easter Rebellion: The United Kingdom declare martial law in Ireland.

4.29.1916

World War I: The British 6th Indian Division surrenders to Ottoman Forces at the Siege of Kut in one of the largest surrenders of British forces up to that point.

1917

2.24.1917

World War I: The U.S. ambassador to the United Kingdom is given the Zimmermann Telegram, in which Germany pledges to ensure the return of New Mexico, Texas, and Arizona to Mexico if Mexico declares war on the United States.

6.26.1917

The first U.S. troops arrive in France to fight alongside Britain, France, Italy, and Russia against Germany, and Austria-Hungary in World War I.

11.7.1917

World War I: Third Battle of Gaza ends: British forces capture Gaza from the Ottoman Empire.

11.20.1917

World War I: Battle of Cambrai begins – British forces make early progress in an attack on German positions but are later pushed back.

1919

4.13.1919

Jallianwala Bagh massacre: British troops massacre at least 379 unarmed demonstrators in Amritsar, India. At least 1200 wounded.

4.16.1919

Gandhi organizes a day of "prayer and fasting" in response to the killing of Indian protesters in the Amritsar Massacre by the British.

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