Second Boer War · British Empire
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Enero
41 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1912 The Scout Association is incorporated throughout the British Empire by royal charter.
61 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1900 Second Boer War: Having already besieged the fortress at Ladysmith, Boer forces attack it, but are driven back by British defenders.
131 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1815 War of 1812: British troops capture Fort Peter in St. Marys, Georgia, the only battle of the war to take place in the state.
171 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1852 The United Kingdom signs the Sand River Convention with the South African Republic.
221 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1941 World War II: British and Commonwealth troops capture Tobruk from Italian forces during Operation Compass.
231 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1900 Second Boer War: The Battle of Spion Kop between the forces of the South African Republic and the Orange Free State and British forces ends in a British defeat.
241 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1900 Second Boer War: Boers stop a British attempt to break the Siege of Ladysmith in the Battle of Spion Kop.
291 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1856 Queen Victoria issues a Warrant under the Royal sign-manual that establishes the Victoria Cross to recognise acts of valour by British military personnel during the Crimean War.
302 hechos ·
acontecimiento · 1908 Indian pacifist and leader Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi is released from prison by Jan C. Smuts after being tried and sentenced to two months in jail earlier in the month.
1 más ese día
fallecimiento · 1948 Mahatma Gandhi, leader of the Indian independence movement against British rule (born 1869)
Febrero
61 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1922 The Washington Naval Treaty is signed in Washington, D.C., limiting the naval armaments of United States, Britain, Japan, France, and Italy.
71 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1900 Second Boer War: British troops fail in their third attempt to lift the Siege of Ladysmith.
141 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1900 The British Army begins the Battle of the Tugela Heights in an effort to lift the Siege of Ladysmith.
171 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1854 The United Kingdom recognizes the independence of the Orange Free State.
181 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1900 Second Boer War: Imperial forces suffer their worst single-day loss of life on Bloody Sunday, the first day of the Battle of Paardeberg.
191 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1819 British explorer William Smith discovers the South Shetland Islands.
233 hechos ·
acontecimiento · 1900 Second Boer War: During the Battle of the Tugela Heights, the first British attempt to take Hart's Hill fails.
2 más ese día
acontecimiento · 1909 The AEA Silver Dart makes the first powered flight in Canada and the British Empire.
acontecimiento · 1854 The official independence of the Orange Free State, South Africa is declared.
272 hechos ·
acontecimiento · 1900 Second Boer War: In South Africa, British military leaders receive an unconditional notice of surrender from Boer General Piet Cronjé at the Battle of Paardeberg.
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acontecimiento · 1902 Second Boer War: Australian soldiers Harry "Breaker" Morant and Peter Handcock are executed in Pretoria after being convicted of war crimes.
Marzo
31 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1939 In Bombay, Mohandas Gandhi begins a hunger strike in protest at the autocratic rule in British India.
71 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1902 Second Boer War: Boers, led by Koos de la Rey, defeat the British at the Battle of Tweebosch.
101 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1922 Mahatma Gandhi is arrested in India, tried for sedition, and sentenced to six years in prison, only to be released after nearly two years for an appendicitis operation.
121 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1930 Mahatma Gandhi begins the Salt March, a 200-mile march to the sea to protest the British monopoly on salt in India.
131 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1900 British forces occupy Bloemfontein, Orange Free State, during the Second Boer War.
181 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1922 In India, Mohandas Gandhi is sentenced to six years in prison for civil disobedience, of which he serves only two.
301 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1885 The Battle for Kushka triggers the Panjdeh Incident which nearly gives rise to war between the Russian and British Empires.
Abril
61 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1930 At the end of the Salt March, Gandhi raises a lump of mud and salt and declares, "With this, I am shaking the foundations of the British Empire."
121 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1877 The United Kingdom annexes the Transvaal.
162 hechos ·
acontecimiento · 1919 Mohandas Gandhi organizes a day of "prayer and fasting" in response to the killing of Indian protesters in the Jallianwala Bagh massacre by the British colonial troops three days earlier.
1 más ese día
celebración · Emancipation Day (Washington, D.C., United States)
251 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1829 Charles Fremantle arrives in HMS Challenger off the coast of modern-day Western Australia prior to declaring the Swan River Colony for the British Empire.
Mayo
81 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1933 Mohandas Gandhi begins a 21-day fast of self-purification and launched a one-year campaign to help the Harijan movement.
191 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1900 Second Boer War: British troops relieve Mafeking.
241 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1900 Second Boer War: The United Kingdom annexes the Orange Free State.
311 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1902 Second Boer War: The Treaty of Vereeniging ends the war and ensures British control of South Africa.
Junio
41 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1970 Tonga gains independence from the British Empire.
51 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1900 Second Boer War: British soldiers take Pretoria.
81 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1772 Alexander Fordyce flees to France to avoid debt repayment, triggering the credit crisis of 1772 in the British Empire and the Dutch Republic.
Julio
11 hecho ·
celebración · Emancipation Day (Sint Maarten and Sint Eustatius)
141 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1942 In the Wardha session of Congress, the "Quit India" resolution is approved, authorising Mahatma Gandhi to campaign for India's independence from Britain.
211 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1832 Signing of the treaty of Constantinople between Britain, France, Russia and the Ottoman Empire, which outlines the borders of the new kingdom of Greece.
222 hechos ·
acontecimiento · 1833 The Slavery Abolition Act passes in the British House of Commons, initiating the gradual abolition of slavery in most parts of the British Empire.
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acontecimiento · 1880 Abdur Rahman is proclaimed emir of Afghanistan after having been accepted as ruler by the British.
251 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1755 British governor Charles Lawrence and the Nova Scotia Council order the deportation of the Acadians.
Agosto
12 hechos ·
celebración · Emancipation Day is commemorated in many parts of the former British Empire, which marks the day the Slavery Abolition Act 1833 came into effect which abolished chattel slavery in the British Empire:
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acontecimiento · 1834 Slavery is abolished in the British Empire as the Slavery Abolition Act 1833 comes into force, although it remains legal in the possessions of the East India Company until the passage of the Indian Slavery Act, 1843.
41 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1914 World War I: In response to the German invasion of Belgium, Belgium and the British Empire declare war on Germany. The United States declares its neutrality.
81 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1942 Quit India Movement is launched in India against the British rule in response to Mohandas Gandhi's call for swaraj or complete independence.
121 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1914 World War I: France, the United Kingdom and the British Empire declare war on Austria-Hungary.
141 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1947 Pakistan gains independence from the British Empire as the Dominion of Pakistan, due to the partition of India.
221 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1894 Mahatma Gandhi forms the Natal Indian Congress (NIC) in order to fight discrimination against Indian traders in Natal.
281 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1833 The Slavery Abolition Act 1833 receives royal assent, making the purchase or ownership of slaves illegal in the British Empire with exceptions.
Septiembre
21 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1752 Great Britain, along with its overseas possessions, adopts the Gregorian calendar.
31 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1879 Siege of the British Residency in Kabul: British envoy Sir Louis Cavagnari and 72 men of the Guides are massacred by Afghan troops while defending the British Residency in Kabul. Their heroism and loyalty became famous and revered throughout the British Empire.
171 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1901 Second Boer War: A Boer column defeats a British force at the Battle of Blood River Poort.
241 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1932 Mahatma Gandhi and B. R. Ambedkar agree to the Poona Pact, which reserved seats in the Indian provincial legislatures for the "Depressed Classes" (Untouchables).
Octubre
22 hechos ·
nacimiento · 1869 Mahatma Gandhi, Indian freedom fighter, activist and philosopher (died 1948)
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celebración · Gandhi's birthday-related observances:
51 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1900 Peace congress in Paris condemns British policy in South Africa and asserts Boer Republic's right to self-determination.
111 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1899 The Second Boer War erupts in South Africa between the British-ruled Cape Colony, and the Boer-ruled Transvaal and Orange Free State.
211 hecho ·
celebración · Trafalgar Day (the British Empire in the 19th and early 20th century)
241 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1860 Convention of Peking: The Second Opium War formally comes to a close, with Qing China ceding Kowloon in perpetuity to the victorious British Empire.
Noviembre
11 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1856 The British Empire declare war on Iran following Naser al-Din Shah's capture of Herat.
21 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1899 The Boers begin their 118-day siege of British-held Ladysmith during the Second Boer War.
51 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1914 World War I: France and the British Empire declare war on the Ottoman Empire.
71 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1900 Second Boer War: The Battle of Leliefontein takes place, during which the Royal Canadian Dragoons win three Victoria Crosses.
111 hecho ·
nacimiento · 1867 Shrimad Rajchandra, a Jain philosopher, spiritual mentor of Mahatma Gandhi (died 1901)
131 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1995 Mozambique becomes the first state to join the Commonwealth of Nations without having been part of the former British Empire.
153 hechos ·
acontecimiento · 1899 Second Boer War: Battle of Chieveley, a British armored train is ambushed and partially derailed. British lose the battle, with 80 soldiers captured, along with war correspondent Winston Churchill.
2 más ese día
fallecimiento · 1949 Narayan Apte, Indian activist, assassin of Mahatma Gandhi (born 1911)
fallecimiento · 1949 Nathuram Godse, Indian assassin of Mahatma Gandhi (born 1910)
271 hecho ·
nacimiento · 1798 Andries Pretorius, Boer leader after whom Pretoria was named, Prime Minister of the Natalia Republic (died 1853)
281 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1899 The Second Boer War: A British column is engaged by Boer forces at the Battle of Modder River; although the Boers withdraw, the British suffer heavy casualties.
301 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1707 Queen Anne's War: The second Siege of Pensacola comes to end with the failure of the British Empire and their Creek allies to capture Pensacola, Spanish Florida.
Diciembre
11 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1834 Slavery is abolished in the Cape Colony in accordance with the Slavery Abolition Act 1833.
31 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1959 The current flag of Singapore is adopted, six months after Singapore became self-governing within the British Empire.
111 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1899 Second Boer War: In the Battle of Magersfontein the Boers commanded by general Piet Cronjé inflict a defeat on the forces of the British Empire commanded by Lord Methuen trying to relieve the Siege of Kimberley.
151 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1899 British Army forces are defeated at the Battle of Colenso in Natal, South Africa, the third and final battle fought during the Black Week of the Second Boer War.
161 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1880 Outbreak of the First Boer War between the Boer South African Republic and the British Empire.
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