CHRONOLOG ICAL ence to Africa signed in Paris, August 5. Heligoland formallytransferred to Germany, August 9. Death of Cardinal Newman, August 12 (born, 1801). Death of M. Chatrian, September 3 (born, 1821)). Revolution in Manipur, September 21. M'Kinley Tariff Bill became law, October 1. Death of Sir Richard Burton, October 20 (born, 1821). Constitution of West Australia proclaimed, October 22. Financial crisis in London ; suspension of Baring Brothers averted by the help of the Bank of England and leading financial houses, November 14, 15. Decree in the divorce suit of O’Shea v. O’Shea and Parnell, November 17. Judgment by the Archbishop of Canterbury in the Bishop of Lincoln’s case, November 21. Death of King William III. of the Netherlands, November 23 (born, 1817). Letter from Mr Gladstone to Mr John Morley regarding Mr Parnell’s leadership of the Irish party, November 24. Disruption of the Irish parliamentary party, December 6. Arrival of the Cesarevitch at Bombay, December 24. Death of Dr Schliemann, December 27 (born, 1822). Death of Octave Feuillet, December 29 (aged 70). 1891. Death of A. W. Kinglake, January 2 (aged 79). Naval revolt in Chile against President Balmaceda, January 7. Death of Charles Bradlaugh, January 27 (born, 1833). Death of Meissonier, January 31 (aged 75). Death of General Sherman, February 14 (born, 1820). Tokar captured by Egyptian troops, February 19. Successes of Chilian insurgents, February 15-20. Australasian Federal Convention at Sydney opened, March 2. Death of Dr Windthorst, March 14. Reverse to British troops in Manipur, March 25. Boer trek into Mashonaland stopped, April 22. Death of Field-Marshal Count von Moltke, April 24. Manipur occupied by British expedition, April 27. Death of Sir J. Macdonald, June 6 (born, 1815). Anglo-Portuguese treaty with reference to East Africa signed at Lisbon, June 11. Regent and Senaputty of Manipur found guilty of waging war against the Queen, June 20. Triple Alliance renewed for six years, June 28. Arrival of the German Emperor and Empress in England, July 4. Free Education Bill read a third time in the Commons, July 8. Yisit of the French fleet to Kronstadt, July 23. Death of J. R. Lowell, August 12 (born, 1819). Execution of the Senaputty of Manipur, August 13. Arrival of French squadron at Spithead, August 19. Capture by Chilian insurgents of Valparaiso, August 27, and Santiago, August 31. Death of ex-President Grevy, September 9 (born, 1807). Suicide of ex-President Balmaceda, September 19. Suicide of General Boulanger, September 30 (born, 1837). Meeting of the National Liberal Federation at Newcastle-on-Tyne, October 1. Death of Mr W. H. Smith, October 6 (born, 1825). Death of Mr C. S. Parnell, October 6 (born, 1846). Mr A. J. Balfour becomes leader of the House of Commons, October 15. Severe •earthquake in Japan, October 28. Death of the Earl of Lytton, November 24 (born, 1831). Mongolian rebels defeated by Chinese, December 5. Betrothal of the Duke of Clarence to Princess May of Teck announced, December 7. 1892. Death of the Khedive Tewfik, January 7 (born, 1852). Death of the Duke of Clarence, January 14 (born, 1864). Death of Cardinal Manning, January 14 (born, 1808). Death of Mr C. H. Spurgeon, January 31 (born, 1834). Death of Professor Freeman, March 16 (born, 1823). Death of Walt Whitman, March 26 (born, 1819). Bering Sea modus vivendi ratified, April 18. Ravachol, French dynamiter, condemned to penal servitude for life for murder and conspiracy, April 26. Terrible hurricane at Mauritius, April 29. Death of Lord Bramwell, May 9 (born, 1808). Irish Local Government Bill read a second time in the Commons, May 24 (abandoned, June 13). Durham miners’ dispute settled after lasting ninety days, June 1. Ravachol sentenced to death for murder, June 23. British Parliament dissolved, June 28. Great fire at St Johns, Newfoundland, July 8. Execution of Ravachol, July 11. Archbishop of Canterbury’s decision in Bishop of Lincoln’s case upheld by the Privy Council, August 2. Meeting of Parliament, August 4. Defeat of Lord Salisbury, August 11, Mr Gladstone forming a Liberal administration. Death of J. G. Whittier, September 7 (born, 1807). Failure of companies connected with the Liberator Building Society, September 8. Behanzin, King of Dahomey, defeated by the French under Colonel Dodds, October 4. Death of Lord Tennyson, October 6 (born, 1809). Lancashire cotton strike, October 5. Mr Cleveland, Democrat, elected President of the United States, October 8. Defeat of the French Ministry in connexion with the Panama scandals, November 21. Warrants issued for arrest of Panama directors, December 16. Death of Sir Richard Owen, December 18 (born, 1804). 1893. Khedive’s anti-British Ministers dismissed, January 17. MM. Lesseps sentenced for Panama frauds by Court of Appeal, February 9. Home Rule Bill introduced in the Commons, February 13. Death of John Pettie, R.A., February 21 (born, 1839). Death of M. Taine, March 5 (born, 1828). Death of M. Jules Ferry, March 17 (born, 1832). Sir G. Portal’s mission reaches Mengo (Uganda), March 17. Panama bribery trial concluded, March 21. Australian bank failures, April 4-May 9. Hull dock strike riots, April 5. Death of Lord Derby, April 11 (born, 1826).
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Serious earthquake in Zante, April 17. Home Rule Bill passed second reading, April 21. Chicago World’s Fair opened, May 1. Hull dock strike ended, May 19. Loss of H.M.S. Victoria, June 22. Nansen’s Polar expedition started, June 24. Indian legislation fixing value of rupee, June 26. Death of Guy de Maupassant, July 4 (aged 43). Marriage of the Duke of York, July 6. French ultimatum to Siam, July 20. Great colliery strike began, July 28. French ultimatum accepted by Siam, August 1. Bering Sea award delivered, August 15. Duke of Edinburgh succeeded to duchy of Coburg, August 22. Home Rule Bill read a third time in the Commons, September 1. Featherstone strike riot, September 7. Home Rule Bill rejected by the Lords, September 8. War with the Matabele begun, October 2. Sir M. Durand’s mission at Kabul, October 2. Death of Ford Madox Brown, October 6 (born, 1821). Russian fleet at Toulon, October 13. Death of Marshal MacMahon, October 17 (born, 1808). Death of M. Gounod, October 18 (born, 1818). Decisive victory over the Matabele, November 2. Death of Peter Tschaikowsky, November 4 (aged 53). Coal strike ended, November 17. Death of Prince Alexander of Bulgaria, November 17 (born, 1857). Major Wilson and thirty-four men pursuing Lo-Bengula surrounded and killed on Shangani river, December 3. Death of John Tyndall, December 4 (born, 1820). Bomb outrage in French Chamber by Vaillant, December 9. Death of Benjamin Jowett, December 12 (born, 1817). Collision between British and French troops at Waima, West Africa, December 23. Matabeleland thrown open to prospectors, December 25. Rio bombarded by Brazilian rebels, December 28. 1894. Manchester Ship Canal opened for traffic, January 1. Serious riots in Sicily, January 2. Death of M. Waddington, January 13 (born, 1826). Jabez Balfour arrested in Argentina, January 22. Death of Sir Gerald Portal, January 25 (born, 1858). Vaillant guillotined, February 5. Bomb outrage at Terminus Cafe, Paris, February 12. Anarchist killed in Greenwich Park by bomb explosion, February 15. Death of LoBengula, February 16. Resignation of Mr Gladstone, March 3, Lord Rosebery succeeding as Prime Minister. Bomb outrage at the Madeleine, Paris, March 15. Death of Louis Kossuth, March 20 (born, 1802). Bomb explosion at Cafe Foyot, Paris, April 4. Sir W. Harcourt’s Budget introduced, April 16. Violent earthquakes in Greece, April 21-27. Mr Coxey, United States labour leader, arrested at Washington, May 2. Finance Bill second reading, May 10. Chicago railway strike begun, May 11. Bomb explosion in the Avenue Kleber, Paris, May 11. Coup d'etat in Servia, May 20. Resignation of M. Stambuloff, May 29. Death of Lord Coleridge, June 14 (born, 1821). Attempt on Signor Crispi, June 16. British Protectorate of Uganda, June 19. Prince Edward of York born, June 23. Death of Mme. Alboni, June 23 (born, 1828). President Carnot assassinated by Caserio, June 24 (born, 1837). Coal strike in Scotland, June 26. M. Casimir-Perier elected President of the French Republic, June 27. Brazil rebels finally defeated, June 27. Inter-Colonial Conference at Ottawa, June 28. Tower Bridge opened, June 30. United States railway strike ended, July 13. Death of Leconte de Lisle,July 17 (aged 75). Finance Bill third reading, July 17. Transport Kowshing sunk by Japanese, July 25. War against China declared by Japan, August 1. Discovery of gold at Coolgardie, August 9. Lord Rayleigh’s paper on argon at the British Association, August 13. Caserio executed, August 16. New commercial treaty with Japan, August 25. Death of the Comte de Paris, September 8 (born, 1838). Death of Professor Helmholtz, September 8 (aged 73). Chinese 'defeated at Ping-yang (Korea) on land, and in the battle of the Yalu by sea, September 16. Death of Oliver Wendell Holmes, October 7 (born, 1809). Death of Earl Grey, October 9 (born, 1802). Death of J. A. Froude, October 20 (born, 1818). Scottish coal strike ended, October 22. Count von Caprivi resigned, October 26. Prince Hohenlohe appointed German Chancellor, October 30. Death of Tsar Alexander III., November 1 (born, 1845), succeeded by Nicholas II. Death of John Walter, of The Times, November 3 (born, 1818). Death of Anton Rubinstein, November 20 (born, 1829). Port Arthur captured by Japanese, November 21. Death of R. L. Stevenson, December 3 (born, 1850). Death of Ferdinand Lesseps, December 7 (born, 1805). Captain Dreyfus, of the French army, condemned for treason, December 22. Death of Christina Rossetti, December 29 (born, 1830). Plague epidemic in Hong-kong, May to August. Turkish outrages on Armenians in Sassun district. 1895. Captain Dreyfus degraded, January 4. President CasimirPerier resigns, January 15. M. F41ix Faure elected President, January 17. Death of Lord Randolph Churchill, January 24 (born, 1849). Death of M. de Giers, Russian Chancellor, January 26 (born, 1820), succeeded by Prince Lobanof, February 27. Death of Marshal Canrobert, January 28 (born, 1809). Japanese naval victory off Wei-hai-wei, February 4. Death of Archduke Albrecht of Austria, February 18 (born, 1817). Mr Stokes, an Englishman, hanged in Congo State by order of Captain Lothaire,
