Part 107

+-------+---------------------+---------------------+---------------------+ |=A. D.=| =United States= | =Spain and Portugal=| =Great Britain= | +-------+---------------------+---------------------+---------------------+ | | | |1873. Payment of | | | |1874. Alfonso XII., |Alabama claims to the| | | |king. |United States. | | | | | | | =1875=| |1875. Civil war. | | | | | |1876. Queen Victoria | | |1877. R. B. Hayes, | |proclaimed Empress of| | |president. | |India. | | =1880=| | | | | |1881. James A. | | | | |Garfield, president. | |1882. Attempt on life| | |President Garfield |1883. Sagasta again |of Queen Victoria. | | |assassinated, July |minister. | | | |2d; Chester A. | | | | |Arthur, president. | | | | | | | | | |1885. Grover | | | | |Cleveland, president.| |1887. Queen’s | | | | |Jubilee. | | |Apache Indian War. | | | | | | | | | |1889. Benjamin |1889. Trial by jury |1889. Great labor | | |Harrison, president. |first put in force. |strikes. | | | | | | | |Johnstown flood. |Accession of Carlos | | | | |I. to Portuguese | | | | |throne on death of | | | | |his father, Luis I. | | | | | | | | =1890=|1890. McKinley tariff|1890. Castillo, |1890. Stanley returns| | |bill passed. |premier. |from Africa. | | | | | | | |1893. Grover |1893. War with |1893. Behring Sea | | |Cleveland, president.|Morocco. |arbitration. | | | | | | | |Chinese exclusion | |1894. Manchester ship| | |bill approved. | |canal opened. | | | | | | | |World’s Columbian ex-| | | | |position at Chicago. | | | | | | | | | |1897. William |1897. Assassination |1897. Blackwell | | |McKinley, president. |of Premier Canovas |tunnel opened. The | | | |del Castillo. Scheme |Queen’s Diamond | | | |of Cuban autonomy |Jubilee celebrated. | | | |approved. | | | | | | | | |1898. Destruction of | |1898. Death of | | |the “Maine” at | |Gladstone. Irish | | |Havana. Spanish- | |local government bill| | |American war between | |passed. Imperial | | |United States and | |penny postage goes | | |Spain. Treaty of | |into effect. | | |Paris. | | | | | | | | | |1899. Cuba is re- |1899. Death of |1899. The Boer war in| | |linquished by Spain. |Premier Canovas of |South Africa. | | |Philippines and Porto|Spain. | | | |Rico acquired. | | | | | |Spain sells the | | | =1900=|1900. Civil govern |Caroline, Pelew and |1900. Field Marshal | | |ment established in |Ladrone islands to |Roberts takes command| | |the Philippines. |Germany. |in South Africa. | | | | | | | |Chinese troubles. | | | | | | | | | |1901. Assassination | |1901. Census of the | | |of President McKinley| |Indian empire taken. | | |by the anarchist | |Death of Queen | | |Czolgosz. Capture of | |Victoria and acces- | | |Aguinaldo. Death of | |sion of Edward VII. | | |ex-President | | | | |Harrison. | | | | | | | | | |1902. Cuban indepen- |1902. Alfonso XIII., |1902. The British- | | |dence under Platt |king. |Japanese alliance | | |amendment. President | |signed. Boer war | | |Roosevelt recommends | |ended. Marquis of | | |the purchase of the | |Salisbury resigns as | | |Panama Canal company.| |premier. | | | | | | | |1903. Panama Canal | |1903. King Edward | | |treaty signed with | |visits the king of | | |Colombia. Commercial | |Italy. Irish land | | |treaty with China | |bill passed the | | |signed. Independence | |Houses of Parliament.| | |of Panama recognized.| | | | | | | | | |1904. Great Baltimore|1904. Death of ex- |1904. Col. Young- | | |fire. U. S. Senator |Queen Isabella at |husband enters Tibet.| | |Burton convicted of |Paris. | | | |malfeasance in | | | | |office. St. Louis | | | | |exposition opened. | | | | | | | | | |1905. Protocol with |1905. Attempted |1905. Resignation of | | |Santo Domingo. |assassination of the |Lord Curson as vice- | | | |king in Paris. |roy of India. | | | | | | | |1906. Riot at |1906. King Alfonso |1906. King Edward | | |Brownsville, Texas. |married to Princess |visits Paris. | | |The president visited|Victoria of England. | | | |Panama. Great earth- | | | | |quake at San Francis-| | | | |co. | | | | | | | | | |1907. Philippine |1907. King and queen |1907. King Edward and| | |assembly opened. |visit England. |Emperor Francis | | | | |Joseph meet at Ischl.| | | | | | | |1908. Voyage of the | |1908. Asquith, | | |Pacific fleet to | |premier. | | |Asiatic waters. | | | | | | | | | |1909. Tariff revised.| | | | | | | | | =1910=|1910. Elections re- |1910. Spain recalled |1910. Death of King | | |sult in great |its envoy to the |Edward VII. Accession| | |Democratic gains. |vatican. |of George V. | | | | | | | | |Portugal becomes a | | | | |republic. | | | | | | | | |1911. Extra session |1911. Further crea- |1911. King George | | |of Congress called by|tion of religious |formally opens the | | |President Taft. Cana-|orders prohibited. |British Parliament. | | |dian reciprocity bill| | | | |passed. | | | | | | | | | |1912. Tariff revision| |1912. King George re-| | |begun by Congress. | |turns from Durbar, in| | | | |India. Steamship | | | | |“Titanic” sinks with | | | | |appalling loss of | | | | |life. | | | | | | | |1913. Democratic |1913. Continued |1913. Colonies aid | | |Party comes into |Strife between |policy of Naval Ex- | | |power. Parcels Post |Royalists and Re- |pansion. | | |System inaugurated. |publicans. | | | |Woodrow Wilson in- | | | | |augurated president. |Attempted assassina- | | | | |tion of King Alfonso.| | | | | | | | |=Greatest European War in History begins with the British Empire,| | |France, Russia, Belgium, Japan, Servia, Italy, Portugal and | | |Roumania on one side, and Germany, Austria-Hungary, Turkey and | | |Bulgaria on the other.= | | | | | | | |1914. Anti-trust |1914. Portuguese |1914. King George | | |legislation begun in |cabinet resigns, |urges mutual conces- | | |Congress. Declares |Bernardino Machado, |sions in Irish Home | | |neutrality in the |premier. Portugal |Rule controversy. | | |European war. New |supports the Triple | | | |regional banking sys-|Entente. |Wages war on the | | |tem goes into opera- | |Teutonic Alliance as | | |tion. Panama Canal | |a member of Triple | | |officially opened. | |Entente. | | | | | | | |1915. American pro- |1915. The Spanish |1915. War Council | | |tectorate established|cabinet resigns. |created to direct the| | |over Haiti. La |Spain maintains |policies of the Al- | | |Follette Seaman’s Act|strict neutrality in |lies in the European | | |passed by Congress. |European war. |war. Gigantic war | | |Diplomatic inter- | |loans strain British | | |changes with Germany | |finances. The British| | |concerning rights of | |blockade of the | | |neutral ships. | |Central Powers only | | |Carranza government | |partially successful.| | |in Mexico recognized | | | | |by the United States.| | | | | | | | | |1916. Year of great |1916. Martial law is |1916. British and | | |industrial and com- |declared throughout |French forces compel-| | |mercial activity and |Spain on account of |led to withdraw from | | |high prices. Woodrow |the widespread rail- |operations against | | |Wilson re-elected |way strike. |the Dardanelles with | | |President. | |disastrous losses. | | | | |Rebellious uprising | | |Woman suffrage a pro-| |in Ireland suppressed| | |nounced political | |by military force. | | |power. Santo Domingo | |Home Rule agitation | | |passes under the | |continues. Asquith | | |military rule of the | |cabinet overthrown, | | |United States. Presi-| |and David Lloyd | | |dent sends a military| |George made premier | | |force into Mexico. | |with practically dic-| | | | |tatorial powers. | | | | | | | |1917. Famous “Peace |1917. Seventh attempt|1917. Great Britain | | |Note” issued to the |made upon the life of|rejects the peace | | |nations of the world |King Alfonso. |overtures of the | | |by President Wilson. | |Central Powers. | | | | | | | |Rupture with Germany,| |Sends envoys, headed | | |and diplomatic rela- | |by ex-premier | | |tions severed. | |Balfour, to United | | | | |States for an Allied | | |War declared by the | |War Council. | | |United States on Ger-| | | | |many, and war loan of| | | | |seven billion dollars| | | | |passed by Congress. | | | +-------+---------------------+---------------------+---------------------+