[ 24 January 1901 ]
By January 1901, British troops had been engaged for over a year in a prolonged military campaign in South Africa to quell an insurgency by elusive Boer rebels who were demanding greater independence.
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THE TELEGRAPH BACKS HITLER’S MURDEROUS CRACKDOWN ON HIS POLITICAL OPPONENTS. [ 1 March 1933 ] The burning down of the German Reichstag (parliament) on the night of 27 February 1933 was blamed on ‘red terror.’ The arson may well have been instigated by the Nazis, but the incident gave Hitler the opportunity he hungered for…
CHINESE DESTROY BRITISH OPIUM WHICH LEADS TO THE FIRST OPIUM WAR. 3 June 1839 – Lin Zexu, an imperial commissioner of Qing China, orders the destruction of illegal opium imports which was being shipped by British traders. China had banned the import of opium in 1800 but until 1839, traders had been able to purchase…
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