June 11 » The Hundred Days' Reform, a planned movement to reform social, political, and educational institutions in China, is started by the Guangxu Emperor, but is suspended by Empress Dowager Cixi after 104 days. (The failed reform led to the abolition of the Imperial examination in 1905.)
August 13 » Carl Gustav Witt discovers 433 Eros, the first near-Earth asteroid to be found.
August 29 » The Goodyear tire company is founded.
September 2 » Battle of Omdurman: British and Egyptian troops defeat Sudanese tribesmen and establish British dominance in Sudan.
October 1 » The Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration is founded under the name k.u.k. Exportakademie.
November 5 » Negrese nationalists revolt against Spanish rule and establish the short-lived Republic of Negros.
Day of death May 26, 1914
The temperature on May 26, 1914 was between 5.5 °C and 14.1 °C and averaged 9.9 °C. There was 8.5 mm of rain. There was 3.0 hours of sunshine (19%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from August 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
July 4 » The funeral of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie takes place in Vienna, six days after their assassinations in Sarajevo.
July 11 » Babe Ruth makes his debut in Major League Baseball.
August 2 » The German occupation of Luxembourg during World War I begins.
August 5 » World War I: The guns of Point Nepean fort at Port Phillip Heads in Victoria (Australia) fire across the bows of the Norddeutscher Lloyd steamer SSPfalz which is attempting to leave the Port of Melbourne in ignorance of the declaration of war and she is detained; this is said to be the first Allied shot of the War.
August 24 » World War I: The Battle of Cer ends as the first Allied victory in the war.
October 27 » First World War: The new British battleship HMS Audacious is sunk by a minefield laid by the armed German merchant-cruiser Berlin.
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