February 23 » Second Boer War: During the Battle of the Tugela Heights, the first British attempt to take Hart's Hill fails.
April 2 » The United States Congress passes the Foraker Act, giving Puerto Rico limited self-rule.
May 24 » Second Boer War: The United Kingdom annexes the Orange Free State.
June 21 » Boxer Rebellion. China formally declares war on the United States, Britain, Germany, France and Japan, as an edict issued from the Empress Dowager Cixi.
July 29 » In Italy, King Umberto I of Italy is assassinated by the anarchist Gaetano Bresci.
November 7 » The People's Party is founded in Cuba.
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