May 05 Anit-Jewish rioting in Kiev Ukraine

May 21 US Nation Lawn Tennis Association is formed

May 10 Lighthouse on Ameland begins operation

May 08 Henry Morton Stanley signs contract with Congolian monarch

May 16 World's first elec tram goes into service in Lichterfelder (near Berlin)

May 24 Canadian ferry Princess Victoria sinks near London Ontario, 200 die

May 21 American Red Cross founded by Clara Barton

May 25 The birth of Bela Bartok, Hungarian composer

May 12 Tunisia becomes a French protectorate

May 24 The Canadian ferry Princess Victoria sinks near London, Ontario, killing 200 passengers

May 17 Frederick Douglass appointed recorder of deeds for Washington DC

May 12 Treaty of Bardo, Tunisia becomes a French protectorate

May 02 Portage La Prairie Manitoba, Canadian Pacific Railway starts building its prairie section of track; first sod turned for the CPR as a company line; first rail also laid at Fort William.

May 17 Revised version of New Testament

Jan 28 Battle at Laing's Neck Natal Boers beat superior powered British

Jan 01 Dr John H Watson is introduced to Sherlock Holmes

Jan 01 Dr John H Watson is introduced to Sherlock Holmes

Jan 02 Frederick Varley painter, born at Sheffield England; he was a founding member of Canada's "Group of Seven" artists

Jan 02 Frederick Varley painter, born at Sheffield England; he was a founding member of Canada's "Group of Seven" artists

Jan 26 Union of Baptists Communities forms in Foxholl

Jan 18 The birth of Gaston Gallimard, French publisher

Feb 26 SS Ceylon begins first round-the-world cruise from Liverpool

Feb 16 In Montreal Quebec George Stephen signs charter and incorporates Canadian Pacific Railway and in 2001 the company said it will break up into it's parts

Feb 19 Kansas becomes first state to prohibit all alcoholic beverages

Feb 05 Phoenix, Arizona, is incorporated as a city.

Feb 15 Canadian Pacific Railway Act receives the Royal Assent. A Royal Charter pursuant to the Act was granted on February 16th - this incorporated the company. The principal terms provided for the payment to the railway of a subsidy of $25,000,000 and 25,000,000 acres of land, plus the railways (Port Arthur-Selkirk-Winnipeg-Emerson and Port Moody-Savona) already contracted for by the government, upon their completion.

Feb 26 Natal British troops under General-Major Colley occupy Majuba Hill

Feb 01 US Assay Office in St Louis MO authorized

Feb 07 Battle at Ingogo, Transvaal Boers beat superior British forces

Feb 24 De Lesseps' Company begins work on Panama Canal

Feb 27 Battle at Amajuba, South Africa Boers vs British army under General Colley

Feb 04 The birth of Fernand Leger, French painter.

Apr 11 River ferry "Princess Victoria" sinks in Thames River Ont, 180 die

Apr 23 The opera "Patience or Bunthorne's Bride" is produced (London)

Apr 05 Transvaal regains independence under British suzerainty

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