1874
Arrest of Harry von Arnim
Count Arnim is arrested after the discovery of a plot to replace Bismarck by him
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Count Arnim is arrested after the discovery of a plot to replace Bismarck by him
Approves a revised boundary agreement with Bolivia governing taxes in the disputed nitrate region.
Britain captures the Fiji Islands
Appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer
Graduates with a degree in Civil Rights and Canonical Law
Serrano becomes dictator
A new constitution reduced the presidential term and revised the federal political structure.
Graduates with a degree in Civil Rights and Canonical Law
The Catholic Centre increases its seats because of hatred of the May Laws. Catholics rally around the Centre Party which increases its vote from 63 to 91 seats
The Conservatives win a majority of 83, its 1st majority since 1841. The Conservatives win 350 seats to the Liberals 302 seats
Gladstone promises to abolish income tax!. Election riots in Dudlet, Hanley & Wolverhampton
The Liberals receive a majority of the votes in each of the constituent countries of the United Kingdom and 189,000 more votes nationally than the Conservatives but obtain a minority of seats in the House of Commons. A Conservative victory becomes certain
The Conservatives win a majority of 83. The Conservatives win 350 seats to the Liberals 302 seats
The Holstein-Holsteinborg Government ends in Copenhagen, concluding this term as Council President of Denmark.
The Third de Theux Government ends in Brussels, concluding this period as head of the Belgian government.
Appointedpecial Naval Envoy to Russia
Begins the First Jules Malou Government in Brussels and serves as head of the Belgian government.
Begins the Fonnesbech Government in Copenhagen and serves as Council President of Denmark.
Appointed Foreign Minister, 2nd term
Disraeli forms a new ministry
Serrano becomes dictator
Appointed Home Secretary
Gladstone promises to abolish income tax!
Eduard Kullmann attempts to assassinate Bismarck with a pistol, but only hits his hand, Kullmann names the church laws as the reason why he had to shoot Bismarck
Eduard Kullmann attempts to assassinate Bismarck with a pistol, but only hits his hand, Kullmann names the church laws as the reason why he had to shoot Bismarck
Further May Laws against the Ultramontane clergy provoking Pius IX to annul them
Passes the Conscription Act for all levels of Russian Society. Men are liable to service at the age of 20 with each district providing a quota
Appointed President of Argentina
Frias begins a second presidential period after Ballivian's death.
Takes office during the fragile postwar republican period.
Begins a one-year term as President of the Swiss Confederation.
Appointed Prime Minister of Great Britain, 2nd term
Apppointed Prime Minister of Spain
Passes the Conscription Act for all levels of Russian Society. Men are liable to service at the age of 20 with each district providing a quota
Conscription comes into effect
Castelar resigns from office
Minghetti resigns from office but the King refuses to accept
France assumes a protectorate over Annam
End of the agricultural strike in eastern England
Agricultural strike in eastern England
Janssen uses his photographic revolver during the transit of Venus to record a rapid sequence of solar images.
Birth of Ernest Henry Shackleton, County Clare, Ireland
Birth of Henri Guisan
Birth of Johann Schober
Birth of William Somerset Maughan
Birth of Winston Churchill, Blenheim Palace, family estate near Woodstock, Oxfordshire
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