12 March 1896Capture of Great BritainRobert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil Salisbury, 3rd
French ambition in the Nile lead Salisbury to order Britain to reoccupy the Sudan
Historical records for Great Britain in 1896, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.
French ambition in the Nile lead Salisbury to order Britain to reoccupy the Sudan
Begins the Anglo-Egyptian advance designed to recover the Sudan from Mahdist control.
Files a patent for "Improvements in Transmitting Impulses"
Files a patent for "Improvements in Transmitting Impulses"
Defeats a Mahdist force at Firket and clears the way for the advance toward Dongola.
Leads an Angloian force which begins to reconquer the Sudan
Captures Dongola
Consolidates British and Egyptian control of the Dongola region after the campaign's first major advance.
Russia disclosed a plan to seize Constantinople if Britain intervenes in Crete
Establishes Akasha as a forward logistical base for the opening phase of the reconquest.
Appointed Archbishop of Canterbury
Appointed Archbishop of Canterbury
Makes railway construction central to supplying troops, guns and stores during the Sudan advance.
Strengthens rail, river and depot arrangements before pushing the campaign farther south.
Becomes the first Arsenal player to represent his country at senior international level.
Establishes the world's first hospital radiology department at Glasgow Royal Infirmary.
Is honoured in Glasgow for fifty years as Professor of Natural Philosophy.
Becomes Liverpool manager and builds the club into league champions.
Birmingham's mayoral office is elevated to the dignity of Lord Mayor.
Does military service with the Malakand Field Force in Indias north-western frontier
Marries Haakon VII, King of Norway
The NAU collapses in 1896 but is resurrected as the National Union of Agricultural and Allied Workers in 1906
Uses river steamers alongside the railway to sustain the Anglo-Egyptian army moving south.
Appointed Poet Laureate
Helps suppress the Matabele uprising in Rhodesia
Appointed President of the Royal Academy
Appointed President of the Royal Academy
Publication of "Salome"
Ramsay oversees Aston Villa's second league title during the 1895/96 season.
Devey leads the attack as Villa claims its second league championship.
Publication of "The Wheels of Chance". Publication of "The Island of Doctor Moreau"
Publication of "The Rodney Stone"
Publication of "The Wheels of Chance". Publication of "The Island of Doctor Moreau"
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