8 January 1901Paris Oil Concession MeetingWilliam Knox D'Arcy
Meets Antoine Kitabgi in Paris and agrees in principle to seek a Persian petroleum concession.
Historical records for Great Britain in 1901, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.
Meets Antoine Kitabgi in Paris and agrees in principle to seek a Persian petroleum concession.
Victoria collapses at Osborne House
Death of Victoria, at Osborne House, longest & oldest British monarch
Appoints his cousin Kaiser Wihelm II of Germany as a Field-Marshal in the British Army
Lunches with Herbert Gladstone to discuss seats for himself as a Liberal MP
Smith-Dorrien withstands Botha's night attack at Chrissiesmeer and retains control of his position.
Churchill makes his maiden speech in the House of Commons
Offers terms that Boer leaders reject.
Receives active diplomatic support from British minister Sir Arthur Hardinge during negotiations in Tehran.
Receives a sixty-year concession granting extensive rights to explore, produce, transport and market Persian petroleum.
Accepts exclusion of five northern Persian provinces from the concession to reduce conflict with Russian interests.
Agrees cash, share and sixteen-percent profit terms with the Persian government under the oil concession.
Armstrong is killed during the intense fighting between Dixon's column and Boer commandos at Vlakfontein.
Dixon reorganizes his force after the Boer charge at Vlakfontein and recovers the captured guns.
Carden takes command of HMS Immortalité, the seagoing tender to Wildfire at Sheerness.
As captain of Immortalité, Carden performs seagoing tender duties for the Sheerness flagship establishment.
Condemns British methods in South Africa as barbarism.
Scott is given overall command, and is promoted to the rank of Commander before Discovery sailed for the Antarctic
Scott is given overall command, and is promoted to the rank of Commander before Discovery sailed for the Antarctic. Despite an almost total lack of Antarctic or Arctic experience within the 50-strong party, there was very little special training in equipment or techniques before the ship set sail
The Discovery sets sail from the Isle of Wight
Discovery sails from Cowes on the British National Antarctic Expedition under Scott's command
Signs the Boxer Protocol while Britain is still fighting in South Africa.
The protocol orders the execution of 10 high-ranking officials linked to the outbreak and other officials who were found guilty for the slaughter of Westerners in China
Sandeman rallies C Squadron of the 17th Lancers as Smuts's commando attacks their exposed camp from several directions.
Kekewich directs the defence of his camp at Moedwil and is wounded during the Boer attack.
Is mortally wounded during Botha's victory.
The Discovery arrives in New Zealand
The Discovery sets sail from Lyttleton, New Zealand
Williams commands the Imperial Yeomanry camp at Groenkop when De Wet launches a surprise Christmas attack.
Boer leaders sign the Pretoria Convention restoring Transvaal self-government.
Links fortified positions with extensive wire barriers intended to restrict commando movement.
Builds blockhouses to restrict Boer commando movement.
Expands removal of captured Boer fighters to overseas prisoner camps to prevent their return to the field.
Reviews camp administration as disease and mortality create growing criticism of British policy.
Reports suffering in British concentration camps.
Expands camps for Boer civilians and African refugees.
Appointed by Scott as Second Lieutenant to the Polar Expedition
Joins Scott's Discovery Expedition, his first Antarctic expedition
Joins Scotts expedition, the team fail to reach the Pole because of scurvey
Author of the Factory Acts
Intensifies clearance of farms and supplies intended to deny support to Boer commandos.
Publication of "First Men in the Moon"
Invents the proces of hydrogenation
Invents the vacuum cleaner
Publication of "Kim"
Appointed Chairman of the LRC
Support for the LRC is boosted by the Taff Vale Case, a dispute between strikers and a railway company that ended with the union being ordered to pay £23,000 damages for a strike
The acquiescence to the Taff Vale Case of the Conservative Government to business interests (traditional allies of the Liberal Party in opposition to the Conservative's landed interests) intensified support for the LRC against a government that appeared to have little concern for workers
Uses sweeping columns to push Boer commandos toward fortified lines and defended railways.
Guides Liverpool to the club's first Football League title.
Appointed Member of London County Council
Expands mobile mounted columns to pursue Boer commandos across large areas of the Transvaal.
Maintains intermittent contact with Boer leaders while military pressure continues against remaining commandos.
Develops an application for extensive petroleum rights in Persia after discussions with Kitabgi.
Extends fortified lines along railways to secure communications and divide guerrilla operating areas.
Author of the Factory Acts
Resigns from the Conservatives & joins the Liberals on the issue of free trade
Uses farm burning and camps to undermine Boer commandos.
Leads mobile sweeps against Boer commandos.
Support for the LRC is boosted by the Taff Vale Case, a dispute between strikers and a railway company that ended with the union being ordered to pay £23,000 damages for a strike
The Taff Vale judgement effectively made strikes illegal since employers could recoup the cost of lost business from the unions
The acquiescence to the Taff Vale Case of the Conservative Government to business interests (traditional allies of the Liberal Party in opposition to the Conservative's landed interests) intensified support for the LRC against a government that appeared to have little concern for workers
Establishes the temperature dependence of electron emission from heated metals, foundational for vacuum-tube electronics.
Serves as a leading physicist at the new University of Birmingham.
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