Amundsen Base Reconnaissance
Pennell's shipboard party gathers direct information about the Norwegian expedition at the Bay of Whales.
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February
Amundsen Expedition Encounter
Pennell's shipboard party meets members of the Norwegian expedition.
Fram Encounter at Bay of Whales
Campbell is aboard Terra Nova when the ship unexpectedly encounters Amundsen's Fram at the Bay of Whales.
Fram Found at Bay of Whales
Terra Nova reaches the Bay of Whales and finds Amundsen's Fram.
Labour Leadership Election
Is elected leader of the Parliamentary Labour Party.
Parliamentary Labour Party Leadership
Succeeds George Barnes as Labour's principal Commons spokesman.
Party Leader
Appointed Party Leader of the Labour Party, 2nd term
Constitution of Great Britain
Threatens to topple the Government if the Lords veto is not abolished
Lords Veto Campaign
Links Irish parliamentary support to constitutional reform.
Parliament Act Pressure
Presses the Liberal government to remove the Lords' permanent veto.
One Ton Depot Established
One Ton Depot is established on the Ross Ice Shelf during the 1911 depot-laying journey.
One Ton Depot Established
Scott establishes One Ton Depot at about 79 degrees 29 minutes south.
One Ton Depot Stores
Bowers helps organise and leave the food, fuel and fodder cached at One Ton Depot.
Southern Supply Depot Laid
The depot is placed north of the originally intended latitude.
Cape Adare Base Established
The six-man party prepares to winter and conduct scientific work.
Northern Party Landed
Terra Nova lands Campbell's Northern Party at Cape Adare.
Northern Party Landing
Leads the Northern Party landed at Cape Adare.
Northern Party Lands at Cape Adare
Priestley lands with Campbell's six-man Northern Party to begin geological work from Cape Adare.
Constitution of Great Britain
Introduces the Parliament Bill to the House of Commons. Admits that Edward VII had not promised to create new Peers to reform the Lords
Parliament Bill Introduction
Introduces the Parliament Bill in the House of Commons.
Black Friday
Accounts are published of police confrontation outside the Commons with Suffragettes
Demonstrations
The WSPU claim police act under Churchills instructions during Black Friday. Accounts are published of police confrontation outside the Commons with Suffragettes
Antarctic Geological Fieldwork
Maps rock formations and glacial features west of McMurdo Sound.
Election
Claims that Edward VII had promised to create new peers to reform the House of Lords
McMurdo Sound Survey
Directs surveys of valleys, glaciers and mountain formations.
One Ton Depot
Depot work supports the coming polar attempt.
Western Geological Expedition
Leads the western party during geological exploration in Victoria Land.
Western Geological Survey
Taylor leads geological exploration of the western mountains and Dry Valleys during the first Western Party journey.
Western Geological Work
Studies geology with Taylor's Western Party.
Western Geological Work
Works with the Western Party in McMurdo Sound.
Western Mountains Survey
Conducts geological fieldwork with the western exploration party.
March
Devolution
Proposes Britain be divided into 10 with a local administration & elected assembly
Peerage Creation
Continues directing War Office reform after entering the peerage.
Viscount Haldane
Is created Viscount Haldane of Cloan.
April
Census Protest
Hides overnight in Parliament during the national census.
House of Commons Cupboard Protest
Records the House of Commons as her census residence.
WSPU
Davison hides in a cupboard in the Palace of Westminster overnight so that on the census form she could legitimately give her place of residence that night as the "House of Commons", Tony Benn Member of Parliament placed a plaque there to commemorate the event
First Western Party Returns
Taylor returns from the first Western Party journey after extended geological fieldwork west of McMurdo Sound.
Western Party Returns
Taylor and his companions complete the first Western Party journey by returning across the sea ice to Cape Evans.
Agadir Crisis
A rebellion breakss out In Morocco against the Sultan, Abdelhafid. by April the Sultan is besieged in his palace in Fez and the French prepare troops to help put down the rebellion under the pretext of protecting European lives and property
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