Relief of Mafeking
Time: Friday May 18, 1900
Place: Mafeking, South Africa
Details: The Relief of Mafeking on 18 May 1900 provoked riotous celebrations in Britain, the origin of the Edwardian slang word "mafficking".
‹ Earlier in historyThe First successes of the Boer guerrilla strategyMay, 1900 Later in history ›Orange Free State was annexed and renamed the Orange River ColonyMonday May 28, 1900
Best-effort ordering. Some events may appear out of order since many are only known to the year, but they are usually around the same period.
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Thursday Oct 12, 1899 - South Africa
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Friday May 18, 1291 - Acre
Ottoman Empire-Great Siege of Malta
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German revolutions of 1848–1849-Frankfurt National Assembly was convened
Thursday May 18, 1848 - Central Europe (Present-Day Frankfurt, Germany)
Adolf Hitler-Black Wound Badge
Saturday May 18, 1918 - Germany
Pope John Paul II-Birth
Tuesday May 18, 1920 - Wadowice, Poland
Charles de Gaulle-De Gaulle was reinforced by two fresh regiments
Saturday May 18, 1940 - France
Brunei revolt-A patrol of 1/7 Gurkhas Were Guided To a Camp In The Mangrove
Saturday May 18, 1963 - Brunei
Edward VIII-Queen Elizabeth II visited the Windsors
Thursday May 18, 1972 - France
Nuclear Power-First nuclear weapon test in India
Saturday May 18, 1974 - India
Falklands War-The Final British negotiating position was presented to Argentina
Tuesday May 18, 1982 - Argentina
Zinedine Zidane-Debut with Cannes
Thursday May 18, 1989 - Cannes, France
1989 Tiananmen Square protests-Li Peng Met With Students For The First Time
Thursday May 18, 1989 - Beijing, China
Angelina Jolie-True Women
Sunday May 18, 1997 - United States
World Trade Organization-World Trade Organization Ministerial Conference of 1998
Monday May 18, 1998 - Geneva, Switzerland
Second Chechen War-Seven servicemen were killed when Russian border guard posts
Tuesday May 18, 1999 - Dagestan, Russia
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Friday May 18, 2007 - France
2008 Sichuan earthquake-The Giving of Love
Sunday May 18, 2008 - Beijing, China
Vodafone-JSE Limited
Monday May 18, 2009 - Sandton, Johannesburg, South Africa
Qasem Soleimani-Soleimani was sanctioned again
Wednesday May 18, 2011 - Syria
International Monetary Fund-Dominique Strauss-Kahn resigned
Wednesday May 18, 2011 - United States
Nokia-Microsoft Mobile sold its Nokia-branded feature phone business to HMD Global
Wednesday May 18, 2016 - Espoo, Finland
Mass Shootings in the United States-Santa Fe High School Shooting
Friday May 18, 2018 - Santa Fe, Texas, U.S.
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Sunday May 18, 1692 - Wantage
May 1900
Joseph Stalin-May day 1900
Tuesday May 1, 1900 - Tiflis, Tiflis Governorate, Caucasus Viceroyalty, Russian Empire Or Georgia
Second Boer War-The First successes of the Boer guerrilla strategy
May, 1900 - South Africa
Second Boer War-Orange Free State was annexed and renamed the Orange River Colony
Monday May 28, 1900 - South Africa
1900
Vladimir Lenin-Iskra
1900 - Pskov, Russian Empire
Albert Einstein-The Federal Polytechnic teaching diploma
1900 - Kingdom of Württemberg, German Empire, Germany
FIFA World Cup-Olympic Sport
1900 - Switzerland
Pablo Picasso-1st Trip to Paris
1900 - Paris, France
The Wright brothers-To Kitty Hawk
1900 - Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, U.S.
Xinhai Revolution-The Foreign Invasion of Beijing
1900 - China
Marie Curie-Curie became The First Woman Faculty Member at The École Normale Supérieure
1900 - Paris, France
Second Boer War-The Largest force Britain had ever sent overseas
Jan, 1900 - South Africa
Second Boer War-Second phase of war
1900 - South Africa
Cameras-Brownie
1900 - U.S.
Nikola Tesla-Tesla lived at the Waldorf Astoria
1900 - New York City, New York, U.S.
Second Boer War-Battle of Spion Kop
Tuesday Jan 23, 1900 - Ladysmith, South Africa
Second Boer War-British troops captured the summit by surprise
Wednesday Jan 24, 1900 - Ladysmith, South Africa
Winston Churchill-Churchill briefly rejoined the army as a lieutenant in the South African Light Horse regiment
Jan, 1900 - South Africa
Second Boer War-Roberts launched his main attack
Saturday Feb 10, 1900 - South Africa
Second Boer War-Battle of the Tugela Heights
Wednesday Feb 14, 1900 - Colenso, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Second Boer War-Cavalry division under Major General John French launched a major attack to relieve Kimberley
Wednesday Feb 14, 1900 - Kimberley, South Africa
Second Boer War-Pincer movement involving both French's cavalry and the main British force attempted to take the entrenched position
Saturday Feb 17, 1900 - South Africa
Second Boer War-Battle of Paardeberg
Sunday Feb 18, 1900 - Paardeberg Drift, South Africa
Second Boer War-Buller used all his forces in one all-out attack for the first time and at last succeeded in forcing a crossing of the Tugela
Monday Feb 26, 1900 - Colenso, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Second Boer War-Siege lasting
Tuesday Feb 27, 1900 - Ladysmith, South Africa
Second Boer War-Final phase of war
Mar, 1900 - South Africa
Second Boer War-Battle of Poplar Grove
Wednesday Mar 7, 1900 - Poplar Grove, South Africa
Second Boer War-Roberts then advanced into the Orange Free State from the west, putting the Boers to flight at the Battle of Poplar Grove and capturing Bloemfontein
Tuesday Mar 13, 1900 - South Africa
Second Boer War-Lord Roberts proclaimed an amnesty for all burghers, except leaders
Thursday Mar 15, 1900 - South Africa
Second Boer War-Sanna's Post
Saturday Mar 31, 1900 - Bloemfontein, South Africa
Hot Dog-The use of the complete phrase hot dog in reference to sausage
1900 - New York, U.S.
Eiffel Tower-1900 Exposition Universelle
1900 - Paris, France
W. E. B. Du Bois-Paris Exhibition of 1900
Saturday Apr 14, 1900 - Grand Palais, Petit Palais, Paris Métro in Paris, France
Joseph Stalin-May day 1900
Tuesday May 1, 1900 - Tiflis, Tiflis Governorate, Caucasus Viceroyalty, Russian Empire Or Georgia
Second Boer War-The First successes of the Boer guerrilla strategy
May, 1900 - South Africa
Second Boer War-Orange Free State was annexed and renamed the Orange River Colony
Monday May 28, 1900 - South Africa
Second Boer War-The Capital was captured
Tuesday Jun 5, 1900 - Pretoria, South Africa
Audrey Hepburn-Mother Ella
Tuesday Jun 12, 1900 - Velp, Gelderland, Netherlands
Carter G. Woodson-Woodson was selected as the principal of Douglass High School
1900 - Huntington, West Virginia, U.S.
Nikola Tesla-The Problem of Increasing Human Energy
Jun, 1900 - New York City, New York, U.S.
Martin Bormann-Born
Sunday Jun 17, 1900 - Wegeleben, Germany (Then Prussia)
Nobel Prize-Forming the Nobel Foundation
Friday Jun 29, 1900 - Stockholm, Sweden
Josip Broz Tito-Primary school at Kumrovec
Jul, 1900 - Kumrovec, Croatia-Slavonia, Austria-Hungary (Now Croatia)
Second Boer War-General Archibald Hunter set out from Bloemfontein
Jul, 1900 - Bloemfontein, South Africa
W. E. B. Du Bois-Du Bois attended the First Pan-African Conference
Monday Jul 23, 1900 - London, England, United Kingdom
Wind turbine-Large spread in Denmark
1900 - Denmark
Xinhai Revolution-The Independence Army Uprising
Thursday Aug 23, 1900 - China
Second Boer War-Broke the last defensive position
Sunday Aug 26, 1900 - South Africa
Second Boer War-British were nominally in control of both Republics, with the exception of the northern part of Transvaal
Sep, 1900 - South Africa
Second Boer War-Roberts declared the war
Monday Sep 3, 1900 - South Africa
Winston Churchill-Churchill rented a flat in London's Mayfair
1900 - London, England, United Kingdom
Winston Churchill-Churchill stood again as one of the Conservative candidates
Oct, 1900 - Oldham, England, United Kingdom
The Wright brothers-First tests
Wednesday Oct 3, 1900 - Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, U.S.
Heinrich Himmler-Birth
Sunday Oct 7, 1900 - Munich, Germany
Xinhai Revolution-Sun Yat-sen Ordered The Launch of The Huizhou Uprising
Monday Oct 8, 1900 - Huizhou, Guangdong, China
Winston Churchill-Churchill published Ian Hamilton's March
Oct, 1900 - England, United Kingdom
Second Boer War-Christiaan de Wet returned to the Orange Free State
Nov, 1900 - South Africa
Second Boer War-De la Rey and Christiaan Beyers attacked and mauled a British brigade at Nooitgedacht
Dec, 1900 - South Africa
W. E. B. Du Bois-Du Bois emerged as a spokesperson for his race
1900 - U.S.