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  • South Africa
    Jan, 1901
    Second Boer War

    De Wet led a renewed invasion of Cape Colony

    South Africa
    Jan, 1901

    In late January 1901, De Wet led a renewed invasion of Cape Colony. This was less successful, because there was no general uprising among the Cape Boers, and De Wet's men were hampered by bad weather and relentlessly pursued by British forces. They narrowly escaped across the Orange River.




  • Augustusplatz, Leipzig, German Empire (Present day Germany)
    Jan, 1901
    Gustav Stresemann

    Completing his studies

    Augustusplatz, Leipzig, German Empire (Present day Germany)
    Jan, 1901

    Stresemann completed his studies in January 1901, submitting a thesis on the bottled beer industry in Berlin, which received a relatively high grade, but was a subject of mockery from colleagues. Stresemann's doctoral supervisor was the economist Karl Bücher.




  • Osborne, East Cowes, United Kingdom
    Tuesday Jan 22, 1901
    Edward VIII

    Death of Queen Victoria

    Osborne, East Cowes, United Kingdom
    Tuesday Jan 22, 1901

    Edward was tutored at home by Helen Bricka. When his parents traveled the British Empire for almost nine months following the death of Queen Victoria in 1901, young Edward and his siblings stayed in Britain with their grandparents, Queen Alexandra and King Edward VII, who showered their grandchildren with affection.




  • Kraków, Grand Duchy of Cracow, Austro-Hungarian Empire (Present Day Poland)
    Friday Jan 25, 1901
    Itzak Stern

    Birth

    Kraków, Grand Duchy of Cracow, Austro-Hungarian Empire (Present Day Poland)
    Friday Jan 25, 1901

    Stern was born 25 January 1901, in Kraków. He was an important leader in the Jewish community, and was the vice president of the Jewish Agency for Western Poland and a member of the Zionist Central Committee.




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