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 1899 - 1899 (0 years)
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| 1 | 1899 | - 1899: Germany - German Naval expansion begins
- 1899: South Africa - Boer War begins and lasts three years, sparked when Englishman dies in Boer police custody. Scandalous British concentration camps cause many deaths of woman and children
- 1899: Australia - Unification of Australia as Commonwealth
- 1899: UK - Judges again declare trade unions illegal
- 1899: UK - J.S. Thurman patents the motor-driven vacuum cleaner.
- 1899: UK - I.R. Johnson patents the bicycle frame.
- 1899: UK - Education is now compulsory to age 12. 1 in 8 receives education after age 14
- 1899: NL - De Transvaalse Oorlog breekt uit in Zuid-Afrika
- 20 Jan 1899: About 2000 Doukhobors arrive in Halifax, Nova Scotia. They are a Christian group of Russian origin who continue to live today in south-eastern British Columbia and Saskatchewan.
- 21 Jun 1899: CA - Treaty No. 8 cedes much of northern Alberta to the federal government
- 18 Sep 1899: CA - The new City Hall building opens in Toronto.
- 4 Oct 1899: CA - First Canadian troops sent to an overseas war (Boer War)
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