COLONIAL. Rebellion and mutiny in Russia. Dec. 21. Telegraphic order of the new Government to Lord Selborne to suspend the importation of Chinese labourers published. Dec. 22. Strikes and revolts in Russia renewed. Dec. 25-Jan. 1. Severe fighting in Moscow. 1906. Jan. 10. Convention between China and Japan published. Jan. 16. First meeting of the International Conference at Algeciras on Moroccan affairs. An Agreement arrived at, April 7. Jan. 17. M. Fallières elected President of the French Republic (assumes office Feb. 18). Jan. 27. Lord Cromer opens the railway between Port Sudan and the Nile. Jan. 29. Death of King Christian IX. of Denmark. Accession of King Frederick VIII. Feb. 20. The Mikado invested with the Order of the Garter by Prince Arthur of Connaught at Tokio. PRIME MINISTERS. Jan. 1. Aliens Act comes into force. Jan. 8. Parliament dissolved. Jan. 12. General Election in Great Britain and Ireland commences. Estimated results: Liberals, 387; Labour Members, 41; Irish Nationalists, 84; Conservatives and Unionists, 158; Majority of Liberals and Allies, 354. Feb. 19. Parliament meets. PART II. SUMMARIES. SECTION A. SUMMARIES WHICH EXTEND MORE OR LESS OVER THE WHOLE COURSE OF THE HISTORY. SECTION B. SUMMARIES WHICH BELONG TO SPECIAL PERIODS. SECTION A. SUMMARIES WHICH EXTEND MORE OR LESS OVER THE V. 1661-1881. Section A, Church; Section B, Noncon The Northmen in England, (1) 787-897; (2) 907-937; (3) 980-1017 The Union of Normandy and England, 1002-1071 Struggle between the Kings and the Feudal Nobility, 1074-1174 329 331 332 Laws, Codes, and Charters up to the time of the Great Charter, c. 600-1215 The Hundred Years' War between England and France, 1338-1453 332 332 334 336 336 337 338 340 342 343 345 349 |