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Dr. Henry A. Rowland of Johns Hopkins University discovers the cause of the Earth's magnetism.

Second Boer War: Boers attack Ladysmith, South Africa, killing over 1000.

United States President William McKinley places Alaska under military rule.

The first through train runs from Cairo to Khartoum.

Influenza strikes London.

The United States Senate accepts the Anglo-German treaty of 1899 in which the United Kingdom renounces its claims to the Samoan islands.

George Griffin is the first Australian to be killed in the Boer War.

Brigham H. Roberts is refused a seat in the United States House of Representatives because of his polygamy.

The U.S. takes Wake Island, an important cable link between Hawaii and Manila.

Yaqui Indians in Texas proclaim independence from Mexico.