![]() ![]() The Entente Cordiale is signed between the UK and France.Smith announces the Second Manifesto in General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, ending in fact the practice of plural marriage which had continued to be practiced by many of its leaders in violation of the 1890 Manifesto officially banning the practice. March 31 – British expedition to Tibet – Battle of Guru: British troops under Colonel Francis Younghusband defeat ill-equipped Tibetan troops.March 26 – 80,000 demonstrators gather in Hyde Park, London, to protest against the importation of Chinese labourers to South Africa by the British government.March 4 – Russo-Japanese War: Russian troops in Korea retreat toward Manchuria, followed by 100,000 Japanese troops. ![]() March 3 – Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany becomes the first person to make a political recording of a document, using Thomas Edison's cylinder.February 28 – Sport Lisboa e Benfica is founded in Portugal.February 23 – For $10 million, the United States gains control of the Panama Canal Zone.On May 28 a revised version opens in Brescia to huge success. February 17 – Puccini's opera Madama Butterfly, with a background theme of Japan–United States relations, debuts at La Scala in Milan to no great acclaim.February 10 – Roger Casement publishes his account of Belgian atrocities in the Congo.February 8– 9 – Battle of Port Arthur: A surprise Japanese naval attack on Port Arthur (Lüshun) in Manchuria starts the Russo-Japanese War. ![]()
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