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1897

22 June

Diamond Jubilee of Queen Victoria

1899

8 September

10,000 British troops are sent to Natal, South Africa, signalling the start of the Boer War.

1900

17 May

Town of Mafeking relieved by British forces, the most important symbolic event of the Boer War.

1901

22 January

Death of Queen Victoria, the longest-reigning monarch in British history, having ascended the throne in 1837

1902

31 May

Boer War formally ends following the signing of an armistice at Vereeniging.

9 August

Coronation of King Edward VII


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