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Zionist leader Theodor Herzl proposes to the Ottoman sultan the establishment of an independent Jewish region in Palestine.
1 January The Commonwealth of Australia is established.
3 March Filipino rebel leader Emilio Aquinaldo, who has led opposition to both the Spanish and Americans, is captured; formal civil government of the islands is established by the United States under Governor William Howard Taft.
31 May The British win sovereignty over South Africa with the Treaty of Vereeniging; the Boers win limited local rule and the promise of financial aid to repair war damage.
14 September President William McKinley is assassinated; Theodore Roosevelt becomes president.
26 September The Asante kingdom is absorbed into the Gold Coast.
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