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The British gain exclusive rights to oil exploration in Kuwait.
Yuan Shikai, provisional president of the Chinese Republic after the resignation of Sun Yat-sen, dissolves the parliament and takes dictatorial powers. When Yuan dies in 1916, political chaos sweeps China and warlordism ensues.
Ethiopian king Menelik II dies.
4 March Woodrow Wilson becomes president of the United States.
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