Monday, April 1, 1901. Aguinaldo consents.

Emilio Aguinaldo, Prisoner of War and formerly the president of the Philippine Republic, signed an oath of allegiance to the United States.

General Leonard Wood, the American military governor of Cuba, refused to certify the selection of Alfredo Zayas y Alfonso as the Mayor of Havana in spite of his having been chosen by the city council in a 12–10 vote.

Scottish laborers walked off the job seeking an eight hour day.

British Governor of Northern Nigeria Sir Frederick Lugard outlawed the future purchase or sale of slaves, the return of a runaway slave to his master.

Currently enslaved people and concubines were not freed and could continue to be sold.

It was Holy Monday on the new calendar.

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Saturday, March 30, 1901. Boer captures.

Labels: 1900s, 1901, Art, Boer War, Easter

Saturday, March 23, 1901. Capturing Aguinaldo.

A small part of troops, including Filipino collaborators, captured Emilio Aguinaldo after deploying a ruse causing the collaborators to be admitted into Aguinaldo's camp.

The insurrection was already winding down, but Aguinaldo's capture would accelerate that.

Russia chose not to enforce a law which conscripted protesting students, which indeed would have been a bad move.  

A law requiring the conscription of military age politicians and their children in the even of armed conflict lasing more than a week, however, would be a great idea.

France banned the sale of alcohol in overseas military posts.

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Thursday, March 21, 1901. Surrenders on Panay.

Labels: 1900s, 1901, boats and ships, British Antarctic Expedition, Maine, Nikola Tesla, Philippine Insurrection, Solar Energy

Wednesday, March 6, 1901. Funston departs on a special mission.

Basing the mission on an intelligence report, Col. Frederick Funston, one of the most interesting military figures of his era, left with 88 men from Manila Bay on board the USS Vicksburg to seek out Emilio Aguinaldo.

Kaiser Wilhelm II was badly injured when assaulted by Diedrich Weiland in Bremen.

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Monday, March 4, 1901. McKinley's second inaugural.

Labels: 1900s, 1901, Economics, Philippine Insurrection, Spanish American War, Taxes, the spoken word, William McKinley

Thursday, September 6, 1900. Emilio Aguinaldo set up his headquarters at Palanan.

Emilio Aguinaldo set up his headquarters at Palanan, on the eastern side of Luzon.

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Monday, September 3, 1900. Labor Day, 1900.

Labels: 1900, 1900s, Ethnicities, Hague Convention, Labor Day, Missouri (St. Louis), Racism, South Carolina, South Carolina (Charleston), South Carolina National Guard

Monday, November 13, 1899. Guerilla warfare.

The Filipino Army commenced guerilla warfare against U.S. forces.

Aguinaldo retired from Bayambang, through the mountainous to Calasiao, Pangasinan with his wife, son, mother sister, and some Cabinet members

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Sunday, November 12, 1899. Ending conventional armed resistance.

Labels: 1890s, 1899, Filipino Army, Philippine Insurrection