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1881
Dec 28
1900
Age: 17y
| 1900 • Boxer Rebellion: Foreign diplomats in Peking, China, demand that the Boxer rebels be disciplined. |
1910
Age: 27y
| 1910 • The Vatican introduces a compulsory oath against modernism, to be taken by all priests upon ordination. |
1917
Age: 34y
| 1917 • WWI: First Battle of Gaza: British Egyptian Expeditionary Force troops virtually encircle the Gaza garrison but are then ordered to withdraw, leaving the city to the Ottoman defenders. |
1954
Feb 9
Age: 72y
| 1954 • English composer Benjamin Britten’s chamber opera version of The Turn of the Screw receives its world premiere at the Teatro La Fenice in Venice, Italy. |