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Events on February 14 in history

Siege of Ladysmith
1900Feb, 14

British forces begin the Battle of the Tugela Heights in an effort to lift the Siege of Ladysmith.

The siege of Ladysmith was a protracted engagement in the Second Boer War, taking place between 2 November 1899 and 28 February 1900 at Ladysmith, Natal.

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The Battle of Tugela (or Thukela) Heights, consisted of a series of military actions lasting from 14 February through to 27 February 1900 in which General Sir Redvers Buller's British army forced Louis Botha's Boer army to lift the Siege of Ladysmith during the Second Boer War.

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Events on 1900

  • 16Jan

    American Samoa

    The United States Senate accepts the Anglo-German treaty of 1899 in which the United Kingdom renounces its claims to the Samoan islands.
  • 24Mar

    New York City Subway

    Mayor of New York City Robert Anderson Van Wyck breaks ground for a new underground "Rapid Transit Railroad" that would link Manhattan and Brooklyn.
  • 5Apr

    Linear B

    Archaeologists in Knossos, Crete, discover a large cache of clay tablets with hieroglyphic writing in a script they call Linear B.
  • 2Jul

    Lake Constance

    The first Zeppelin flight takes place on Lake Constance near Friedrichshafen, Germany.
  • 14Jul

    Boxer Rebellion

    Armies of the Eight-Nation Alliance capture Tientsin during the Boxer Rebellion.