Young Churchill: Prisoner and Fugitive (TRIH ep 241, part 3)
1899 · Resource
This episode of The Rest Is History (hosts Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook) focuses on Winston Churchill's early imperial career and his rise to fame during the Second Boer War. The hosts recap Churchill's background, previous campaigns (including Omdurman), his early books (notably The River War and My Early Life), and his unsuccessful first run for parliament in Oldham.
On these timelines: The Rest Is History (podcast), Resources: Combined
Around 1899
- Russo-Japanese War (1904)
- Boxer Rebellion (1899)
- Dreyfus Affair (1894)
- Adolf Hitler (1889)
- Pop music: the 1900s (1900)
- Van Gogh's The Starry Night (1889)
- Mao Zedong (1893)
- Federation of Australia (1901)
- Einstein's miracle year (Annus Mirabilis) (1905)
- Picasso's Les Demoiselles d'Avignon (1907)