Fall of Khartoum
January 26, 1885
After a ten-month siege, the Mahdist army broke into Khartoum. Major-General Charles Gordon was killed on the steps of the governor's palace, reportedly while holding a pistol in one hand and a cigarette in the other. A relief column arrived two days too late. Gladstone's government never recovered from the public outrage.
In context
Also in 1885 (6 other events on record)
- Berlin Conference Partitions Africa · Africa · Politics
- Indian National Congress Founded · South Asia · Politics
- Benz's Motorwagen · Europe · Technology
- Pasteur's Rabies Vaccine · Europe · Science
- Riel Rebellion Crushed · North America · War
- Canadian Pacific Completed · North America · Technology
Before and after in Africa
- Before: 1884: Germany Claims Colonies
- After: 1886: Gold at Witwatersrand
Before and after in War
Era
Industrial Age (1801–1900), one of 513 events from that era on Saeculum.
Sources