Event:
Lord Salisbury grants Cecil Rhodes charter for BSA Company
Cecil Rhodes History:
April 4, 1902 - Cecil Rhodes scholarship fund forms with $10 million
March 26, 1902 - Cecil Rhodes, Prime Minister of Cape Colony 1890 - 1896 dies at 48
January 6, 1896 - Cecil Rhodes resigns as premier of Cape colony
September 13, 1890 - Cecil Rhodes' colonies hoist Union Jack in Mashonaland and Salisbury
September 12, 1890 - Cecil Rhodes' colonies reach Mashonaland (Ft. Salisbury)
August 14, 1890 - Cecil Rhodes' colonies reach Mashonaland (Fort Victoria)
August 1, 1890 - Cecil Rhodes' colonies reach Lundi
July 17, 1890 - Cecil Rhodes becomes premier of Cape colony
June 27, 1890 - Cecil Rhodes' colonies attack Motlousi at Matabeleland
October 29, 1889 - Queen Victoria grants Cecil Rhodes rights to Zambezia
October 30, 1888 - Ndebele-king Lobengula grants Cecil Rhodes, Mashonaland 100 pounds per month
July 5, 1853 - Cecil Rhodes, born in Hertfordshire, England, British Statesman, Prime Minister of Cape Colony 1890 - 1896
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1966 National Organization of Women founded
1964 Star of India and other jewels are stolen in New York
1945 1st ball point pen goes on sale, 57 years after it is patented
1942 Alaska highway completed
1929 Black Tuesday, Stock Market crashes triggers Great Depression
