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Kitchener - Historical Events
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
1896-09-21 |
General Kitchener's army occupies Dongola Sudan |
1897-08-31 |
General Kitchener occupies Berber, North of Khartoum |
1898-09-01 |
Lord Kitchener's troops attack Omdurman, Sudan |
1898-09-02 |
Battle of Omdurman: Lord Kitchener retakes Sudan for Britain |
1898-09-06 |
Lord Kitchener destroys Mahdi's tomb in Omdurman |
1898-09-10 |
Lord Kitchener's ships sails from Kartoum to Fashoda |
1898-09-18 |
Lord Kitchener's ships reach Fashoda, Sudan |
1900-01-10 |
Lord Roberts & Lord Kitchener reach Capetown |
1900-11-29 |
General Horatio Kitchener assumes command of the British forces in South Africa from General Lord Roberts |
1900-12-19 |
Kitchener offers protections to all Boers who will surrender and asks the Dutch community of Pretoria to convey this offer, but leaders in the field refuse to surrender; although organised military operations are largely over, the guerrilla war continues |
1901-02-26 |
British general Kitchener confers with Boer general Louis Botha about peace conditions, which break down over the question of amnesty for some Boers |
1910-03-12 |
Stanley Cup: Montreal Wanderers beat Berlin (Kitchener), 7-3 |
1912-02-27 |
Lord Kitchener opens Khartoum-El Obeid (Nyala) railway |
1914-08-04 |
WWI: Field Marshal Lord Kitchener becomes British Minister of War after British declaration of war on Germany |
1914-08-07 |
Lord Kitchener says "Your country needs you" poster spreads over UK |
1914-09-01 |
Lord Kitchener arrives in Paris |
1995-04-29 |
Longest sausage ever, at 28.77 miles, made in Kitchener, Ontario |
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Kitchener - Notable Birthdays
Kitchener - Birthdays
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
1850-06-24 |
Horatio Herbert Kitchener, County Kerry, Ireland, commander of the British forces during Anglo-Boer War |
1850-06-24 |
Lord Kitchener, Gen'l Sir Herbert Kitchener |
1906-12-10 |
Walter Zinn, Kitchener Ontario, Canadian-American Nuclear-Physicist (invented the breeder reactor) |
1919-02-24 |
Earl Kitchener of Khartoum |
1922-04-18 |
Lord Kitchener, Mustard Bath |
1927-02-14 |
Lois Maxwell, Kitchener Ontario, actress (Miss Moneypenny) |
1929-07-10 |
Moe Norman, Kitchener Ont, Canadian Tour golfer (1966 Quebec Open) |
1950-09-18 |
Darryl Sittler, Kitchener Ontario, Canadian ice hockey player |
1959-03-30 |
Daniel Seifried, Kitchener Ont, Canadia Tour golfer (1981 Thunder Bay) |
1962-04-22 |
David Wettlaufer, Kitchener Ont, golfer (Ontario Beefeater-1986, 87) |
1964-04-01 |
Scott Stevens, Kitchener, NHL defenseman (NJ Devils, Team Canada) |
1965-01-21 |
Brian Bradley, Kitchener, NHL center (Tampa Bay Lightning) |
1966-12-12 |
Jim Sandlak, Kitchener, NHL right wing (Vancouver Canucks) |
1971-05-26 |
Steven Rice, Kitchener, NHL right wing (Hartford Whalers) |
1978-09-25 |
Laura Nicholls, Kitchener Ontario, 50m swimmer (Olympics-96) |
1980-02-23 |
Yvonne Tousek, Kitchener Ontario, gymnistic (Olympics-96) |
1980-07-29 |
Ryan Braun, Kitchener, Onatrio, Canadian baseball player (Los Angeles Angels) |
Kitchener - Deaths
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
1916-06-05 |
Horatio H Kitchener, British General (Sudan), drowns at 65 |
1916-06-05 |
Lord Kitchener, Gen'l Sir Herbert Kitchener |
2000-02-11 |
Lord Kitchener, Mustard Bath |
