the Paknam Fort, that guards the Chao Phraya River. Three months later, Siam is forced to cede modern day Laos to France. Frederick Jackson Turner gives a lecture titled "The Significance of the Frontier in American History" before the American Historical Association in Chicago. Scottish Association football club Dundee F.C. is formed. July 25 – The Corinth Canal is completed in Greece. August 15 – The Ibadan area becomes a British protectorate, after a treaty signed by Fijabi, the Baale of Ibadan with the British acting Governor of Lagos, George C. Denton. August 27 – The Sea Islands hurricane hits Savannah, Georgia, Charleston, South Carolina, and the Sea Islands, killing 1,000–2,000. September 1 – William Ewart Gladstone's Government of Ireland Bill 1893, intended to give Ireland self-government, is rejected by the U.K. Parliament. September 7 Under pressure of a general strike, the Belgian Federal Parliament enacts general multiple suffrage. Russian monitor Rusalka sinks in a storm in the Gulf of Finland, with the loss of all 177 crew; her hulk is eventually discovered in 2003 off Helsinki. Genoa Cricket & Athletic Club, the oldest Italian football club, is formed. September 11 – The World Parliament of Religions opens as an adjunct to the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago; Bengali Hindu monk Swami Vivekananda receives a standing ovation for his address in response to his welcoming. September 12 – American Temperance University begins classes in Harriman, Tennessee (it closes after 15 years, in May 1908). September 16 – Settlers make a land run for prime land in the Cherokee Strip in Oklahoma. September 19 Swami Vivekananda delivers an inspiring speech on his paper at the World Parliament of Religions in Chicago. New Zealand becomes the first country in the world to grant women the right to vote. September 21 – Brothers Charles and Frank Duryea drive the first gasoline-powered motorcar in America, on public roads in Springfield, Massachusetts. September 23 – The Baháʼí Faith is first publicly mentioned in the United States, at the World Parliament of Religions in Chicago. September 27 – The World Parliament of Religions holds its closing meeting in Chicago. September 28 – The Portuguese sports club Futebol Clube do Porto is founded. October–December October 10 – The first car number plates appear in Paris, France. October 13 The first students enter St Hilda's College, Oxford, England, founded for women by Dorothea Beale. The Franco-Siamese Treaty of