Place: Istanbul, Ottoman Empire

The French already connected Istanbul to Paris and London with their Orient Express. But their line ended at Istanbul. The Baghdad Railway would connect the major cities in Europe to the Middle East.
On this date, The Ottoman Emperor awarded the railway to the Germans.
The railroad did get built and despite everything it survives intact to this present day. Most of the train stations are the same ones originally built a century ago.
Photo: Baghdad Train, sometime between 1900 and 1910. From the G. Eric and Edith Matson Photograph Collection in the Library of Congress.
More information: Berlin-Baghdad Railway, Trains of Turkey, The Orient Express.
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