
:''For the film, see 1900 (film).'' 1900 is a common year starting on Monday. {| align=right cellpadding=3 id=toc style="margin-left: 15px;" |- | align="center" colspan=2 | Years:
1897 1898 1899 - 1900 - 1901 1902 1903 |- | align="center" colspan=2 | Decades:
1870s 1880s 1890s - 1900s - 1910s 1920s 1930s |- | align="center" | Centuries:
18th century - 19th century - 20th century
|} ==Events== ===January=== * January 1 - Nigeria becomes a United Kingdom protectorate * January 2 - John Hay announces the Open Door Policy to promote trade with China. * January 2 - Chicago Canal opens. * January 5 - Ireland leader John Edward Redmond calls for a revolt against United Kingdom rule. * January 6 - It is reported that millions are starving in India. * January 6 - Boers attack Ladysmith, South Africa - over 1000 people killed * January 8 - United States President William McKinley places Alaska under military rule. * January 13 - Wilhelm II of Germany declares that German is the command language in the German army * January 14 - Premier presentation of opera ''Tosca'' in Rome - actors have received death threats and nameless letters. * January 16 - The United States Senate accepts the United Kingdom-Germany treaty of 1899 in which the United Kingdom renounced its claims to the American Samoa. * January 24 - Battle of Spion Kop in Second Boer War * January 24 - The governments in London and Pretoria begin negotiations to end the Boer Wars. * January 27 - Boxer rebellion: Foreign diplomats in Peking China demand that the Boxer rebels be disciplined. * January 29 - The American League of Professional Baseball Clubs is organized in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania with 8 founding teams. * January 30 - United Kingdom forces fighting Boers in South Africa ask for reinforcements. ===February=== * February 3 - Gubernatorial candidate William Goebel is assassinated in Frankfort, Kentucky. Former-Secretary of State Caleb Powers was later found guilty in a conspiracy to kill Goebels. * February 7 - The Labour Party (UK) is formed. * February 8 - United Kingdom troops are defeated by Boers at Ladysmith, South Africa, South Africa. * February 9 - Richard Wigginton Thompson, U.S. congressman, dies. * February 14 - Russia responds to international pressure to free Finland by tightening imperial control over the country. * February 14 - Boer War: In South Africa, 20,000 United Kingdom troops invade the Orange Free State. * February 17 - Battle of Paardeberg in the Second Boer War * February 22 - Hawaii officially becomes a territory of the United States. * February 23 - Boer War: Battle of Hart's Hill - In South Africa the Boers and United Kingdom troops battle. * February 27 - Boer War: In South Africa, United Kingdom military leaders receive an unconditional notice of surrender from Boer General Piet Cronje. * February 27 - Ramsay MacDonald appointed secretary of newly formed British Labour Party. * February 28 - British Labour Party (UK) founded. ===March=== * March 3 - Mining strike ends in Germany. * March 6 - A coal mine explosion in West Virginia traps 50 coal miners. * March 9 - Women in Germany demand right to participate in university entrance exams * March 11 - Boer War: Boer leader Paul Kruger's peace overtures are rejected by Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury. * March 13 - Boer Wars: United Kingdom forces occupy Bloemfontein, Orange Free State. * March 13 - In France, length of a workday for women and children is limited to 11 hours by law * March 14 - The Gold Standard Act is ratified placing United States currency on the gold standard. * March 16 - Sir Arthur Evans discovers the ruins of Knossos on Crete * March 24 - New York City Mayor Van Wyck breaks ground for a new underground "Rapid Transit Railroad" that would link Manhattan and Brooklyn, New York. ===April=== * April 1 - Every French policeman is assigned to carry a gun. * April 4 - Anarchist shoots at the Edward VII of the United Kingdom during his visit to Belgium in the birthday celebrations of the king of Belgium. * April 14 - Paris Exhibition of 1900 opens. ===May=== * May 1 - Explosion of blasting powder in coal mine in Scofield, Utah kills 200 * May 2 - Oscar II, King of Sweden, declares support for United Kingdom at the time of the Boer War. * May 17 - Boer War: United Kingdom troops relieve Siege of Mafeking * May 17 - Boxer Rebellion destroy three villages near Peking and kill 60 Chinese Christians * May 18 - Boer delegation travels to USA to ask for assistance * May 18 - The United Kingdom proclaims a protectorate over Tonga. * May 21 - Russia invades Manchuria * May 23 - Sergeant William Harvey Carney becomes the first African American to be awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor (awarded for heroism in the Battle of Fort Wagner during the American Civil War). * May 24 - Boer War: British annex Orange Free State as Orange River Colony. * May 25 - Boer soldiers vote for the continuance of the war * May 28 - Boxers attack Belgian personnel in the Fengtai railway station * May 29 - Chinese government condemns Boxers * May 30 - Boxers occupy Tientsin * May 31 - Peacekeepers from various European countries arrive in China * May 31 - British under Lord Robert occupy Johannesburg ===June=== * June 1 - Carrie Nation demolishes 25 saloons in Medicine Lodge * June 5 - Boer War: United Kingdom soldiers take Pretoria, South Africa. * June 14 - The Reichstag (institution) approves a second law that allows the expansion of the Germany navy. * June 20 - The Boxers gather about 20,000 people near Peking and kill hundreds of European citizens, including the German ambassador. * June 30 - Piers of North German Lloyd Steamship line burned in Hoboken, New Jersey - 326 dead ===July=== * July 2 - First zeppelin flight on Lake Constance near Friedrichshafen, Germany * July 5 - Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act passes British Parliament * July 9 - Queen Victoria gives royal assent to Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act * July 13 - Boxer Rebellion: In China, Tientsin is retaken by European Allies from the rebelling Boxers * July 29 - In Italy, King Umberto I of Italy is assassinated by Italy-born anarchist Gaetano Bresci. * July 30 - The Duke of Albany becomes Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha as Carl Eduard of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha following the death of his uncle, Duke Alfred of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha ===August=== * August 14 - An international contingent of troops, under British command, invades Peking and frees the Europeans taken hostage. * August 27 - British defeat Boer commandos at Bergendal ===September=== * September 8 - Galveston Hurricane of 1900: a powerful tropical cyclone hits Galveston, Texas killing about 8,000 people. * September 17 - Philippine-American War: Filipinos under Juan Cailles defeat Americans under Colonel Benjamin F. Cheatham at Mabitac. ===October=== * October - The Norwegian inventer Johann Vaaler demands a patent for his invention, the paperclip. ===November=== * November 6 - U.S. presidential election, 1900: United States Republican Party incumbent William McKinley is reelected by defeating United States Democratic Party challenger William Jennings Bryan. ==Births== ===January=== * January 5 - Yves Tanguy, French painter (d. 1955) * January 8 - Serge Poliakoff, Russian painter (d. 1969) * January 26 - Karl Ristenpart, German conductor (d. 1967) * January 27 - Admiral Hyman Rickover, American admiral (d. 1986) * January 28 - Heinrich Kesten, German author (d. 1996) ===February=== * February 4 - Jacques Prevert, French lyricist and author (d. 1977) * February 5 - Adlai Stevenson, American politician (d. 1965) * February 11 - Thomas Hitchcock Jr, polo player (d. 1944) * February 11 - Hans-Georg Gadamer, German philosopher (d. 2002) * February 22 - Luis Buñuel, Spanish film director (d. 1983) * February 28 - Wolfram Hirth, German pilot and aircraft designer (d. 1959) ===March=== * March 9 - Howard Aiken, American computing pioneer (d. 1973) * March 13 - George Seferis, Nobel prize-winning poet (d. 1971) * March 19 - Frédéric Joliot, French physicist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry (d. 1958) * March 23 - Erich Fromm, German-born psychologist and philosopher (d. 1980) * March 29 - John McEwen, eighteenth Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1980) * March 31 - Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester (d. 1974) ===April-June=== * April 5 - Spencer Tracy, American actor (d. 1967) * April 25 - Wolfgang Ernst Pauli, Austrian-born physicist (d. 1958) * April 26 - Charles Richter, American geophysicist and inventor (d. 1985) * April 30 - Cecily Lefort, English WW II heroine (executed) (d. 1945) * May 1 - Ignazio Silone, Italian author (d. 1978) * May 12 - Helene Weigel, actress (d. 1971) * May 28 - Tommy Ladnier, American jazz trumpeter (heart attack) (d. 1939) * June 15 - Paul Mares, American jazz trumpeter (d. 1949) * June 29 - Antoine de Saint-Exupery, French pilot and writer (d. 1944) ===July-September=== * July 13 - George Lewis (clarinetist), American jazz clarinetist (d. 1969) * July 29 - Eyvind Johnson, Swedish writer (d. 1976) * August 3 - Ernie Pyle, American journalist (d. 1945) * August 4 - Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, queen of King George VI of the United Kingdom (d. 2002) * August 6 - Cecil H. Green, American founder of Texas Instruments (d. 2003) * August 10 - Arthur Espie Porritt, New Zealand politician and athlete (d. 1994) * August 15 - Jan Brzechwa, Polish poet (d. 1966) * August 22 - Sergei Ozhegov, Russian lexicographer (d. 1964) * August 25 - Sir Hans Adolf Krebs, German physician and biochemist (d. 1981) * August 26 - Hellmuth Walter, German engineer and inventor (d. 1980) * September 3 - Urho Kekkonen, President of Finland (d. 1986) * September 6 - W.A.C. Bennett, Canadian politician (d. 1979) ===October-December=== * October 7 - Heinrich Himmler, Nazi official and leader of the SS (d. 1945) * November 5 - Martin Dies, Jr., American politician (d. 1972) * November 8 - Charlie Paddock, American athlete (d. 1943) * November 8 - Margaret Mitchell, American writer (d. 1949) * November 14 - Aaron Copland, American composer (d. 1990) * December 3 - Ulrich Inderbinen, Swiss mountain guide (d. 2004) * December 3 - Richard Kuhn, Austrian chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1967) * December 12 - Sammy Davis, Sr., American dancer (d. 1988) ==Deaths== * January 20 - John Ruskin, English writer and social critic (b. 1819) * April 30 - Casey Jones, American train wreck victim (b. 1864) * May 18 - Jean Gaspard Felix Ravaisson-Mollien, French philosopher (b. 1813) * June 5 - Stephen Crane, American author (b. 1871) * July 29 - King Umberto I of Italy (assassinated) (b. 1844) * July 30 - Duke Alfred of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha (b. 1844) * August 25 - Friedrich Nietzsche, German philosopher and writer (b. 1844) * August 25 - Kuroda Kiyotaka, Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1840) * September 23 - William Marsh Rice, American philanthropist and university founder (murdered) (b. 1816) * October 15 - Zdenek Fibich, Czech composer (b. 1850) * November 30 - Oscar Wilde, Irish author and playwright (b. 1854) ==Notes== * 1900 is not a leap year even though the number is divisible by 4. It is one of the dropped leap years of the Gregorian Calendar. 1900 la:1900 os:1900 se:1900 sq:1900 scn:1900 simple:1900
The year in topic layout on this page is one of three versions. I seek opinions before making them all the same; see comment on my talk page. 1900 is currently confirming to proposed model--User:BozMo 11:40, 5 May 2004 (UTC) User:BozMoUser Talk:BozMo I'm doing some link corrections and note that Labour Party (UK) was founded twice this month ... anyone want to hazard which is right and make the appropriate deletion? --User:VampWillow:User_talk:VampWillow 16:51, 21 Apr 2005 (UTC)
Note that while 1900 is part of the decade of the 1900s (1900-1909), it is actually the last year of the 19th century rather than the first year of the 20th century as is often erroneously believed. 1900s19th century
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1900
:''For the film, see 1900 (film).'' 1900 is a common year starting on Monday. {| align=right cellpadding=3 id=toc style="margin-left: 15px;" |- | align="center" colspan=2 | Years:
1897 1898 1899 - 1900 - 1901 1902 1903 |- | align="center" colspan=2 | Decades:
1870s 1880s 1890s - 1900s - 1910s 1920s 1930s |- | align="center" | Centuries:
18th century - 19th century - 20th century
|} ==Events== ===January=== * January 1 - Nigeria becomes a United Kingdom protectorate * January 2 - John Hay announces the Open Door Policy to promote trade with China. * January 2 - Chicago Canal opens. * January 5 - Ireland leader John Edward Redmond calls for a revolt against United Kingdom rule. * January 6 - It is reported that millions are starving in India. * January 6 - Boers attack Ladysmith, South Africa - over 1000 people killed * January 8 - United States President William McKinley places Alaska under military rule. * January 13 - Wilhelm II of Germany declares that German is the command language in the German army * January 14 - Premier presentation of opera ''Tosca'' in Rome - actors have received death threats and nameless letters. * January 16 - The United States Senate accepts the United Kingdom-Germany treaty of 1899 in which the United Kingdom renounced its claims to the American Samoa. * January 24 - Battle of Spion Kop in Second Boer War * January 24 - The governments in London and Pretoria begin negotiations to end the Boer Wars. * January 27 - Boxer rebellion: Foreign diplomats in Peking China demand that the Boxer rebels be disciplined. * January 29 - The American League of Professional Baseball Clubs is organized in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania with 8 founding teams. * January 30 - United Kingdom forces fighting Boers in South Africa ask for reinforcements. ===February=== * February 3 - Gubernatorial candidate William Goebel is assassinated in Frankfort, Kentucky. Former-Secretary of State Caleb Powers was later found guilty in a conspiracy to kill Goebels. * February 7 - The Labour Party (UK) is formed. * February 8 - United Kingdom troops are defeated by Boers at Ladysmith, South Africa, South Africa. * February 9 - Richard Wigginton Thompson, U.S. congressman, dies. * February 14 - Russia responds to international pressure to free Finland by tightening imperial control over the country. * February 14 - Boer War: In South Africa, 20,000 United Kingdom troops invade the Orange Free State. * February 17 - Battle of Paardeberg in the Second Boer War * February 22 - Hawaii officially becomes a territory of the United States. * February 23 - Boer War: Battle of Hart's Hill - In South Africa the Boers and United Kingdom troops battle. * February 27 - Boer War: In South Africa, United Kingdom military leaders receive an unconditional notice of surrender from Boer General Piet Cronje. * February 27 - Ramsay MacDonald appointed secretary of newly formed British Labour Party. * February 28 - British Labour Party (UK) founded. ===March=== * March 3 - Mining strike ends in Germany. * March 6 - A coal mine explosion in West Virginia traps 50 coal miners. * March 9 - Women in Germany demand right to participate in university entrance exams * March 11 - Boer War: Boer leader Paul Kruger's peace overtures are rejected by Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury. * March 13 - Boer Wars: United Kingdom forces occupy Bloemfontein, Orange Free State. * March 13 - In France, length of a workday for women and children is limited to 11 hours by law * March 14 - The Gold Standard Act is ratified placing United States currency on the gold standard. * March 16 - Sir Arthur Evans discovers the ruins of Knossos on Crete * March 24 - New York City Mayor Van Wyck breaks ground for a new underground "Rapid Transit Railroad" that would link Manhattan and Brooklyn, New York. ===April=== * April 1 - Every French policeman is assigned to carry a gun. * April 4 - Anarchist shoots at the Edward VII of the United Kingdom during his visit to Belgium in the birthday celebrations of the king of Belgium. * April 14 - Paris Exhibition of 1900 opens. ===May=== * May 1 - Explosion of blasting powder in coal mine in Scofield, Utah kills 200 * May 2 - Oscar II, King of Sweden, declares support for United Kingdom at the time of the Boer War. * May 17 - Boer War: United Kingdom troops relieve Siege of Mafeking * May 17 - Boxer Rebellion destroy three villages near Peking and kill 60 Chinese Christians * May 18 - Boer delegation travels to USA to ask for assistance * May 18 - The United Kingdom proclaims a protectorate over Tonga. * May 21 - Russia invades Manchuria * May 23 - Sergeant William Harvey Carney becomes the first African American to be awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor (awarded for heroism in the Battle of Fort Wagner during the American Civil War). * May 24 - Boer War: British annex Orange Free State as Orange River Colony. * May 25 - Boer soldiers vote for the continuance of the war * May 28 - Boxers attack Belgian personnel in the Fengtai railway station * May 29 - Chinese government condemns Boxers * May 30 - Boxers occupy Tientsin * May 31 - Peacekeepers from various European countries arrive in China * May 31 - British under Lord Robert occupy Johannesburg ===June=== * June 1 - Carrie Nation demolishes 25 saloons in Medicine Lodge * June 5 - Boer War: United Kingdom soldiers take Pretoria, South Africa. * June 14 - The Reichstag (institution) approves a second law that allows the expansion of the Germany navy. * June 20 - The Boxers gather about 20,000 people near Peking and kill hundreds of European citizens, including the German ambassador. * June 30 - Piers of North German Lloyd Steamship line burned in Hoboken, New Jersey - 326 dead ===July=== * July 2 - First zeppelin flight on Lake Constance near Friedrichshafen, Germany * July 5 - Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act passes British Parliament * July 9 - Queen Victoria gives royal assent to Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act * July 13 - Boxer Rebellion: In China, Tientsin is retaken by European Allies from the rebelling Boxers * July 29 - In Italy, King Umberto I of Italy is assassinated by Italy-born anarchist Gaetano Bresci. * July 30 - The Duke of Albany becomes Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha as Carl Eduard of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha following the death of his uncle, Duke Alfred of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha ===August=== * August 14 - An international contingent of troops, under British command, invades Peking and frees the Europeans taken hostage. * August 27 - British defeat Boer commandos at Bergendal ===September=== * September 8 - Galveston Hurricane of 1900: a powerful tropical cyclone hits Galveston, Texas killing about 8,000 people. * September 17 - Philippine-American War: Filipinos under Juan Cailles defeat Americans under Colonel Benjamin F. Cheatham at Mabitac. ===October=== * October - The Norwegian inventer Johann Vaaler demands a patent for his invention, the paperclip. ===November=== * November 6 - U.S. presidential election, 1900: United States Republican Party incumbent William McKinley is reelected by defeating United States Democratic Party challenger William Jennings Bryan. ==Births== ===January=== * January 5 - Yves Tanguy, French painter (d. 1955) * January 8 - Serge Poliakoff, Russian painter (d. 1969) * January 26 - Karl Ristenpart, German conductor (d. 1967) * January 27 - Admiral Hyman Rickover, American admiral (d. 1986) * January 28 - Heinrich Kesten, German author (d. 1996) ===February=== * February 4 - Jacques Prevert, French lyricist and author (d. 1977) * February 5 - Adlai Stevenson, American politician (d. 1965) * February 11 - Thomas Hitchcock Jr, polo player (d. 1944) * February 11 - Hans-Georg Gadamer, German philosopher (d. 2002) * February 22 - Luis Buñuel, Spanish film director (d. 1983) * February 28 - Wolfram Hirth, German pilot and aircraft designer (d. 1959) ===March=== * March 9 - Howard Aiken, American computing pioneer (d. 1973) * March 13 - George Seferis, Nobel prize-winning poet (d. 1971) * March 19 - Frédéric Joliot, French physicist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry (d. 1958) * March 23 - Erich Fromm, German-born psychologist and philosopher (d. 1980) * March 29 - John McEwen, eighteenth Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1980) * March 31 - Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester (d. 1974) ===April-June=== * April 5 - Spencer Tracy, American actor (d. 1967) * April 25 - Wolfgang Ernst Pauli, Austrian-born physicist (d. 1958) * April 26 - Charles Richter, American geophysicist and inventor (d. 1985) * April 30 - Cecily Lefort, English WW II heroine (executed) (d. 1945) * May 1 - Ignazio Silone, Italian author (d. 1978) * May 12 - Helene Weigel, actress (d. 1971) * May 28 - Tommy Ladnier, American jazz trumpeter (heart attack) (d. 1939) * June 15 - Paul Mares, American jazz trumpeter (d. 1949) * June 29 - Antoine de Saint-Exupery, French pilot and writer (d. 1944) ===July-September=== * July 13 - George Lewis (clarinetist), American jazz clarinetist (d. 1969) * July 29 - Eyvind Johnson, Swedish writer (d. 1976) * August 3 - Ernie Pyle, American journalist (d. 1945) * August 4 - Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, queen of King George VI of the United Kingdom (d. 2002) * August 6 - Cecil H. Green, American founder of Texas Instruments (d. 2003) * August 10 - Arthur Espie Porritt, New Zealand politician and athlete (d. 1994) * August 15 - Jan Brzechwa, Polish poet (d. 1966) * August 22 - Sergei Ozhegov, Russian lexicographer (d. 1964) * August 25 - Sir Hans Adolf Krebs, German physician and biochemist (d. 1981) * August 26 - Hellmuth Walter, German engineer and inventor (d. 1980) * September 3 - Urho Kekkonen, President of Finland (d. 1986) * September 6 - W.A.C. Bennett, Canadian politician (d. 1979) ===October-December=== * October 7 - Heinrich Himmler, Nazi official and leader of the SS (d. 1945) * November 5 - Martin Dies, Jr., American politician (d. 1972) * November 8 - Charlie Paddock, American athlete (d. 1943) * November 8 - Margaret Mitchell, American writer (d. 1949) * November 14 - Aaron Copland, American composer (d. 1990) * December 3 - Ulrich Inderbinen, Swiss mountain guide (d. 2004) * December 3 - Richard Kuhn, Austrian chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1967) * December 12 - Sammy Davis, Sr., American dancer (d. 1988) ==Deaths== * January 20 - John Ruskin, English writer and social critic (b. 1819) * April 30 - Casey Jones, American train wreck victim (b. 1864) * May 18 - Jean Gaspard Felix Ravaisson-Mollien, French philosopher (b. 1813) * June 5 - Stephen Crane, American author (b. 1871) * July 29 - King Umberto I of Italy (assassinated) (b. 1844) * July 30 - Duke Alfred of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha (b. 1844) * August 25 - Friedrich Nietzsche, German philosopher and writer (b. 1844) * August 25 - Kuroda Kiyotaka, Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1840) * September 23 - William Marsh Rice, American philanthropist and university founder (murdered) (b. 1816) * October 15 - Zdenek Fibich, Czech composer (b. 1850) * November 30 - Oscar Wilde, Irish author and playwright (b. 1854) ==Notes== * 1900 is not a leap year even though the number is divisible by 4. It is one of the dropped leap years of the Gregorian Calendar. 1900 la:1900 os:1900 se:1900 sq:1900 scn:1900 simple:1900
1900
The year in topic layout on this page is one of three versions. I seek opinions before making them all the same; see comment on my talk page. 1900 is currently confirming to proposed model--User:BozMo 11:40, 5 May 2004 (UTC) User:BozMoUser Talk:BozMo I'm doing some link corrections and note that Labour Party (UK) was founded twice this month ... anyone want to hazard which is right and make the appropriate deletion? --User:VampWillow:User_talk:VampWillow 16:51, 21 Apr 2005 (UTC)
1900
Note that while 1900 is part of the decade of the 1900s (1900-1909), it is actually the last year of the 19th century rather than the first year of the 20th century as is often erroneously believed. 1900s19th century
See other meanings of words starting from letter:A | B | C | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | R | S | T | U | V | X | Y | Z |
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