1900 - What happened in 1900 ?

January 1900

Tuesday 02:

Chicago Canal opens.

Friday 05:

Irish leader John Edward Redmond calls for a revolt against British rule.

Monday 08:

United States President William McKinley places Alaska under military rule.

Sunday 14:

Giacomo Puccini's opera Tosca premieres in Rome.

Tuesday 30:

United Kingdom forces fighting Boers in South Africa ask for reinforcements.

February 1900

Saturday 03:

Gubernatorial candidate William Goebel is assassinated in Frankfort, Kentucky. Former-Secretary of State Caleb Powers was later found guilty in a conspiracy to kill Goebel.

Wednesday 07:

The British Labour Party is formed.

Wednesday 14:

Boer War: In South Africa, 20,000 British troops invade the Orange Free State.

Friday 23:

Battle of Hart's Hill: In South Africa the Boers and British troops battle.

Wednesday 28:

The Boer War: The 118-day "Siege of Ladysmith" is lifted.

March 1900

Tuesday 06:

A coal mine explosion in West Virginia traps 50 coal miners.

Sunday 11:

Boer War: Boer leader Paul Kruger's peace overtures are rejected by Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Lord Salisbury.

Tuesday 13:

1900 - In France, length of a workday for women and children is limited to 11 hours by law

Wednesday 14:

The Gold Standard Act is ratified, placing United States currency on the gold standard.

Friday 16:

Sir Arthur Evans purchases the land around the ruins of Knossos, the largest Bronze Age archaeological site on Crete.

April 1900

Monday 30:

Casey Jones dies attempting to save the runaway train Cannonball Express.

May 1900

Tuesday 01:

The Scofield mine disaster kills 200 in Scofield, Utah in the now fifth worst mining accident in United States history.

Wednesday 02:

Oscar II, King of Sweden, declares support for Britain at the time of the Boer War.

Monday 14:

The 1900 Summer Olympics open in Paris.

Wednesday 23:

American Civil War: Sergeant William Harvey Carney becomes the first African American to be awarded the Medal of Honor, for his heroism in the Assault on the Battery Wagner.

Thursday 24:

Boer War: The United Kingdom annexes the Orange Free State.

June 1900

Tuesday 05:

Boer War: British soldiers take Pretoria.

Thursday 14:

The Reichstag approves a second law that allows the expansion of the German navy.

Monday 18:

Empress Dowager of China orders all foreigners killed, including foreign diplomats and their families.

July 1900

Monday 02:

First zeppelin flight on Lake Constance near Friedrichshafen, Germany.

Monday 09:

Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom gives royal assent to an act creating the Commonwealth of Australia thus uniting separate colonies on the continent under one federal government.

Friday 13:

Boxer Rebellion: In China, Tientsin is retaken by European Allies from the rebelling Boxers.

Sunday 29:

In Italy, King Umberto I of Italy is assassinated by Italian-born anarchist Gaetano Bresci.

August 1900

Friday 03:

Firestone Tire & Rubber Company founded.

Tuesday 14:

A joint European-Japanese-United States force occupies Beijing, in campaign to end the Boxer Rebellion in China.

Monday 20:

Japan's primary school law is amended to provide for four years of mandatory schooling.

Monday 27:

British defeat Boer commandos at Bergendal

September 1900

Saturday 08:

Galveston Hurricane of 1900: a powerful hurricane hits Galveston, Texas killing about 8,000 people.

Thursday 13:

Filipino resistance fighters defeat a larger American column in the Battle of Pulang Lupa, during the Philippine American War.

Monday 17:

Philippine-American War: Filipinos under Juan Cailles defeat Americans under Colonel Benjamin F. Cheatham at Mabitac.

Wednesday 19:

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid commit their first robbery together

October 1900

Sunday 07:

The term "orienteering" is first used for an event.

Thursday 25:

United Kingdom annexes the Transvaal

November 1900

Tuesday 06:

U.S. presidential election, 1900: Republican incumbent William McKinley is reelected by defeating Democrat challenger William Jennings Bryan.

December 1900

Wednesday 12:

US Steel formed

Friday 14:

Max Planck publishes his study of quantum theory (The birth of Quantum Theory)