January 1900

Tuesday 02:

Chicago Canal opens.

Friday 05:

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

Saturday 06:

over 1,000 people killed

Monday 08:

United States President William McKinley places Alaska under military rule.

Sunday 14:

Giacomo Puccini's opera Tosca premieres in Rome.

Tuesday 16:

The United States Senate accepts the Anglo-German treaty of 1899 in which the United Kingdom renounced its claims to the Samoan islands.

Saturday 27:

Boxer Rebellion: Foreign diplomats in Peking, China demand that the Boxer rebels be disciplined.

Monday 29:

The American League is organized in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania with 8 founding teams.

Tuesday 30:

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