1900 Calendar
What Happened In Year 1900?
- January 5, 1900 – Irish leader John Redmond calls for a revolt against British rule.
- January 29, 1900 – The American League is organized in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania with 8 founding teams.
- January 31, 1900 – New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Metal Rat in Chinese astrology.
- February 5, 1900 – The United States and the United Kingdom sign a treaty for the Panama Canal
- February 7, 1900 – Second Boer War: British troops fail in their third attempt to lift the Siege of Ladysmith.
- February 9, 1900 – The Davis Cup competition is established.
- March 13, 1900 – Second Boer War: British forces occupy Bloemfontein, Orange Free State.
- March 16, 1900 – Sir Arthur Evans purchased the land around the ruins of Knossos, the largest Bronze Age archaeological site on Crete.
- March 24, 1900 – Mayor of New York City Robert Anderson Van Wyck breaks ground for a new underground “Rapid Transit Railroad” that would link Manhattan and Brooklyn.
- April 30, 1900 – Hawaii becomes a territory of the United States, with Sanford B. Dole as governor.
- May 1, 1900 – The Scofield mine disaster kills over 200 men in Scofield, Utah in what is to date the fifth-worst mining accident in United States history.
- May 17, 1900 – Second Boer War: British troops relieve Mafeking.
- May 18, 1900 – The United Kingdom proclaims a protectorate over Tonga.
- May 29, 1900 – N'Djamena is founded as Fort-Lamy by French commander Émile Gentil
- June 5, 1900 – Second Boer War: British soldiers take Pretoria.
- June 14, 1900 – The Reichstag approves a second law that allows the expansion of the German navy.
- June 20, 1900 – Boxer Rebellion: The Imperial Chinese Army begins a 55-day siege of the Legation Quarter in Beijing, China.
- November 7, 1900 – Battle of Leliefontein, a battle during which the Royal Canadian Dragoons win three Victoria Crosses.
- December 19, 1900 – Hopetoun Blunder: The first Governor-General of Australia John Hope, 7th Earl of Hopetoun, appointed Sir William Lyne as premier of the new state New South Wales, but he is unable to persuade other colonial politicians to join his government and is forced to resign.
- December 26, 1900 – A relief crew arrives the the lighthouse on the Flannan Isles of Scotland, only to find the previous crew has disappeared without a trace.
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