Historical Events In 1900

Aug 20   Great Britain beats France in cricket in Olympic Games on this day in history.  

Aug 21   Allied forces overun Peking's inner city on this day in history.  

Aug 21   In the year 1900 eileen Percy, Belfast Ireland, silent film actress (Let's Go)  

Aug 22   Elizabeth Bergner, Vienna Austria, actress (Catherine the Great) in the year 1900.  

Aug 22   Gabriel Faures opera "Prométhée," premieres in Beziers in the year 1900.  

Aug 23   Ernst Krenek, Vienna Austria, composer (Johnny Spielt Auf) in the year 1900.  

Aug 23   On this day in history national Negro Business League organizes (Boston)  

Aug 24   Preston Foster, Ocean City NJ, actor (Waterfront, Gunslinger) on this day in history.  

Aug 25   Friedrich Nietschze, philosopher (Also sprach Zarathustra), dies at 55 in the year 1900.  

Aug 25   On this day in history mary Bruce, dance Teacher  

Aug 25   Philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche dies in Weimar, Germany on this day in history.  

Aug 27   Battle at Bergendal: Gen Buller beats Boer general Botha in the year 1900.  

Aug 28   In the year 1900 henry Sidgwick, English philosopher (Women on University), dies  

Aug 29   Oscar Nitzchke, German architect (Alcoa building/Centre Pompidou) on this day in history.  

Aug 30   Franklin C Fry, US minister (Lutheran World Relief) in the year 1900.  

Aug 30   On this day in history last 2000 British prisoners in Nooitgedagt South Africa freed  

Aug 30   On this day in history outbreak of bubonic plague in Glasgow, UK  

Aug 31   In the year 1900 british troops over run Johannesburg  

Aug 31   On this day in history roland Culver, London England, actor (Thunderball, Encore)  

Sep 01   Andrei Vlasov, Russian general (Red Army, Wehrmacht) in the year 1900.  

Sep 02   On this day in history telegraph use between Germany & US begins  

Sep 03   On this day in history british annex Natal (South Africa)  

Sep 03   Urho K Kekkonen, premier/president Finland (1956-81) in the year 1900.  

Sep 04   Cornelis Verolme, Dutch ship builder in the year 1900.  

Sep 05   In the year 1900 france proclaims a protectorate over Chad  

Sep 06   British General Buller occupies Lydenburg South Africa in the year 1900.  

Sep 06   Julien Green, US/French writer (Frere Francois) in the year 1900.  

Sep 07   On this day in history "Janet" Taylor Caldwell, England, novelist (Melissa)  

Sep 08   6,000 killed when a hurricane & tidal wave strikes Galveston, Texas on this day in history.  

Sep 08   6,000 killed when a hurricane &tidal wave destroys Galveston, Texas, most deadly in US history in the year 1900.  

Sep 08   A huricane strikes Galveston, TX, killing 6,000 people on this day in history.  

Sep 08   Claude D Pepper, (Rep-D-FL, 1963- ), old people's advocate in the year 1900.  

Sep 09   In the year 1900 james Hilton, English novelist (Goodbye Mr Chips)  

Sep 10   In the year 1900 20.3 cm rainfall at Elk Point, South Dakota (state record)  

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Jan 01   On this day in history birth of hubert van Doorne, Dutch auto manufacturer (DAF)  

Jan 01   On this day in history birth of william Haines, Staunton VA, actor (Fast Life, Little Annie Rooney)  

Jan 01   Xavier Cugat, Barcelona Spain, bandleader (married Abbe Lane, Charo) was born in the year 1900.  

Jan 01   On this day in history birth of chiune Sugihara, Japanese diplomat (d. 1986)  

Jan 03   In the year 1900 birth of dorothy Arnzer, director  

Jan 03   Maurice Jaubert, composer was born in the year 1900.  

Jan 04   In the year 1900 birth of james Bond, American ornithologist (d. 1989)  

Jan 05   Dennis Gabor, Hung/Brit physicist (holography-Nobel 1971) [or Jun 5] was born in the year 1900.  

Jan 03   Edwin George Monk, composer, dies at 80 on this day in history.  

Jan 08   On this day in history billy Bates, cricketer (656 runs & 50 wkts in 15 Tests for Eng), dies  

Jan 20   In the year 1900 john Ruskin, English writer (Dearest Mama Talbot), dies of flu at 81  

Jan 22   In the year 1900 death of david E. Hughes, American musician (b. 1831)  

Jan 30   In the year 1900 vittorio Bersezio, [Carlo Nugelli], Italian playwright, dies at 71  

Feb 03   In the year 1900 ottokar Eugen Novacek, composer, dies at 33  

Feb 16   George Labram, US mine engineer in South Africa, dies in battle in the year 1900.  

Feb 18   Clinton L. Merriam, American politician (b. 1824) died in the year 1900.