Historical Events In 1900

Aug 20   In the year 1900 great Britain beats France in cricket in Olympic Games  

Aug 21   Allied forces overun Peking's inner city in the year 1900.  

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

Aug 22   In the year 1900 elizabeth Bergner, Vienna Austria, actress (Catherine the Great)  

Aug 22   On this day in history gabriel Faures opera "Prométhée," premieres in Beziers  

Aug 23   Ernst Krenek, Vienna Austria, composer (Johnny Spielt Auf) on this day in history.  

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

Aug 24   Preston Foster, Ocean City NJ, actor (Waterfront, Gunslinger) in the year 1900.  

Aug 25   On this day in history friedrich Nietschze, philosopher (Also sprach Zarathustra), dies at 55  

Aug 25   Mary Bruce, dance Teacher on this day in history.  

Aug 25   In the year 1900 philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche dies in Weimar, Germany.  

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

Aug 28   Henry Sidgwick, English philosopher (Women on University), dies in the year 1900.  

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

Aug 30   In the year 1900 franklin C Fry, US minister (Lutheran World Relief)  

Aug 30   Last 2000 British prisoners in Nooitgedagt South Africa freed in the year 1900.  

Aug 30   Outbreak of bubonic plague in Glasgow, UK in the year 1900.  

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   On this day in history andrei Vlasov, Russian general (Red Army, Wehrmacht)  

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 on this day in history.  

Sep 05   France proclaims a protectorate over Chad on this day in history.  

Sep 06   British General Buller occupies Lydenburg South Africa on this day in history.  

Sep 06   Julien Green, US/French writer (Frere Francois) on this day in history.  

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

Sep 08   6,000 killed when a hurricane & tidal wave strikes Galveston, Texas in the year 1900.  

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

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

Sep 08   In the year 1900 claude D Pepper, (Rep-D-FL, 1963- ), old people's advocate  

Sep 09   On this day in history 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   Hubert van Doorne, Dutch auto manufacturer (DAF) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 01   William Haines, Staunton VA, actor (Fast Life, Little Annie Rooney) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 01   In the year 1900 birth of xavier Cugat, Barcelona Spain, bandleader (married Abbe Lane, Charo)  

Jan 01   Chiune Sugihara, Japanese diplomat (d. 1986) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 03   Dorothy Arnzer, director was born on this day in history.  

Jan 03   In the year 1900 birth of maurice Jaubert, composer  

Jan 04   On this day in history birth of james Bond, American ornithologist (d. 1989)  

Jan 05   On this day in history birth of dennis Gabor, Hung/Brit physicist (holography-Nobel 1971) [or Jun 5]  

Jan 03   Edwin George Monk, composer, dies at 80 in the year 1900.  

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

Jan 20   On this day in history john Ruskin, English writer (Dearest Mama Talbot), dies of flu at 81  

Jan 22   On this day in history 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   In the year 1900 george Labram, US mine engineer in South Africa, dies in battle  

Feb 18   Clinton L. Merriam, American politician (b. 1824) died on this day in history.