Historical Events In 1900

Aug 20   On this day in history great Britain beats France in cricket in Olympic Games  

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

Aug 21   On this day in history eileen Percy, Belfast Ireland, silent film actress (Let's Go)  

Aug 22   On this day in history elizabeth Bergner, Vienna Austria, actress (Catherine the Great)  

Aug 22   In the year 1900 gabriel Faures opera "Prométhée," premieres in Beziers  

Aug 23   In the year 1900 ernst Krenek, Vienna Austria, composer (Johnny Spielt Auf)  

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

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

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 on this day in history.  

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 on this day in history.  

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   Roland Culver, London England, actor (Thunderball, Encore) in the year 1900.  

Sep 01   In the year 1900 andrei Vlasov, Russian general (Red Army, Wehrmacht)  

Sep 02   In the year 1900 telegraph use between Germany & US begins  

Sep 03   In the year 1900 british annex Natal (South Africa)  

Sep 03   In the year 1900 urho K Kekkonen, premier/president Finland (1956-81)  

Sep 04   On this day in history cornelis Verolme, Dutch ship builder  

Sep 05   On this day in history 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) on this day in history.  

Sep 07   "Janet" Taylor Caldwell, England, novelist (Melissa) in the year 1900.  

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 in the year 1900.  

Sep 08   In the year 1900 a huricane strikes Galveston, TX, killing 6,000 people.  

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

Sep 09   On this day in history james Hilton, English novelist (Goodbye Mr Chips)  

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

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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 on this day in history.  

Jan 01   Chiune Sugihara, Japanese diplomat (d. 1986) was born in the year 1900.  

Jan 03   On this day in history birth of dorothy Arnzer, director  

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

Jan 04   In the year 1900 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   In the year 1900 edwin George Monk, composer, dies at 80  

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

Jan 20   John Ruskin, English writer (Dearest Mama Talbot), dies of flu at 81 in the year 1900.  

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   Ottokar Eugen Novacek, composer, dies at 33 on this day in history.  

Feb 16   In the year 1900 george Labram, US mine engineer in South Africa, dies in battle  

Feb 18   In the year 1900 death of clinton L. Merriam, American politician (b. 1824)