Historical Events In 1900

Mar 07   In the year 1900 battle at Poplar Grove South Africa, President Kruger flees  

Mar 07   Giuseppe Capogrossi, Italian painter on this day in history.  

Mar 07   In the year 1900 poplar Grove, South Africa Canadians engage Boers in artillery fight at Poplar Grove  

Mar 08   In the year 1900 nL decides to go with 8 teams They exclude Baltimore, Cleveland, Louisville & Washington (in 1953 Boston Braves move to Milwaukee)  

Mar 09   Aimone duke of Spoleta/Aosta, Italian king of Croatia (1941-43) in the year 1900.  

Mar 10   In the year 1900 battle at Driefontein, South-Africa (Boers vs British army)  

Mar 10   In the year 1900 johann Peter Emilius Hartmann, composer, dies at 94  

Mar 10   In the year 1900 sherman Billingsley, Enid Ok, talk show host (Stork Club)  

Mar 11   Edmund Peate, cricketer (9 Tests for England 1881-86), dies in the year 1900.  

Mar 12   David Croll, QC senator on this day in history.  

Mar 12   On this day in history president Steyn of Orange Free state flees from Bloemfontein  

Mar 12   President Steyn of Orange-Free state flees from Bloemfontein on this day in history.  

Mar 13   In the year 1900 british troops occupy Bloemfontein, Orange Free State  

Mar 13   On this day in history british troops occupy Bloemfontein, Orange-Free state  

Mar 13   In the year 1900 james William Tyrrell 1863-1945 starts 2,782 km survey trek from Great Slave Lake to Chesterfield Inlet.  

Mar 14   In the year 1900 hugo de Vries rediscovers Mendel's laws of genetics  

Mar 14   In the year 1900 uS currency goes on gold standard  

Mar 15   Gilberto Freye, Brazilian sociologist/writer in the year 1900.  

Mar 16   AL meets in Chicago, Ban Johnson announces that an AL team will be in on this day in history.  

Mar 16   In the year 1900 discovery of the ancient city of Knossos on the island of Crete  

Mar 16   On this day in history samuel Benfield Steele 1849-1919 commanding Lord Strathcona's Horse, embarks troops for South Africa; the regiment consists of 537 mounted troops recruited in Manitoba, BC and the NWT  

Mar 16   Sir Arthur Evans finds old city of Knossus in the year 1900.  

Mar 17   On this day in history alfred Newman, New Haven, composer (Love is a Many Splendored Thing)  

Mar 17   In the year 1900 stanley Cup: Montreal Shamrocks sweep Halifax Crescents in 2  

Mar 18   In the year 1900 ajax (Amsterdam Football Club), forms  

Mar 18   Antonio Nobre, Portuguese poet (So [Lonely]), dies at 32 on this day in history.  

Mar 19   Roy Roberts, Tampa Fla, actor (Petticoat Junction, Lucy Show) on this day in history.  

Mar 21   On this day in history eugenie Leontovitch, Moscow Russia, actor (Homicidal)  

Mar 23   Erich Fromm, Frankfurt Germany, psychologist (Sane Society) on this day in history.  

Mar 24   June [Algeria Junius] Clark, musician trumpet on this day in history.  

Mar 24   New York City Mayor Robert Anderson Van Wyck breaks ground for a new underground "Rapid Transit Railroad" that would link Manhattan and Brooklyn in the year 1900.  

Mar 25   In the year 1900 uS Socialist Party forms in Indianapolis  

Mar 25   On this day in history uS Socialist Party is formed at Indianapolis  

Mar 26   1st edition The (Free) People (Neth, probably Amsterdam) in the year 1900.  

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Jan 01   Hubert van Doorne, Dutch auto manufacturer (DAF) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 01   In the year 1900 birth of william Haines, Staunton VA, actor (Fast Life, Little Annie Rooney)  

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

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

Jan 05   Dennis Gabor, Hung/Brit physicist (holography-Nobel 1971) [or Jun 5] was born on this day in history.  

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 in the year 1900.  

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

Jan 22   David E. Hughes, American musician (b. 1831) died on this day in history.  

Jan 30   Vittorio Bersezio, [Carlo Nugelli], Italian playwright, dies at 71 in the year 1900.  

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 on this day in history.  

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