Historical Events In 1900

Mar 07   Battle at Poplar Grove South Africa, President Kruger flees in the year 1900.  

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

Mar 07   On this day in history poplar Grove, South Africa Canadians engage Boers in artillery fight at Poplar Grove  

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

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

Mar 10   On this day in history 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   On this day in history sherman Billingsley, Enid Ok, talk show host (Stork Club)  

Mar 11   In the year 1900 edmund Peate, cricketer (9 Tests for England 1881-86), dies  

Mar 12   David Croll, QC senator in the year 1900.  

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

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   On this day in history james William Tyrrell 1863-1945 starts 2,782 km survey trek from Great Slave Lake to Chesterfield Inlet.  

Mar 14   On this day in history hugo de Vries rediscovers Mendel's laws of genetics  

Mar 14   US currency goes on gold standard on this day in history.  

Mar 15   On this day in history gilberto Freye, Brazilian sociologist/writer  

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   In the year 1900 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   In the year 1900 sir Arthur Evans finds old city of Knossus  

Mar 17   Alfred Newman, New Haven, composer (Love is a Many Splendored Thing) on this day in history.  

Mar 17   Stanley Cup: Montreal Shamrocks sweep Halifax Crescents in 2 on this day in history.  

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   In the year 1900 roy Roberts, Tampa Fla, actor (Petticoat Junction, Lucy Show)  

Mar 21   Eugenie Leontovitch, Moscow Russia, actor (Homicidal) on this day in history.  

Mar 23   In the year 1900 erich Fromm, Frankfurt Germany, psychologist (Sane Society)  

Mar 24   On this day in history june [Algeria Junius] Clark, musician trumpet  

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 on this day in history.  

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

Mar 25   In the year 1900 uS Socialist Party is formed at Indianapolis  

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

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Jan 01   In the year 1900 birth of hubert van Doorne, Dutch auto manufacturer (DAF)  

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

Jan 01   On this day in history 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   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   John Ruskin, English writer (Dearest Mama Talbot), dies of flu at 81 on this day in history.  

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

Jan 30   On this day in history vittorio Bersezio, [Carlo Nugelli], Italian playwright, dies at 71  

Feb 03   On this day in history 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 in the year 1900.