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   Battle at Driefontein, South-Africa (Boers vs British army) on this day in history.  

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

Mar 10   Sherman Billingsley, Enid Ok, talk show host (Stork Club) in the year 1900.  

Mar 11   Edmund Peate, cricketer (9 Tests for England 1881-86), dies on this day in history.  

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

Mar 12   In the year 1900 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   British troops occupy Bloemfontein, Orange Free State on this day in history.  

Mar 13   British troops occupy Bloemfontein, Orange-Free state in the year 1900.  

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

Mar 14   Hugo de Vries rediscovers Mendel's laws of genetics in the year 1900.  

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

Mar 15   Gilberto Freye, Brazilian sociologist/writer on this day in history.  

Mar 16   AL meets in Chicago, Ban Johnson announces that an AL team will be in in the year 1900.  

Mar 16   Discovery of the ancient city of Knossos on the island of Crete in the year 1900.  

Mar 16   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 in the year 1900.  

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) in the year 1900.  

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

Mar 18   Ajax (Amsterdam Football Club), forms on this day in history.  

Mar 18   Antonio Nobre, Portuguese poet (So [Lonely]), dies at 32 in the year 1900.  

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) in the year 1900.  

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

Mar 24   On this day in history new York City Mayor Robert Anderson Van Wyck breaks ground for a new underground "Rapid Transit Railroad" that would link Manhattan and Brooklyn.  

Mar 25   US Socialist Party forms in Indianapolis on this day in history.  

Mar 25   US Socialist Party is formed at Indianapolis on this day in history.  

Mar 26   On this day in history 1st edition The (Free) People (Neth, probably Amsterdam)  

« Previous Page | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | Next Page »

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

Jan 01   In the year 1900 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   In the year 1900 birth of chiune Sugihara, Japanese diplomat (d. 1986)  

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

Jan 03   On this day in history birth of maurice Jaubert, composer  

Jan 04   James Bond, American ornithologist (d. 1989) was born on this day in history.  

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

Jan 03   On this day in history edwin George Monk, composer, dies at 80  

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

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

Feb 03   Ottokar Eugen Novacek, composer, dies at 33 in the year 1900.  

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)