Historical Events In 1900

Mar 06   On this day in history john Henry Pyle Pafford, librarian (University of London)  

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

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

Mar 07   On this day in history giuseppe Capogrossi, Italian painter  

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

Mar 08   On this day in history nL decides to go with 8 teams They exclude Baltimore, Cleveland, Louisville & Washington (in 1953 Boston Braves move to Milwaukee)  

Mar 09   On this day in history aimone duke of Spoleta/Aosta, Italian king of Croatia (1941-43)  

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

Mar 10   Johann Peter Emilius Hartmann, composer, dies at 94 on this day in history.  

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

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 in the year 1900.  

Mar 12   President Steyn of Orange-Free state flees from Bloemfontein in the year 1900.  

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

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

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   Hugo de Vries rediscovers Mendel's laws of genetics on this day in history.  

Mar 14   On this day in history uS currency goes on gold standard  

Mar 15   In the year 1900 gilberto Freye, Brazilian sociologist/writer  

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   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   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   On this day in history ajax (Amsterdam Football Club), forms  

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

Mar 19   On this day in history roy Roberts, Tampa Fla, actor (Petticoat Junction, Lucy Show)  

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 on this day in history.  

Mar 25   On this day in history uS Socialist Party forms in Indianapolis  

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

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

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

Jan 03   Edwin George Monk, composer, dies at 80 on this day in history.  

Jan 08   Billy Bates, cricketer (656 runs & 50 wkts in 15 Tests for Eng), dies in the year 1900.  

Jan 20   On this day in history 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   Vittorio Bersezio, [Carlo Nugelli], Italian playwright, dies at 71 on this day in history.  

Feb 03   Ottokar Eugen Novacek, composer, dies at 33 on this day in history.  

Feb 16   On this day in history 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.