Historical Events In 1900

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

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

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) on this day in history.  

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

Mar 10   Sherman Billingsley, Enid Ok, talk show host (Stork Club) on this day in history.  

Mar 11   On this day in history edmund Peate, cricketer (9 Tests for England 1881-86), dies  

Mar 12   In the year 1900 david Croll, QC senator  

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 in the year 1900.  

Mar 13   British troops occupy Bloemfontein, Orange Free State on this day in history.  

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

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

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 on this day in history.  

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

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

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   In the year 1900 antonio Nobre, Portuguese poet (So [Lonely]), dies at 32  

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   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   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  

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

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

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Jan 01   Hubert van Doorne, Dutch auto manufacturer (DAF) was born in the year 1900.  

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 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   Maurice Jaubert, composer was born in the year 1900.  

Jan 04   James Bond, American ornithologist (d. 1989) was born in the year 1900.  

Jan 05   On this day in history birth of dennis Gabor, Hung/Brit physicist (holography-Nobel 1971) [or Jun 5]  

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

Feb 16   George Labram, US mine engineer in South Africa, dies in battle in the year 1900.  

Feb 18   Clinton L. Merriam, American politician (b. 1824) died on this day in history.