Page 10: Historical Events In 1900
Tuesday, 17 February 2026
Jul 08 George Antheil, Trenton NJ, composer (Airplane Sonata). 


Jul 09 Australia accepts its constitution. 


Jul 09 Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act is enacted by the United Kingdom Parliament. 


Jul 09 Queen Victoria gives assent to the Commonwealth of Australia Bill,. 


Jul 09 Robert Oboussier, composer 


Jul 10 Bob Catterall, cricketer (dashing South African batsman of 20's) 


Jul 10 Paris subway, the Metro, opens. 


Jul 11 Boer general De la Rey captures Scots Greys and Lincolns 


Jul 12 114°F (46°C), Basin, Wyoming (state record). 


Jul 12 Fjodor Godunov-Tcherdynchev, Russian poet (Life of Tchernyshevsky) 


Jul 13 JH Scheps, Dutch 2nd-Member of parliament (social democratic). 


Jul 13 Phillies beat Pittsburgh 23-8. 


Jul 15 President Steyn/General De Law escape Brandwater Basin 


Jul 17 James Cagney, actor (Yankee Doodle Dandy), hold that grapefruit. 


Jul 17 NY Giant Christy Mathewson begins career losing to Bkln Superbas. 


Jul 19 Arno Breker, German sculptor (3rd Reich sculptor. 


Jul 19 In this year, Michel Théato claims 2nd olympics marathon (2:59:45.0-40260k) 


Jul 20 Gottfried von Haberler, Austrian economist 


Jul 21 Pope Leo XIII encyclical to Greek-Melkite rite 


Jul 23 Pan-African Congress meets in London. 


Jul 24 Ferdinand Hamet, Dutch missionary in Mongolia, murdered at 59 


Jul 24 Race riot in New Orleans, 2 white policemen killed. 


Jul 24 Zelda Fitzgerald, 1st wife of F Scott. 


Jul 25 Enrique Amorim, Uruguayan author (La victoria no viene sola) 


Jul 25 Gilbert Jessop hits his 2nd 100 before lunch in same cricket match 


Jul 27 Charles Vidor, Budapest Hungary, direct (Rhapsody, Gilda, Cover Girl). 


Jul 28 Hamburger created by Louis Lassing in Connecticut. 


Jul 28 Maurice Johnstone, composer. 


Jul 29 Alexander Vasil'yevich Mosolov, composer [OS] 


Jul 29 In Italy, King Umberto I of Italy is assassinated by Italian-born anarchist Gaetano Bresci. 


Jul 29 In Monza, Italy, King Umberto I was shot to death by Gaetano Bresci, an Italian-born anarchist who had resided in America before returning to his homeland to murder the king 


Jul 29 Umberto I, Italian King (1878-1900) assassinated by Gaetano Bresci 


Jul 31 Boer Generals Prinsloo and Roux surrenders in Brandwater Basin. 


Jul 31 Elmo Roper, pollster (Roper Poll). 


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