Historical Events In 1900

Aug 20   On this day in history great Britain beats France in cricket in Olympic Games  

Aug 21   On this day in history allied forces overun Peking's inner city  

Aug 21   On this day in history eileen Percy, Belfast Ireland, silent film actress (Let's Go)  

Aug 22   Elizabeth Bergner, Vienna Austria, actress (Catherine the Great) in the year 1900.  

Aug 22   In the year 1900 gabriel Faures opera "Prométhée," premieres in Beziers  

Aug 23   Ernst Krenek, Vienna Austria, composer (Johnny Spielt Auf) on this day in history.  

Aug 23   National Negro Business League organizes (Boston) on this day in history.  

Aug 24   In the year 1900 preston Foster, Ocean City NJ, actor (Waterfront, Gunslinger)  

Aug 25   Friedrich Nietschze, philosopher (Also sprach Zarathustra), dies at 55 on this day in history.  

Aug 25   On this day in history mary Bruce, dance Teacher  

Aug 25   On this day in history philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche dies in Weimar, Germany.  

Aug 27   In the year 1900 battle at Bergendal: Gen Buller beats Boer general Botha  

Aug 28   On this day in history henry Sidgwick, English philosopher (Women on University), dies  

Aug 29   Oscar Nitzchke, German architect (Alcoa building/Centre Pompidou) in the year 1900.  

Aug 30   In the year 1900 franklin C Fry, US minister (Lutheran World Relief)  

Aug 30   Last 2000 British prisoners in Nooitgedagt South Africa freed in the year 1900.  

Aug 30   Outbreak of bubonic plague in Glasgow, UK on this day in history.  

Aug 31   In the year 1900 british troops over run Johannesburg  

Aug 31   Roland Culver, London England, actor (Thunderball, Encore) on this day in history.  

Sep 01   Andrei Vlasov, Russian general (Red Army, Wehrmacht) on this day in history.  

Sep 02   Telegraph use between Germany & US begins in the year 1900.  

Sep 03   British annex Natal (South Africa) in the year 1900.  

Sep 03   Urho K Kekkonen, premier/president Finland (1956-81) on this day in history.  

Sep 04   Cornelis Verolme, Dutch ship builder on this day in history.  

Sep 05   France proclaims a protectorate over Chad in the year 1900.  

Sep 06   British General Buller occupies Lydenburg South Africa in the year 1900.  

Sep 06   On this day in history julien Green, US/French writer (Frere Francois)  

Sep 07   In the year 1900 "Janet" Taylor Caldwell, England, novelist (Melissa)  

Sep 08   6,000 killed when a hurricane & tidal wave strikes Galveston, Texas in the year 1900.  

Sep 08   On this day in history 6,000 killed when a hurricane &tidal wave destroys Galveston, Texas, most deadly in US history  

Sep 08   A huricane strikes Galveston, TX, killing 6,000 people in the year 1900.  

Sep 08   Claude D Pepper, (Rep-D-FL, 1963- ), old people's advocate in the year 1900.  

Sep 09   James Hilton, English novelist (Goodbye Mr Chips) in the year 1900.  

Sep 10   On this day in history 20.3 cm rainfall at Elk Point, South Dakota (state record)  

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

Jan 01   On this day in history birth of william Haines, Staunton VA, actor (Fast Life, Little Annie Rooney)  

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

Jan 01   Chiune Sugihara, Japanese diplomat (d. 1986) was born in the year 1900.  

Jan 03   Dorothy Arnzer, director was born in the year 1900.  

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   In the year 1900 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   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   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.