Page 4: Historical Events In 1900

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

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

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

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   In the year 1900 nL decides to go with 8 teams They exclude Baltimore, Cleveland, Louisville & Washington (in 1953 Boston Braves move to Milwaukee)   

Mar 09   In the year 1900 aimone duke of Spoleta/Aosta, Italian king of Croatia (1941-43)   

Mar 10   On this day in history battle at Driefontein, South-Africa (Boers vs British army)   

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

Mar 10   In the year 1900 sherman Billingsley, Enid Ok, talk show host (Stork Club)   

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

Mar 12   David Croll, QC senator on this day in history.   

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 in the year 1900.   

Mar 13   On this day in history british troops occupy Bloemfontein, Orange Free State   

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   On this day in history hugo de Vries rediscovers Mendel's laws of genetics   

Mar 14   US currency goes on gold standard in the year 1900.   

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

Mar 16   On this day in history aL meets in Chicago, Ban Johnson announces that an AL team will be in   

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   On this day in history 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   Ajax (Amsterdam Football Club), forms in the year 1900.   

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

Mar 19   Roy Roberts, Tampa Fla, actor (Petticoat Junction, Lucy Show) on this day in history.   

Mar 21   In the year 1900 eugenie Leontovitch, Moscow Russia, actor (Homicidal)   

Mar 23   In the year 1900 erich Fromm, Frankfurt Germany, psychologist (Sane Society)   

Mar 24   In the year 1900 june [Algeria Junius] Clark, musician trumpet   

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

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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 on this day in history.   

Jan 01   On this day in history birth of chiune Sugihara, Japanese diplomat (d. 1986)   

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

Jan 03   Maurice Jaubert, composer was born on this day in history.   

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   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 on this day in history.   

Jan 20   On this day in history john Ruskin, English writer (Dearest Mama Talbot), dies of flu at 81   

Jan 22   On this day in history death of david E. Hughes, American musician (b. 1831)   

Jan 30   Vittorio Bersezio, [Carlo Nugelli], Italian playwright, dies at 71 in the year 1900.   

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

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)