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   Battle at Poplar Grove South Africa, President Kruger flees on this day in history.  

Mar 07   Giuseppe Capogrossi, Italian painter on this day in history.  

Mar 07   Poplar Grove, South Africa Canadians engage Boers in artillery fight at Poplar Grove on this day in history.  

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   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   On this day in history sherman Billingsley, Enid Ok, talk show host (Stork Club)  

Mar 11   Edmund Peate, cricketer (9 Tests for England 1881-86), dies in the year 1900.  

Mar 12   In the year 1900 david Croll, QC senator  

Mar 12   President Steyn of Orange Free state flees from Bloemfontein on this day in history.  

Mar 12   In the year 1900 president Steyn of Orange-Free state flees from Bloemfontein  

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

Mar 13   In the year 1900 british troops occupy Bloemfontein, Orange-Free state  

Mar 13   James William Tyrrell 1863-1945 starts 2,782 km survey trek from Great Slave Lake to Chesterfield Inlet in the year 1900.  

Mar 14   Hugo de Vries rediscovers Mendel's laws of genetics on this day in history.  

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 in the year 1900.  

Mar 16   Discovery of the ancient city of Knossos on the island of Crete on this day in history.  

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   In the year 1900 alfred Newman, New Haven, composer (Love is a Many Splendored Thing)  

Mar 17   Stanley Cup: Montreal Shamrocks sweep Halifax Crescents in 2 in the year 1900.  

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   Roy Roberts, Tampa Fla, actor (Petticoat Junction, Lucy Show) in the year 1900.  

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

Mar 23   Erich Fromm, Frankfurt Germany, psychologist (Sane Society) on this day in history.  

Mar 24   On this day in history 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 in the year 1900.  

Mar 25   US Socialist Party forms in Indianapolis in the year 1900.  

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Jan 01   Hubert van Doorne, Dutch auto manufacturer (DAF) was born on this day in history.  

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   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   On this day in history birth of maurice Jaubert, composer  

Jan 04   James Bond, American ornithologist (d. 1989) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 05   Dennis Gabor, Hung/Brit physicist (holography-Nobel 1971) [or Jun 5] was born on this day in history.  

Jan 03   In the year 1900 edwin George Monk, composer, dies at 80  

Jan 08   Billy Bates, cricketer (656 runs & 50 wkts in 15 Tests for Eng), dies on this day in history.  

Jan 20   In the year 1900 john Ruskin, English writer (Dearest Mama Talbot), dies of flu at 81  

Jan 22   In the year 1900 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 on this day in history.  

Feb 18   Clinton L. Merriam, American politician (b. 1824) died in the year 1900.