1900 Calendar
What Happened In Year 1900?
- January 6, 1900 – Second Boer War: Having already sieged the fortress at Ladysmith, Boer forces attack it, but are driven back by British defenders.
- January 16, 1900 – The United States Senate accepts the Anglo-German treaty of 1899 in which the United Kingdom renounces its claims to the Samoan islands.
- January 31, 1900 – New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Metal Rat in Chinese astrology.
- February 5, 1900 – The United States and the United Kingdom sign a treaty for the Panama Canal
- February 7, 1900 – Second Boer War: British troops fail in their third attempt to lift the Siege of Ladysmith.
- February 14, 1900 – Second Boer War: In South Africa, 20,000 British troops invade the Orange Free State.
- February 23, 1900 – In South Africa, Boers and British troops fight in the Battle of Hart’s Hill.
- March 13, 1900 – Second Boer War: British forces occupy Bloemfontein, Orange Free State.
- March 16, 1900 – Sir Arthur Evans purchased the land around the ruins of Knossos, the largest Bronze Age archaeological site on Crete.
- April 5, 1900 – Archaeologists in Knossos, Crete, discover a large cache of clay tablets with hieroglyphic writing in a script they call Linear B.
- April 15, 1900 – Philippine–American War: Filipino guerrillas launch a surprise attack on U.S. infantry and begin a four-day siege of Catubig, Philippines.
- May 1, 1900 – The Scofield mine disaster kills over 200 men in Scofield, Utah in what is to date the fifth-worst mining accident in United States history.
- June 14, 1900 – Hawaii becomes a United States territory.
- July 2, 1900 – The first Zeppelin flight takes place on Lake Constance near Friedrichshafen, Germany.
- July 9, 1900 – Boxer Rebellion: The Governor of Shanxi province in North China orders the execution of 45 foreign Christian missionaries and local church members, including children.
- July 19, 1900 – The first line of the Paris Métro opens for operation.
- September 8, 1900 – Galveston Hurricane of 1900: a powerful hurricane hits Galveston, Texas killing about 8,000 people.
- September 13, 1900 – Filipino resistance fighters defeat a small American column in the Battle of Pulang Lupa, during the Philippine-American War.
- September 17, 1900 – Philippine-American War: Filipinos under Juan Cailles defeat Americans under Colonel Benjamin F. Cheatham at Mabitac.
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