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1900 Historical Event(s)
January 31, 1900
– New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Metal Rat in Chinese astrology.
February 9, 1900
– The Davis Cup competition is established.
February 23, 1900
– In South Africa, Boers and British troops fight in the Battle of Hart’s Hill.
March 7, 1900
– The German liner SS Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse becomes the first ship to send wireless signals to shore.
March 14, 1900
– The Gold Standard Act is ratified, placing United States currency on the gold standard.
March 16, 1900
– Sir Arthur Evans purchased the land around the ruins of Knossos, the largest Bronze Age archaeological site on Crete.
April 30, 1900
– Casey Jones dies in a train wreck in Vaughn, Mississippi, while trying to make up time on the Cannonball Express.
June 14, 1900
– Hawaii becomes a United States territory.
June 20, 1900
– Boxer Rebellion: The Imperial Chinese Army begins a 55-day siege of the Legation Quarter in Beijing, China.
July 19, 1900
– The first line of the Paris Métro opens for operation.
Who Were Born On 1900?
January 4, 1900
– James Bond, American ornithologist (d. 1989)
June 24, 1900
– Wilhelm Cauer, German mathematician (d. 1945)
July 23, 1900
– John Babcock, Canadian World War I veteran (d. 2010)
August 1, 1900
– Otto Nothling, Former Australian cricketer and rugby union footballer (d. 1965)
August 18, 1900
– Glenn Albert Black, American archaeologist (d. 1964)
September 11, 1900
– D. W. Brooks, American farmer and businessman (d. 1999)
September 19, 1900
– Ricardo Cortez, American actor (d. 1977)
October 15, 1900
– Mervyn LeRoy, American film director (d. 1987)
October 22, 1900
– Ashfaqulla Khan, Indian Revolutionary (d. 1927)
November 19, 1900
– Bunny Ahearne, Irish ice hockey promoter (d. 1985)