Historical Events In 1900

Jan 01   On this day in history british protectorates of Northern & Southern Nigeria established   

Jan 01   In the year 1900 compulsory education in Netherlands goes into effect   

Jan 02   On this day in history e Verlinger begins manufacturing 7" single-sided records (Montreal)   

Jan 03   On this day in history dorothy Arnzer, director   

Jan 03   Edwin George Monk, composer, dies at 80 in the year 1900.   

Jan 03   On this day in history gerhart Hauptmanns "Schluck und Jau," premieres in Berlin   

Jan 05   On this day in history dennis Gabor, Hung/Brit physicist (holography-Nobel 1971) [or Jun 5]   

Jan 05   Irish leader John Edward Redmond calls for a revolt against British rule in the year 1900.   

Jan 06   On this day in history boers attack at Ladysmith, about 1,000 killed or injured   

Jan 06   Pierre-Octave Ferroud, French composer (Sarabande, Jeunesse) in the year 1900.   

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

Jan 08   Queen Marie, of Yugoslavia on this day in history.   

Jan 08   The Boers attack the British in Ladysmith, South Africa, but the British hold fast on this day in history.   

Jan 09   In the year 1900 joseph Frederick Wagner, composer   

Jan 10   Lord Roberts & Lord Kitchener reach Capetown in the year 1900.   

Jan 12   On this day in history freeland Colony founded in US   

Jan 12   In the year 1900 vaino Hannikainen, composer   

Jan 13   Yasuji Kiyose, composer in the year 1900.   

Jan 14   On this day in history giacomo Puccini's opera "Tosca," premieres in Rome   

Jan 15   Caesar Domela, Dutch painter (Ferdinand Domela Nieuwenhuis son) in the year 1900.   

Jan 15   SCNEC soccer team forms in the year 1900.   

Jan 16   The United States Senate accepts the Anglo-German treaty of 1899 in which the United Kingdom renounces its claims to the Samoan islands on this day in history.   

Jan 17   Olga Maria Nicolis di Robilant, patron of the arts on this day in history.   

Jan 18   Jan Blockx's "Tÿl Uilenspiegel" premieres in Brussels on this day in history.   

Jan 19   Bubonic plague spreads from Adelaide to Sydney (103 were to die) in the year 1900.   

Jan 20   Boris Semyonovich Shekhter, composer in the year 1900.   

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

Jan 21   Second Contingent of Canadian troops sails from Halifax for South Africa; more troop ships leave January 27 and February 21 on this day in history.   

Jan 22   In the year 1900 franz Salmhofer, composer   

Jan 23   Mary Philips, CT, actress (Farewell to Arms, Incendiary Blonde) in the year 1900.   

Jan 24   Battle at Tugela-Spionkop, South Africa (Boers vs British army) on this day in history.   

Jan 24   Newcastle Badminton Club, world's oldest, formed in England in the year 1900.   

Jan 25   In the year 1900 mildred Dunnock, Balt, actress (Baby Doll, Nun's Story)   

Jan 26   On this day in history henrik Ibsen's "Naar vi Dode Vaaguer," premieres in Stuttgart   

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

Jan 01   William Haines, Staunton VA, actor (Fast Life, Little Annie Rooney) was born on this day in history.   

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 on this day in history.   

Jan 03   On this day in history birth of dorothy Arnzer, director   

Jan 03   In the year 1900 birth of maurice Jaubert, composer   

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

Jan 05   In the year 1900 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   In the year 1900 billy Bates, cricketer (656 runs & 50 wkts in 15 Tests for Eng), dies   

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

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 in the year 1900.   

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.