1900


 * For the film, see: .

Year 1900 () was an  (link will display the full calendar) of the, but a of the. As a result, the Julian calendar was 12 days behind the Gregorian calendar until Wednesday,  and has been 13 days behind since Thursday,.

January

 * asks for a delegate at the Republican national convention.
 * becomes a.
 * The first becomes operational in.
 * announces the to promote trade with.
 * opens.
 * - British Royal Yacht, capsizes as it leaves port.
 * - Strikes in and  lead to mining riots.
 * leader calls for a revolt against  rule.
 * Dr of Johns Hopkins University discovers the cause of the 's.
 * It is reported that millions are starving in.
 * s attack - over 1000 people were killed.
 * -  places  under military rule.
 * The first through train runs from to.
 * strikes.
 * - becomes Army chief in the.
 * - In India, three and a quarter million people are receiving relief.
 * - declares that German is the command language in the German army.
 * - Premier presentation of opera  in Rome - actors have received death threats and nameless letters.
 * - The Hippodrome theatre opens in the Charing Cross Roads in.
 * The accepts the - treaty of  in which the  renounced its claims to the.
 * George Griffin becomes the first n ever to be killed in the.
 * is refused a seat in the because of his.
 * US takes, an important cable link between and.
 * Indians in proclaim independence from.
 * - 5000 n go on strike.
 * in.
 * The governments in London and begin negotiations to end the Second Boer War.
 * - The Labor League Conference opens in, with plans to form a Federal Labor Party.
 * - : Foreign diplomats in  demand that the Boxer rebels be disciplined.
 * - The of Professional Baseball Clubs is organized in  with eight founding teams.
 * - forces fighting  in  ask for reinforcements.
 * - An outbreak of the intensifies in cities throughout.
 * in.
 * The governments in London and begin negotiations to end the Second Boer War.
 * - The Labor League Conference opens in, with plans to form a Federal Labor Party.
 * - : Foreign diplomats in  demand that the Boxer rebels be disciplined.
 * - The of Professional Baseball Clubs is organized in  with eight founding teams.
 * - forces fighting  in  ask for reinforcements.
 * - An outbreak of the intensifies in cities throughout.
 * - An outbreak of the intensifies in cities throughout.

February

 * - refuses to join the Federation unless given 5 years of fiscal freedom.
 * - First performance of 's opera,.
 * Gubernatorial candidate is assassinated in . Former   was later found guilty in a conspiracy to kill Goebel.
 * Strikers in, and  demand an 8 hour working day and higher wages.
 * and the sign a treaty for the building of a Central American shipping canal through.
 * The vote of censure over the 's handling of the  is defeated by a majority of 213.
 * - The international arbitration court at is created when the ' Senate ratifies an   decree.
 * - troops are defeated by s at,.
 * - creates the   tournament.
 * - Second Boer War: Colonel Hannay begins invasion of with march from  to.
 * - Meeting held in, to protest against the  ends in uproar.
 * responds to international pressure to free by tightening imperial control over the country.
 * Second Boer War: In, 20,000 troops invade the Orange Free State in the.
 * the is lifted.
 * - Appearance of "Savrola (A Tale of Revolution in Laurania)", the first (and only)  of.
 * - in the Second Boer War.
 * becomes world champion.
 * A man claims that s have cured his cancer.
 * - says the German fleet "must be strong enough to ensure its mastery of the ".
 * Second Boer War: - In  the s and  troops battle.
 * The in  continues to cause deaths - last case reported was fatal.
 * - The, is destroyed by fire.
 * The is formed.
 * Boer War: In, military leaders receive an unconditional notice of surrender from Boer.
 * appointed secretary of newly formed.
 * - forces are reinforced in  by the arrival of  as the  began to retreat.
 * - The, is destroyed by fire.
 * The is formed.
 * Boer War: In, military leaders receive an unconditional notice of surrender from Boer.
 * appointed secretary of newly formed.
 * - forces are reinforced in  by the arrival of  as the  began to retreat.
 * - forces are reinforced in  by the arrival of  as the  began to retreat.

March

 * The condemns.
 * Groups of officials inspect towns around in order to find the new Federal capital.
 * Mining strike ends in Germany.
 * Classes open at The Training School for Christian Workers, which would become.
 * - Two cruisers are sent to  to protect US interests in a dispute between  and.
 * 'Baby-farmer' is hanged at  prison for murdering a 19-month old girl.
 * A explosion in  traps 50 coal miners.
 * - Fire at destroys part of its roof.
 * - Rejoicing in as  makes one of her rare visits.
 * - Women in Germany demand right to participate in university entrance exams.
 * - In the, 's forces occupy ,.
 * leader 's peace overtures are rejected by the,.
 * Botanist rediscovers.
 * of the rejects   's offer to mediate in the.
 * The is ratified placing  on the.
 * - Sir purchases the land on which the ruins of  on  reside, for further excavation.
 * In, public subscription for new Government loan is £335m - 11 times the amount asked.
 * The   begins to unearth some of the palace of  on the  island of.
 * - Mayor Van Wyck breaks ground for a new underground "Rapid Transit Railroad" that would link  and.
 * - The erupts in the  of West Africa between the Ashanti and British colonial forces.
 * Arrival of a Russian fleet in causes concern to.
 * in crisis as millions starve. The country turns to the Colonial Government for help as food supplies run out.
 * - Over 1,000 tonnes of filth is removed from demolished buildings in areas that were effected by the  outbreak.
 * - In, the length of a workday for women and children is limited to 11 hours by law.
 * - Mayor Van Wyck breaks ground for a new underground "Rapid Transit Railroad" that would link  and.
 * - The erupts in the  of West Africa between the Ashanti and British colonial forces.
 * Arrival of a Russian fleet in causes concern to.
 * in crisis as millions starve. The country turns to the Colonial Government for help as food supplies run out.
 * - Over 1,000 tonnes of filth is removed from demolished buildings in areas that were effected by the  outbreak.
 * - In, the length of a workday for women and children is limited to 11 hours by law.
 * - In, the length of a workday for women and children is limited to 11 hours by law.

April

 * Every French policeman is assigned to carry a gun.
 * formed by Queen
 * becomes absolute monarch of.
 * - Anarchist shoots at the during his visit to  in the birthday celebrations of the king of Belgium.
 * - opens.
 * - French forces defeat and kill in the, thus guaranteeing French domination of.
 * - Great Lumber Fire of Ottawa-Hull.
 * - Great Lumber Fire of Ottawa-Hull.

May

 * - Explosion of blasting powder in mine in  kills 200
 * -, King of Sweden, declares support for at the time of the Second Boer War.
 * Second Boer War: troops relieve
 * destroy three villages near Peking and kill 60 Chinese Christians
 * delegation travels to USA to ask for assistance
 * The proclaims a  over.
 * - invades
 * - Sergeant becomes the first  to be awarded the  (awarded for heroism in the  during the ).
 * - Second Boer War: British annex as.
 * - Boer soldiers vote for the continuance of the war
 * - Boxers attack Belgian personnel in the Fengtai railway station
 * - Chinese government condemns Boxers
 * - Boxers occupy
 * Peacekeepers from various European countries arrive in China
 * British under Lord Robert occupy
 * Peacekeepers from various European countries arrive in China
 * British under Lord Robert occupy
 * British under Lord Robert occupy

June

 * - demolishes 25 saloons in
 * - Boer War: soldiers take,.
 * - The approves a second law that allows the expansion of the.
 * - The gather about 20,000 people near  and kill hundreds of European citizens, including the German ambassador.
 * - Piers of North German Lloyd Steamship line burned in - 326 dead

July

 * - First flight on  near ,
 * passes British Parliament
 * Football Club founded.
 * - gives royal assent to
 * - : In, is retaken by European Allies from the rebelling
 * - The of the  is inaugurated in.
 * -  in New Orleans
 * - In, King is assassinated by -born anarchist.
 * - The Duke of Albany becomes Duke of as  following the death of his uncle,
 * - The Duke of Albany becomes Duke of as  following the death of his uncle,

August

 * - An international contingent of troops, under British command, invades and frees the Europeans taken hostage.
 * - British defeat Boer commandos at

September

 * - opens in, and offers its first classes.
 * - : a powerful hits  killing about 8,000 people.
 * - : Filipino resistance fighters defeat a larger American column in the.
 * - Philippine-American War: Filipinos under defeat Americans under Colonel Benjamin F. Cheatham at.
 * - In the, the recently-formed Labour Party gains two seats, with becoming MP for .   is elected to Parliament for the first time.

October

 * - The Norwegian inventor demands a patent for his invention, the.

November

 * The first automobile show in the opened at New York's Madison Square Garden under the auspices of the Automobile Club of America.
 * Panama's separation from Colombia.
 * - : incumbent  is reelected by defeating  challenger.
 * - dies.
 * - dies.

December

 * -, in his house at , on the outskirts of , discovers the law of emission.
 * - The Upper Ferntree Gully to Gembrook (2  6  or 762 ) Railway (now the ) in,  opened for traffic.

Undated

 * (no undated events)

World population

 * 1,650,000,000
 * 133,000,000
 * 947,000,000
 * 408,000,000
 * 74,000,000
 * 82,000,000
 * 6,000,000

January-June

 * -, American actress (d. )
 * -, American actor (d. )
 * - (d. )
 * -, French painter (d. )
 * -, German-Dutch mother of (d. )
 * -, Geneticist, evolutionary biologist (d. )
 * -, Welsh conductor and organist (d. )
 * -, German conductor (d. )
 * -, American admiral (d. )
 * -, actress (d. )
 * -, French lyricist and author (d. )
 * -, American politician (d. )
 * -, German philosopher (d. )
 * -, American judge (d. )
 * -, Greek writer, laureate (d. )
 * -, Spanish film director (d. )
 * -, German pilot and aircraft designer (d. )
 * -, Jewish American screenwriter and film director (d. )
 * -, American computing pioneer (d. )
 * -, French physicist, recipient of the (d. )
 * -, German-born psychologist and philosopher (d. )
 * -, eighteenth (d. )
 * - (d. )
 * -, Argentine writer (d. )
 * -, American actor (d. )
 * -, Russian author (d. 1962)
 * -, Austrian-born physicist, laureate (d. )
 * -, American geophysicist and inventor (d. )
 * –, Estonian statesman and diplomat (d. )
 * -, English World War II heroine (executed) (d. )
 * -, Italian author (d. )
 * -, Austrian actress (d. )
 * -, Chinese nutritionist and biochemist
 * -, leader of Iran (d. )
 * -, Belarusian poet (d. )
 * -, American jazz trumpeter (heart attack) (d. )
 * -, American temperance activist (d. )
 * -, owner of   record (d. )
 * -, Hungarian physicist, laureate (d. )
 * -, American saxophonist and leader of the  (d. )
 * -, American jazz trumpeter (d. )
 * -, French pilot and writer (d. )

July-December

 * -, French poet (d. )
 * -, American playwright, essayist and author
 * -, American jazz clarinetist (d. )
 * -, Swedish writer, laureate (d. )
 * -, American journalist (d. )
 * -, queen of (d. )
 * -, British-born geophysicist and businessman (d. )
 * -, New Zealand politician and athlete (d. )
 * -, American archaeologist (d. )
 * -, American archaeologist (d. )
 * -, American actress (d. )
 * August 19 -, British philosopher (d. )
 * -, Russian lexicographer (d. )
 * - Sir, German physician and biochemist, recipient of the (d. )
 * -, German engineer and inventor (d. )
 * -, (d. )
 * -, Canadian politician (d. )
 * -, American chemical engineer (d. )
 * -, Ukrainian-born American sculptor (d. )
 * -, Russian political cartoonist and propaganda artist
 * -, German-Dutch mother of , housemate of  (d. )
 * -, English cricketer (d. )
 * -, English cricketer (d. )
 * -, Nazi official (d. )
 * -, Finnish neuroscientist, recipient of the (d. )
 * -, Romanian communist activist and sociologist (d. )
 * , American politician (d. )
 * , American actress (d. )
 * , American athlete (d. )
 * , American writer (d. )
 * -, Polish athlete (d. )
 * -, American inventor (d. )
 * -, American composer (d. )
 * -, Soviet playwright (d. )
 * , Swiss mountain guide (d. )
 * , Austrian chemist, laureate (d. )
 * -, British railwayman (d. )
 * -, American dancer (d. )
 * -, Dutch politician, At the time of his death in Wassenaar at the age of 104 he was the longest lived politician on record in the world.(d. )
 * -, British railwayman (d. )
 * -, American dancer (d. )
 * -, Dutch politician, At the time of his death in Wassenaar at the age of 104 he was the longest lived politician on record in the world.(d. )

Deaths

 * (See 1900 list of deaths by name: .)

January - June

 * -, English writer and social critic (b. )
 * -, Scottish nobleman and boxer (b. )
 * -, American politician (b. )
 * -, German inventor and automotive pioneer (b. )
 * -,  maker. (b. )
 * -, French mathematician (b. )
 * -, Aboriginal Guardian (b. )
 * -, British politician (b.)
 * -, American railway engineer (b. )
 * -, French philosopher (b. )
 * -, English explorer and writer (b. )
 * -, American author (b. )
 * -, American Confederate spy and actress (b.)

July - December

 * -, American philanthropist (b. )
 * -, (assassinated) (b. )
 * -, second eldest son of (b. )
 * -, (b.)
 * -, Austrian-born chess player (b. )
 * -, Portuguese writer (b. )
 * -, German philosopher and writer (b. )
 * -, (b. )
 * -, American philanthropist and university founder (murdered) (b. )
 * -, American politician (b. )
 * -, Czech composer (b. )
 * -, American politician (b.)
 * - . English composer (b. )
 * -, Irish writer (b. )