Explore 533 historical events from 1900–1909.
Maximilian Kronberger, known familiarly as Maximin, was a German poet and a significant figure in the literary circle of Stefan George.
Maximilian Kronberger, German poet and author (born 1888)
Samuel Smiles was a British author and government reformer. Although he campaigned on a Chartist platform, he promoted the idea that more progress would come from new attitudes tha…
Samuel Smiles, Scottish-English author (born 1812)
Auguste Molinier was a French historian.
Auguste Molinier, French librarian and historian (born 1851)
Jamsetji Nusserwanji Tata was an Indian industrialist and philanthropist who founded the Tata Group, India's largest conglomerate. He established the city of Jamshedpur.
Jamsetji Tata, Indian businessman, founded Tata Group (born 1839)
Antonín Leopold Dvořák was a Czech composer. He frequently employed rhythms and other aspects of the folk music of Moravia and his native Bohemia, following the Romantic era nation…
Antonín Dvořák, Czech composer and academic (born 1841)
Kicking Bear was an Oglala Lakota who became a band chief of the Miniconjou Lakota Sioux. He fought in several battles with his brother, Flying Hawk, and first cousin, Crazy Horse,…
Kicking Bear, Native American tribal leader (born 1846)
Russification, Russianisation or Russianization, is a form of cultural assimilation in which non-Russians adopt Russian culture and Russian language either voluntarily or as a resu…
Realizing that the Russification of Lithuania was not working, the Russian Empire lifted the 40-year-old ban on publicat
John Christian Watson was an Australian politician who served as the third prime minister of Australia from April to August 1904. He held office as the inaugural federal leader of …
Chris Watson became the first prime minister of Australia from the Australian Labor Party
In baseball, the pitcher is the player who throws ("pitches") the baseball from the pitcher's mound toward the catcher to begin each play, with the goal of retiring a batter, who a…
Pitching for the Boston Americans, Cy Young threw the first perfect game in modern professional baseball
The Russo-Japanese War was fought between the Russian Empire and the Empire of Japan over rival imperial ambitions in Manchuria and the Korean Empire. The major land battles of the…
Russo-Japanese War: The Japanese battleships Hatsuse and Yashima sank after striking several mines off Port Arthur, Chin
Club Atlético de Madrid, S.A.D., commonly referred to as Atlético Madrid or simply Atlético and colloquially as Atleti, is a Spanish professional football club based in Madrid that…
Atlético Madrid Association football club is founded
The Kishinev pogrom or Kishinev massacre was an anti-Jewish riot that took place in Kishinev, then the capital of the Bessarabia Governorate in the Russian Empire, on 19–21 April […
The Kishinev pogrom in Kishinev (Bessarabia) begins, forcing tens of thousands of Jews to later seek refuge in Palestine
The Frank Slide was a massive rockslide that buried part of the mining town of Frank in the District of Alberta of the North-West Territories, Canada, at 4:10 a.m. on April 29, 190…
A landslide kills 70 people in Frank, in the District of Alberta, Canada
Românul de la Pind was a Romanian weekly newspaper. It was founded on 26 May 1903 in Bucharest, Romania, by the Aromanian cultural activist Nicolae Constantin Batzaria, who was the…
Românul de la Pind, the longest-running newspaper by and about Aromanians until World War II, is founded
Nicolas Nabokov was a Russian-born composer, writer, and cultural figure. He became a U.S. citizen in 1939.
Nicolas Nabokov, Russian-American composer and educator (died 1978)
Gregor Piatigorsky was a Russian-born American cellist.
Gregor Piatigorsky, Ukrainian-American cellist and educator (died 1976)
Frederick Morgan Taylor was an American hurdler and the first athlete to win three Olympic medals in the 400 m hurdles. He was the flag bearer for the United States at his last Oly…
Morgan Taylor, American hurdler and coach (died 1975)
The May Coup was a coup d'état in the Kingdom of Serbia which resulted in the assassination of King Alexander I and his consort, Queen Draga, inside the Stari Dvor in Belgrade on t…
In the May Coup, Alexander I, King of Serbia, and Queen Draga, are assassinated in Belgrade by the Black Hand (Crna Ruka
Paul Glee Waner, nicknamed "Big Poison", was an American professional baseball right fielder who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for four teams between 1926 and 1945, most no…
Paul Waner, American baseball player and manager (died 1965)
Eliot Ness was an American Prohibition agent known for his efforts to bring down Al Capone while enforcing Prohibition in Chicago. He was leader of a team of law enforcement agents…
Eliot Ness, American law enforcement agent (died 1957)
Luis Saslavsky was an Argentine film director, screenwriter and film producer, notable for his work during the classical era of Argentine cinema.
Luis Saslavsky, Argentinian director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1995)
Lieutenant-General Guy Granville Simonds, was a senior Canadian Army officer who served with distinction during World War II. Acknowledged by many military historians and senior co…
Guy Simonds, English-Canadian general (died 1974)
José Antonio Primo de Rivera y Sáenz de Heredia, 1st Duke of Primo de Rivera, 3rd Marquis of Estella GE, often referred to simply as José Antonio, was a Spanish national syndicalis…
José Antonio Primo de Rivera, Spanish lawyer and politician, founded the Falange (died 1936)
Andrey Nikolaevich Kolmogorov was a Soviet mathematician who played a central role in the creation of modern probability theory. He also gave fundamental contributions to the mathe…
Andrey Kolmogorov, Russian mathematician and academic (died 1987)