Explore 2322 historical events from 1900–1909.
Eric William Fenby OBE was an English composer, conductor, pianist, organist and teacher who is best known for being Frederick Delius's amanuensis from 1928 to 1934. He helped Deli…
Eric Fenby, English composer and educator (died 1997)
Prince Gustaf Adolf, Duke of Västerbotten was a Swedish prince who for most of his life was second in the line of succession to the Swedish throne with the title of Hereditary Prin…
Prince Gustaf Adolf, Duke of Västerbotten (died 1947)
William Brooke Joyce, nicknamed Lord Haw-Haw, was an American-born Nazi propaganda broadcaster during the Second World War. After moving from New York to Ireland and subsequently t…
William Joyce, American-born Irish-British Nazi propaganda broadcaster (died 1946)
Mary Elizabeth "Mimi" Smith, informally known as Aunt Mimi, was a maternal aunt and the parental guardian of the English musician John Lennon. She was born in Toxteth, Liverpool, a…
Mimi Smith, English nurse (died 1991)
The 14-bis (French: Quatorze-bis;, also known as Oiseau de proie, was a pioneer era, canard-style biplane designed and built by Brazilian aviation pioneer Alberto Santos-Dumont. In…
The Santos-Dumont 14-bis makes a short hop, the first flight of a fixed-wing aircraft in Europe.
Devils Tower is a laccolithic butte, composed of igneous rock in the Bear Lodge Ranger District of the Black Hills, near Hulett and Sundance in Crook County, northeastern Wyoming, …
U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt proclaims Devils Tower in Wyoming as the nation's first National Monument.
Violent attacks by armed mobs of White Americans against Black Americans in Atlanta, Georgia, began after newspapers, on the evening of September 22, 1906, published several unsubs…
Racial tensions exacerbated by rumors lead to the Atlanta Race Riot, further increasing racial segregation.
Leonardo Torres Quevedo was a Spanish civil engineer, mathematician, and inventor who developed numerous engineering innovations related to aerial trams, airships, catamarans, and …
Leonardo Torres Quevedo demonstrates the Telekino in the Bilbao Abra (Spain), guiding an electric boat from the shore…
The Royal Galician Academy is an institution dedicated to the study of Galician culture and especially the Galician language; it promulgates norms of grammar, spelling, and vocabul…
The Royal Galician Academy, the Galician language's biggest linguistic authority, is established in La Coruña, Spain.
Joel Brand was a member of the Budapest Aid and Rescue Committee, an underground Zionist group in Budapest, Hungary, that smuggled Jews out of German-occupied Europe to the relativ…
Joel Brand, member of the Budapest Aid and Rescue Committee (died 1964)
William Joseph Brennan Jr. was an American lawyer and jurist who served as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1956 to 1990. He was the eighth-longe…
William J
Yiorgos Theotokas, formally Georgios Theotokas, was a Greek novelist.
Yiorgos Theotokas, Greek author and playwright (died 1966)
Kurt Friedrich Gödel was a logician, mathematician, and philosopher. Considered along with Aristotle and Gottlob Frege to be one of the most significant logicians in history, Gödel…
Kurt Gödel, Czech-American mathematician, philosopher, and academic (died 1978)
The Gentlemen's Agreement of 1907 was an informal agreement between the United States of America and the Empire of Japan whereby Japan would not allow further emigration of labore…
San Francisco sparks a diplomatic crisis between the United States and Japan by ordering segregated schools for…
Alberto Santos-Dumont was a Brazilian aeronaut, sportsman, inventor, and one of the few people to have contributed significantly to the early development of both lighter-than-air a…
Alberto Santos-Dumont flies an airplane in the first heavier-than-air flight in Europe.
Paul Sacher was a Swiss conductor, patron and billionaire businessman. At the time of his death, Sacher was the majority shareholder of the Hoffmann-La Roche pharmaceutical company…
Paul Sacher, Swiss conductor and philanthropist (died 1999)
Horst Schumann was an SS-Sturmbannführer (major) and medical doctor who conducted sterilization and castration experiments at Auschwitz and was particularly interested in the mass …
Horst Schumann, German SS officer and physician (died 1983)
Mary Astor was an American actress. Although her career spanned several decades, she may be best remembered for her performance as Brigid O'Shaughnessy in The Maltese Falcon (1941)…
Mary Astor, American actress (died 1987)
Anna Eleanor Roosevelt Halsted was an American writer who worked as a newspaper editor and in public relations. Halsted also wrote two children's books published in the 1930s. She …
Anna Roosevelt Halsted, American journalist and author (died 1975)
André Weil was a French mathematician, known for his foundational work in number theory and algebraic geometry. He was one of the most influential mathematicians of the twentieth c…
André Weil, French mathematician and academic (died 1998)
Roberto Gastone Zeffiro Rossellini was an Italian film director, screenwriter and producer. He was one of the most prominent directors of the Italian neorealist cinema, contributin…
Roberto Rossellini, Italian director and screenwriter (died 1977)
Ernest Leslie McCormick was an Australian cricketer who played in 12 Test matches from 1935 to 1938.
Ernie McCormick, Australian cricketer (died 1991)
Alfred Pellan was an important figure in twentieth-century Canadian painting.
Alfred Pellan, Canadian painter and educator (died 1988)
Arturo Uslar Pietri was a Venezuelan intellectual, historian, writer, television producer, and politician.
Arturo Uslar Pietri, Venezuelan lawyer, journalist, and author (died 2001)