Explore 2322 historical events from 1900–1909.
George Marsden Waterhouse was a Premier of South Australia from 8 October 1861 until 3 July 1863 and the seventh premier of New Zealand from 11 October 1872 to 3 March 1873.
George Waterhouse, English-New Zealand politician, 7th Prime Minister of New Zealand (born 1824)
Hans Wilhelm Auer was a Swiss-Austrian architect best known for his design of the Swiss Bundeshaus (1894–1902) in Bern.
Hans Auer, Swiss-Austrian architect and educator, designed the Federal Palace of Switzerland (born 1847)
Stanford White was an American architect and a partner in the architectural firm McKim, Mead & White, one of the most significant Beaux-Arts firms at the turn of the 20th century. …
Stanford White, American architect, designed the Washington Square Arch (born 1853)
Mihály Kolossa was a Slovene ploughman and writer in Hungary.
Mihály Kolossa, Hungarian author and poet (born 1846)
Ludwig Eduard Boltzmann was an Austrian mathematician and theoretical physicist. His greatest achievements were the development of statistical mechanics and the statistical explana…
Ludwig Boltzmann, Austrian physicist and philosopher (born 1844)
Maria Georgina Grey, also known as Mrs William Grey, was a British educationist and writer who promoted women's education and was one of the founders of the organisation that becam…
Maria Georgina Grey, English educator, founded the Girls' Day School Trust (born 1816)
Robert Roberts Hitt was an American diplomat and Republican politician from Illinois. He served briefly as assistant secretary of state in the short-lived administration of James A…
Robert R. Hitt, American politician, 13th United States Assistant Secretary of State (born 1834)
Samuel Bland Arnold was an American Confederate sympathizer involved in a plot to kidnap U.S. President Abraham Lincoln in 1865. He had joined the Confederate Army shortly after th…
Samuel Arnold, American conspirator (born 1838)
Honoré Beaugrand was a French Canadian journalist, politician, author and folklorist, born in Saint-Joseph-de-Lanoraie, Quebec.
Honoré Beaugrand, Canadian journalist and politician, 18th Mayor of Montreal (born 1848)
Henriette Wulfsberg was a Norwegian educator, writer and translator.
Henriette Wulfsberg, Norwegian school owner and writer (born 1843)
Paul Cézanne was a French Post-Impressionist painter whose work introduced new modes of representation, influenced avant-garde artistic movements of the early 20th century and form…
Paul Cézanne, French painter (born 1839)
Jean Benner was a French artist. He was twin to fellow artist, Emmanuel Benner, and the father of Emmanuel M. Benner, another artist.
Jean Benner, French artist (born 1836)
The 1906 Valparaíso earthquake hit Valparaíso, Chile, on August 16 at 19:55 local time. Its epicenter was offshore from the Valparaíso Region, and its magnitude was estimated at 8.…
An earthquake registering approximately 8.2 Mw struck Valparaíso, Chile, killing 3,882 people.
Vauxhall Bridge is a Grade II* listed steel and granite deck arch bridge in central London. It crosses the River Thames in a southeast–northwest direction between Vauxhall on the s…
Vauxhall Bridge in London opened, crossing the River Thames between Vauxhall and Westminster
The 1906 Grand Prix de l'Automobile Club de France, commonly known as the 1906 French Grand Prix, was a motor race held on 26 and 27 June 1906, on closed public roads outside the c…
The 1906 French Grand Prix, the first Grand Prix motor racing competition, began near Le Mans
The 25th Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment of the United States Army activated in 1866 and deactivated in 1957. One of the "Buffalo Soldier" units, the racially segregated…
Members of the U.S. Army's all-black 25th Infantry Regiment were accused of killing a white bartender and wounding a…
RMS Mauretania was a British ocean liner built for the Cunard Line by Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson at Wallsend on the River Tyne, England, launched in 1906. She was the world's…
The ocean liner RMS Mauretania, the largest and fastest ship in the world at the time, was launched in Tyneside,…
The Simla Deputation was a gathering of 35 prominent Indian Muslim leaders led by the Aga Khan III at the Viceregal Lodge in Simla in October 1906. The deputation aimed to convince…
A deputation of Muslim leaders led by the Aga Khan III met Indian viceroy Lord Minto to secure greater political…
The Robert Burns Memorial Statue is a monumental statue in Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada. It was designed by Scottish sculptor William Grant Stevenson and dedicated in 1906. I…
The Robert Burns Memorial Statue, the first public statue erected in New Brunswick, was dedicated in Fredericton.
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 flew his biplane 14-bis for 50 metres (160 ft) at an altitude of about four metres (13 ft).
The Illinois Memorial is a public memorial located at Vicksburg National Military Park in Vicksburg, Mississippi, United States. Dedicated in 1906, it honors the Union Army soldier…
The Illinois Memorial, honoring Union army soldiers from Illinois who fought at the Siege of Vicksburg, was dedicated…
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 Battle of Tsushima begins
Portsmouth is a city in Rockingham County, New Hampshire, United States. It had a population of 21,956 at the 2020 census. A historic seaport and popular summer tourist destination…
Russo-Japanese War: Peace negotiations begin in Portsmouth, New Hampshire.
A referendum on dissolving the union with Sweden was held in Norway on 13 August 1905. Dissolving the union, which had been in place since 1814, was approved by almost 100% of vote…
Norwegians vote to end the union with Sweden.