Explore 1816 historical events from 1900–1909.
Slava was a pre-dreadnought battleship of the Imperial Russian Navy, the last of the five Borodino-class battleships. Completed too late to participate in the Battle of Tsushima du…
Slava, the last of five Borodino-class battleships, was launched by the Imperial Russian Navy.
Slava was a pre-dreadnought battleship of the Imperial Russian Navy, the last of the five Borodino-class battleships. Completed too late to participate in the Battle of Tsushima du…
Slava (pictured), the last of five Borodino-class battleships, was launched by the Imperial Russian Navy.
The 1902 Guatemala earthquake occurred on April 18 at 8:23 pm with a moment magnitude of 7.5 and a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe). The rupture was initiated at a depth…
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Pierre Curie was a French physicist and chemist, and a pioneer in crystallography and magnetism. He shared one half of the 1903 Nobel Prize in Physics with his wife, Marie Curie, f…
Pierre and Marie Curie refine radium chloride
Valerios Stais was a Greek archaeologist.
Greek archaeologist Valerios Stais discovers the Antikythera mechanism, an ancient mechanical analog computer
The Second Boer War, also known as the Boer War, Transvaal War, Anglo–Boer War, or the South African War, was a conflict fought between the British Empire and the Boer republics ov…
Second Boer War: The Treaty of Vereeniging ends the war and ensures British control of South Africa
Mount Pelée or Mont Pelée is an active stratovolcano at the northern end of Martinique, an island and French overseas department in the Lesser Antilles Volcanic Arc of the Caribbea…
In Martinique, Mount Pelée erupts, destroying the town of Saint-Pierre and killing over 30,000 people
The United States Congress is the legislative branch of the federal government of the United States. It is a bicameral legislature, including a lower body, the U.S. House of Repres…
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Agustín Lizárraga Ruiz was a Peruvian explorer and farmer who visited the Inca site of Machu Picchu on 14 July 1902, nine years before American explorer Hiram Bingham brought it to…
Peruvian explorer and farmer Agustín Lizárraga discovers Machu Picchu, the "Lost City of the Incas".
Edward VII was King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Emperor of India, from 22 January 1901 until his death in 1910.
Edward VII and Alexandra of Denmark are crowned King and Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
Cuba, officially the Republic of Cuba, is an island country in the Caribbean. It comprises the eponymous main island as well as 4,195 islands, islets, and cays. Situated at the con…
Cuba gains independence from the United States
St Mark's Campanile is the bell tower of St Mark's Basilica in Venice, Italy. The campanile is a reconstruction completed in 1912, the previous tower having collapsed in 1902. At 9…
The Campanile in St Mark's Square, Venice collapses, also demolishing the loggetta.
Cadillac Motor Car Division, or simply Cadillac, is the luxury vehicle division of the American automobile manufacturer General Motors (GM). Its major markets are the United States…
The Cadillac Motor Company is founded.
Theodore Roosevelt Jr. was the 26th president of the United States, serving from 1901 to 1909. Previously serving for six months as vice president under William McKinley, Roosevelt…
Theodore Roosevelt becomes the first President of the United States to make a public appearance in an automobile.
The 1902 Turkestan earthquake devastated Xinjiang, China, near the Kyrgyzstan border. It occurred on August 22, 1902, at 03:00:22 with an epicenter in the Tien Shan mountains. The …
At least 6,000 people are killed by the magnitude 7.7 Kashgar earthquake in the Tien Shan mountains.
On September 19, 1902, a stampede occurred at the Shiloh Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama, resulting in the deaths of 115 people. At the time of the crush, 3,000 people were g…
A stampede at Shiloh Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama, leads to the death of 115 attendees.
Per Waldemar Hammenhög was a Swedish writer and novelist. The trivial, petty bourgeois urban environment forms the basis of many of his early realistic novels, whereas his later wo…
Waldemar Hammenhög, Swedish author (died 1972)
Giuseppe Pella was an Italian Christian Democratic politician and statesman who served as the 31st prime minister of Italy from 1953 to 1954. He was also Minister of Treasury, Budg…
Giuseppe Pella, Italian politician, 32nd Prime Minister of Italy (died 1981)
Veniamin Aleksandrovich Kaverin was a Soviet and Russian writer, dramatist and screenwriter associated with the early 1920s movement of the Serapion Brothers.
Veniamin Kaverin, Russian author and screenwriter (died 1989)
Halldór Kiljan Laxness was an Icelandic writer and winner of the 1955 Nobel Prize in Literature. He wrote novels, poetry, newspaper articles, essays, plays, travelogues and short s…
Halldór Laxness, Icelandic author and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1998)
Werner Heyde was a German psychiatrist. He was one of the main organizers of Nazi Germany's T-4 Euthanasia Program.
Werner Heyde, German psychiatrist and academic (died 1964)
Mary Miles Minter was an American actress, and one of the leading ladies who established the early Hollywood star system. She appeared in 53 silent films from 1912 to 1923.
Mary Miles Minter, American actress (died 1984)
Tiemoko Garan Kouyaté was a Malian teacher, journalist and political activist. He was a pioneer for African nationalism and one of the first Communists in Africa.
Tiemoko Garan Kouyaté, Malian educator and activist (died 1942)
Johan Collett Müller Borgen was a Norwegian writer, journalist and critic. His best-known work is the novel Lillelord for which he was awarded the Norwegian Critics Prize for Liter…
Johan Borgen, Norwegian author and critic (died 1979)