The 1900s

1901 125 years ago

Silliman University is founded in the Philippines. It is the first American private school in the country.

Silliman University is a private Protestant research university in Dumaguete City, Philippines. Established in 1901 as Silliman Institute by the Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missi…

Silliman University is founded in the Philippines. It is the first American private school in the country.

1901 125 years ago

Second Boer War: A Boer column defeats a British force at the Battle of Blood River Poort.

The Second Boer War was a conflict fought between the British Empire and the Boer republics over Britain's influence in Southern Africa.

Second Boer War: A Boer column defeats a British force at the Battle of Blood River Poort.

1901 125 years ago

Second Boer War: Boers capture a squadron of the 17th Lancers at the Battle of Elands River.

The Battle of Elands River took place near the Elands River Poort mountain pass on 17 September 1901 during the Second Boer War. During the battle a Boer raiding force under Jan Sm…

Second Boer War: Boers capture a squadron of the 17th Lancers at the Battle of Elands River.

1901 125 years ago

Al Lewis, American songwriter (died 1967)

Al Lewis was an American lyricist, songwriter and music publisher. He is thought of mostly as a Tin Pan Alley era lyricist; however, he did write music on occasion as well. Profess…

Al Lewis, American songwriter (died 1967)

1901 125 years ago

Vice President of the United States Theodore Roosevelt utters the famous phrase, "Speak softly and carry a big stick"…

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…

Vice President of the United States Theodore Roosevelt utters the famous phrase, "Speak softly and carry a big stick"…

1901 125 years ago

Leon Czolgosz, an unemployed anarchist, shoots and fatally wounds US president William McKinley at the Pan-American…

Leon Frank Czolgosz was an American wireworker and anarchist who assassinated United States president William McKinley in 1901. Czolgosz had lost his job during the economic Panic …

Leon Czolgosz, an unemployed anarchist, shoots and fatally wounds US president William McKinley at the Pan-American…

1901 125 years ago

The Boxer Rebellion in Qing dynasty (modern-day China) officially ends with the signing of the Boxer Protocol.

The Boxer Rebellion, also known as the Boxer Uprising, Boxer Movement, Yihetuan Movement, or Boxer War, was an anti-foreign, anti-imperialist, and anti-Christian uprising in North …

The Boxer Rebellion in Qing dynasty (modern-day China) officially ends with the signing of the Boxer Protocol.

1901 125 years ago

U.S. president William McKinley dies after being mortally wounded on September 6 by anarchist Leon Czolgosz and is…

William McKinley was the 25th president of the United States, serving from 1897 until his assassination in 1901. A member of the Republican Party, he led a realignment that made Re…

U.S. president William McKinley dies after being mortally wounded on September 6 by anarchist Leon Czolgosz and is…

1901 125 years ago

László Németh, Hungarian dentist, author, and playwright (died 1975)

László Németh was a Hungarian writer, dramatist and essayist.

László Németh, Hungarian dentist, author, and playwright (died 1975)

1901 125 years ago

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Edmund Brisco "Henry" Ford was a British ecological geneticist. He was a leader among those British biologists who investigated the role of natural selection in nature. As a school…

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1901 125 years ago

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Hyla Bristow Stallard, published as H. B. Stallard and familiarly known as Henry Stallard, was an English middle-distance runner and ophthalmologist.

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1901 125 years ago

Hirohito, Japanese emperor (died 1989)

Emperor Shōwa was the 124th emperor of Japan according to the traditional order of succession, reigning from 1926 until his death in 1989. He remains the longest-reigning emperor i…

Hirohito, Japanese emperor (died 1989)

1901 125 years ago

Simon Kuznets, Belarusian-American economist, statistician, and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1985)

Simon Smith Kuznets was a Russian-born American economist and statistician who received the 1971 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences "for his empirically founded interpretati…

Simon Kuznets, Belarusian-American economist, statistician, and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1985)

1901 125 years ago

Sterling Allen Brown, American poet, academic, and critic (died 1989)

Sterling Allen Brown was an American professor, folklorist, poet, and literary critic. He chiefly studied black culture of the southern United States and was a professor at Howard …

Sterling Allen Brown, American poet, academic, and critic (died 1989)

1901 125 years ago

Antal Szerb, Hungarian scholar and author (died 1945)

Antal Szerb was a noted Hungarian scholar and writer. He is generally considered to be one of the most important Hungarian writers of the 20th century.

Antal Szerb, Hungarian scholar and author (died 1945)

1901 125 years ago

Janne Mustonen, Finnish politician (died 1964)

Johannes Aadolfinpoika Mustonen was a Finnish politician and member of the Parliament of Finland, the national legislature of Finland. A member of the Communist Party of Finland an…

Janne Mustonen, Finnish politician (died 1964)

1901 125 years ago

Gary Cooper, American actor (died 1961)

Gary Cooper was an American actor known for his strong, silent screen persona and understated acting style. He won the Academy Award for Best Actor twice and had a further three no…

Gary Cooper, American actor (died 1961)

1901 125 years ago

Turkey Stearnes, American baseball player (died 1979)

Norman Thomas "Turkey" Stearnes was an American baseball center fielder. He played 18 years in the Negro leagues, including nine years with the Detroit Stars (1923–1931), six years…

Turkey Stearnes, American baseball player (died 1979)

1901 125 years ago

Rose Ausländer, poet and author (died 1988)

Rose Ausländer was a Jewish poet writing in German and English. Born in Czernowitz in the Bukovina, she lived through its tumultuous history of belonging to the Austro-Hungarian Em…

Rose Ausländer, poet and author (died 1988)

1901 125 years ago

Gladys Rockmore Davis, American painter (died 1967)

Gladys Rockmore Davis was an American artist who worked in both commercial and fine arts. She gave up a career in advertising art to work in creative painting. Her work in pastels …

Gladys Rockmore Davis, American painter (died 1967)

1901 125 years ago

John Desmond Bernal, Irish-English crystallographer and physicist (died 1971)

John Desmond Bernal was an Irish scientist who pioneered the use of X-ray crystallography in molecular biology. He published extensively on the history of science. In addition, Ber…

John Desmond Bernal, Irish-English crystallographer and physicist (died 1971)

1901 125 years ago

Robert Ritter, German psychologist and physician (died 1951)

Robert Ritter was a German racial scientist doctor of psychology and medicine, with a background in child psychiatry and the biology of criminality. In 1936, Ritter was appointed h…

Robert Ritter, German psychologist and physician (died 1951)

1901 125 years ago

Xavier Herbert, Australian author (died 1984)

Xavier Herbert was an Australian writer best known for his Miles Franklin Award-winning novel Poor Fellow My Country (1975). He was considered one of the elder statesmen of Austral…

Xavier Herbert, Australian author (died 1984)

1901 125 years ago

Luis Monti, Argentinian-Italian footballer and manager (died 1983)

Luis Felipe Monti was an Italian Argentine footballer who played as a midfielder and an Olympian. Monti has the distinction of having played in two FIFA World Cup final matches wit…

Luis Monti, Argentinian-Italian footballer and manager (died 1983)