Explore 2322 historical events from 1900–1909.
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.
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)
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.
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.
The 1902 eruption of Santa María was one of the largest eruptions of the 20th century, measuring a six on the volcanic explosivity index. The main eruption began on 24 October 1902…
Guatemala's Santa María volcano begins to erupt, becoming the third-largest eruption of the 20th century.
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)
Theodore William Schultz was an American agricultural economist and chairman of the University of Chicago Department of Economics. Schultz rose to national prominence after winning…
Theodore Schultz, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1998)
William Brian de Lacy Aherne was an English actor of stage, screen, radio and television, who enjoyed a long and varied career in Britain and the United States.
Brian Aherne, English actor (died 1986)
Alfred Kastler was a German-born French physicist and Nobel laureate in Physics. He is known for the development of optical pumping.
Alfred Kastler, German-French physicist and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1984)
Maximillian Oppenheimer, known as Max Ophüls, was a German and French film director, screenwriter and art director. He was known for his opulent and lyrical visual style, with heav…
Max Ophüls, German-American director and screenwriter (died 1957)
Ronald Aird was an English first-class cricketer, cricket administrator and British Army officer. Aird began his first-class cricket career with Hampshire County Cricket Club in 19…
Ronnie Aird, English cricketer and administrator (died 1986)
André Michel Lwoff was a French microbiologist and Nobel laureate.
André Michel Lwoff, French microbiologist and physician, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1994)
David O. Selznick was an American film producer, screenwriter and film studio executive who produced Gone with the Wind (1939) and Rebecca (1940), both of which earned him an Acade…
David O
Richard Joseph Daley was an American politician who served as the mayor of Chicago from 1955, and the chairman of the Cook County Democratic Party from 1953, until his death. He ha…
Richard J
Sigizmund Aleksandrovich Levanevsky was a Soviet pioneer of long-range flight who was awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union in 1934 for his role in the SS Chelyuskin rescue.
Sigizmund Levanevsky, Soviet aircraft pilot of Polish origin (died 1937)
Robert Reiniger Meredith Willson was an American flautist, composer, conductor, musical arranger, bandleader, playwright, and writer.
Meredith Willson, American playwright and composer (died 1984)
Lubka Oleksandrivna Kolessa was a classical pianist and professor of piano.
Lubka Kolessa, Ukrainian-Canadian pianist and educator (died 1997)
Howard Earl Averill was an American professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a center fielder from 1929 to 1941, including 11 seasons for the Cleve…
Earl Averill, American baseball player (died 1983)