30 events found for 1900
Baron Eduard Toll, leader of the Russian Polar Expedition of 1900, departs Saint Petersburg in Russia on the explorer sh
Boxer Rebellion: China formally declares war on the United States, Britain, Germany, France and Japan, as an edict issue
The Taoist monk Wang Yuanlu discovers the Dunhuang manuscripts, a cache of ancient texts that are of great historical an
A savage fire wrecked three steamships docked at a pier in Hoboken, New Jersey
The luxury raching yacht Idler capsizes and sinks on Lake Erie during a storm, drowning six of its seven passengers…
The luxury racing yacht Idler capsizes and sinks on Lake Erie during a storm, drowning six of its seven passengers…
The Federation of Australia is given royal assent.
The Governor of Shanxi province in North China orders the execution of 45 foreign Christian missionaries and local…
Armies of the Eight-Nation Alliance capture Tientsin during the Boxer Rebellion.
The first line of the Paris Metro opens for operation.