Fires destroy Canadian cities Ottawa and Hull, reducing them to ashes in 12 hours
Fires destroy Canadian cities Ottawa and Hull, reducing them to ashes in 12 hours
12 events found for 1900
Fires destroy Canadian cities Ottawa and Hull, reducing them to ashes in 12 hours
Hawaii becomes a territory of the United States, with Sanford B
The Scofield Mine disaster kills over 200 men in Scofield, Utah in what is to date the fifth-worst mining accident in Un
Opening of World Amateur championship at the Paris Exposition Universelle, also known as Olympic Games
The children's novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L
The United Kingdom proclaims a protectorate over Tonga
Second Boer War: British troops relieve Mafeking
American Civil War: Sergeant William Harvey Carney is awarded the Medal of Honor for his heroism in the Assault on the B
Second Boer War: The United Kingdom annexes the Orange Free State
Thousand Days' War: The Colombian Conservative Party turns the tide of war in their favor with victory against the Colom
N'Djamena is founded as Fort-Lamy by the French commander Émile Gentil