Explore 1530 historical events from 1900–1909.
Sir John Betjeman was an English poet, writer, and broadcaster. He was Poet Laureate from 1972 until his death. He was a founding member of The Victorian Society and first presiden…
John Betjeman, English poet and academic (died 1984)
Luis Martín García was a Spanish Jesuit, elected the twenty-fourth Superior General of the Society of Jesus.
Luis Martín, Spanish religious leader, 24th Superior-General of the Society of Jesus (born 1846)
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 Curie, French physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1859)
Edward Theodore Gein, also known as the Butcher of Plainfield and the Plainfield Ghoul, was an American murderer and body snatcher. His crimes, committed around his hometown of Pla…
Ed Gein, American murderer and body snatcher, The Butcher of Plainfield (died 1982)
Spencer William Gore was an English tennis player who won the first Wimbledon tournament in 1877 and a first-class cricketer who played for Surrey County Cricket Club (1874–1875).
Spencer Gore, English tennis player and cricketer (born 1850)
John Knowles Paine was the first American-born composer to achieve fame for large-scale orchestral music. The senior member of a group of composers collectively known as the Boston…
John Knowles Paine, American composer and educator (born 1839)
Oscar Leopold von Gebhardt was a German Lutheran theologian, born in the Baltic German settlement of Wesenberg in the Russian Empire.
Oscar von Gebhardt, German theologian and academic (born 1844)
Carl Christian Schurz was a German-American revolutionary and an American statesman, journalist, and reformer. He migrated to the United States after the German revolutions of 1848…
Carl Schurz, German-American general, journalist, and politician, 13th United States Secretary of the Interior (born 182
Gabriel Dumont (1837–1906) was a Métis political figure best known for being a prominent leader of the Métis people. Dumont was well known for his movements within the North-West R…
Gabriel Dumont, Canadian Métis leader (born 1837)
Henrik Johan Ibsen was a Norwegian playwright. He is considered one of the world's pre-eminent writers of the 19th century and is often referred to as "the father of modern drama".…
Henrik Ibsen, Norwegian director, playwright, and poet (born 1828)
John Riley Maxwell was an American golfer who competed in the 1904 Summer Olympics.
John Maxwell, American golfer (born 1871)
George Chetwynd Griffith-Jones was a British writer. He was active mainly in the science fiction genre—or as it was known at the time, scientific romance—in particular writing many…
George Griffith, British writer (born 1857)
Karl Robert Eduard von Hartmann was a German philosopher, independent scholar and writer. He was the author of the influential Philosophy of the Unconscious (1869). von Hartmann's …
Karl Robert Eduard von Hartmann, German philosopher and author (born 1842)
Richard John Seddon was a New Zealand politician who served as the 15th premier of New Zealand from 1893 until his death in 1906. In office for thirteen years, he is to date New Ze…
Richard Seddon, English-New Zealand politician, 15th Prime Minister of New Zealand (born 1845)
John Clayton Adams or J. Clayton Adams was an English landscape artist.
John Clayton Adams, English painter (born 1840)
Stanford White was an American architect and a partner in the architectural firm McKim, Mead & White, one of the most significant Beaux-Arts firms at the turn of the 20th century. …
Stanford White, American architect, designed the Washington Square Arch (born 1853)
William Snodgrass was a Canadian Presbyterian minister and the sixth Principal of Queen's College, now Queen's University.
William Snodgrass, Canadian minister and academic (born 1827)
George Marsden Waterhouse was a Premier of South Australia from 8 October 1861 until 3 July 1863 and the seventh premier of New Zealand from 11 October 1872 to 3 March 1873.
George Waterhouse, English-New Zealand politician, 7th Prime Minister of New Zealand (born 1824)
Vauxhall Bridge is a Grade II* listed steel and granite deck arch bridge in central London. It crosses the River Thames in a southeast–northwest direction between Vauxhall on the s…
Vauxhall Bridge in London opened, crossing the River Thames between Vauxhall and Westminster
The 1906 Grand Prix de l'Automobile Club de France, commonly known as the 1906 French Grand Prix, was a motor race held on 26 and 27 June 1906, on closed public roads outside the c…
The 1906 French Grand Prix, the first Grand Prix motor racing competition, began near Le Mans
The 25th Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment of the United States Army activated in 1866 and deactivated in 1957. One of the "Buffalo Soldier" units, the racially segregated…
Members of the U.S. Army's all-black 25th Infantry Regiment were accused of killing a white bartender and wounding a…
The 1906 Valparaíso earthquake hit Valparaíso, Chile, on August 16 at 19:55 local time. Its epicenter was offshore from the Valparaíso Region, and its magnitude was estimated at 8.…
An earthquake registering approximately 8.2 Mw struck Valparaíso, Chile, killing 3,882 people.
The Russo-Japanese War was fought between the Russian Empire and the Empire of Japan over rival imperial ambitions in Manchuria and the Korean Empire. The major land battles of the…
Russo-Japanese War: The Battle of Tsushima begins
Portsmouth is a city in Rockingham County, New Hampshire, United States. It had a population of 21,956 at the 2020 census. A historic seaport and popular summer tourist destination…
Russo-Japanese War: Peace negotiations begin in Portsmouth, New Hampshire.