Explore 705 historical events from 1900–1909.
The Reichstag is a historic legislative government building on Platz der Republik in Berlin that is the seat of the German Bundestag. It is also the meeting place of the Federal Co…
The Reichstag approves new legislation continuing Germany's naval expansion program, providing for construction of 38 ba
The Naval Laws were five separate laws passed by the German Empire, in 1898, 1900, 1906, 1908, and 1912. These acts, championed by Kaiser Wilhelm II and his State Secretary for the…
The second German Naval Law calls for the Imperial German Navy to be doubled in size, resulting in an Anglo-German naval
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 …
Boxer Rebellion: Western Allied and Japanese forces capture the Taku Forts in Tianjin, China
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 …
Boxer Rebellion: The Imperial Chinese Army begins a 55-day siege of the Legation Quarter in Beijing, China
Eduard Gustav Freiherr von Toll, better known in Russia as Eduard Vasilyevich Toll and often referred to as Baron von Toll, was a Russian geologist and Arctic explorer. He led the …
Baron Eduard Toll, leader of the Russian Polar Expedition of 1900, departs Saint Petersburg in Russia on the explorer sh
Dame Albertha Magdelina Isaacs DBE was a Bahamian teacher, tennis player, women's rights activist and politician. After a career as an elementary school teacher, she played on the …
Bertha Isaacs, Bahamian teacher, tennis player, politician and women's rights activist (died 1997)
Iracema de Alencar was a Brazilian actress. She made her debut as the lead in the 1917 silent film Iracema. After working in theatre for many years she appeared in several other fi…
Iracema de Alencar, Brazilian film actress (died 1978)
Richard Arthur Warren Hughes was a British writer of poems, short stories, novels and plays.
Richard Hughes, English author, poet, and playwright (died 1976)
Daniel Roland Michener was a Canadian lawyer, politician, and diplomat who served as the 20th governor general of Canada from 1967 to 1974.
Roland Michener, Canadian lawyer and politician, 20th Governor General of Canada (died 1991)
Rhea Silberstein, known professionally as Rhea Silberta, was a Yiddish song composer and teacher of singing.
Rhea Silberta, American Yiddish songwriter and singing teacher (died 1959)
Nellie Beer, OBE, JP, was a Conservative member of Manchester City Council from 1937 to 1972. She was Lord Mayor of Manchester from 1966 to 1967.
Nellie Beer, British politician, Lord Mayor of Manchester (died 1988)
James Leroy Bottomley was an American professional baseball player, scout and manager. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a first baseman from 1922 to 1937, most prominent…
Jim Bottomley, American baseball player and sportscaster (died 1959)
Joseph Green, born Yoysef Grinberg, a.k.a. Josef Grünberg, Joseph Greenberg and Joseph Greene, a Polish-born Jew who emigrated to the United States in 1924, was an actor in Yiddish…
Joseph Green, Polish-American actor and director (died 1996)
Elizabeth de Beauchamp Goudge FRSL was an English writer of fiction and children's books. She won the Carnegie Medal for British children's books in 1946 for The Little White Horse…
Elizabeth Goudge, English author and educator (died 1984)
Hubert Miles Gladwyn Jebb, 1st Baron Gladwyn, was a prominent British civil servant, diplomat and politician who served as the acting secretary-general of the United Nations betwee…
Gladwyn Jebb, English politician and diplomat, Secretary-General of the United Nations (died 1996)
Wolfgang Ernst Pauli was an Austrian–Swiss theoretical physicist and a pioneer of quantum mechanics. In 1945, after having been nominated by Albert Einstein, Pauli received the Nob…
Wolfgang Pauli, Austrian-Swiss-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1958)
Eva Aschoff was a German visual artist known for her bookbinding and calligraphy.
Eva Aschoff, German bookbinder and calligrapher (died 1969)
Charles Francis Richter was an American seismologist and physicist. He is the namesake and one of the creators of the Richter scale, which, until the development of the moment magn…
Charles Francis Richter, American seismologist and physicist (died 1985)
Lewis Robert "Hack" Wilson was an American Major League Baseball player who played 12 seasons for the New York Giants, Chicago Cubs, Brooklyn Dodgers and Philadelphia Phillies. Des…
Hack Wilson, American baseball player (died 1948)
August Koern was an Estonian statesman and diplomat. He was Estonian foreign minister in exile from 1 March 1964 to 3 June 1982.
August Koern, Estonian politician and diplomat, Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs in exile (died 1989)
Dame Alice Miriam Berry was an Australian activist dedicated to finding ways to improve the lives of women and children in rural areas.
Alice Berry, Australian activist (died 1978)
Amelia Martha (Millie) Best MBE was one of the first two women elected to the Tasmanian House of Assembly.
Amelia Best, Australian politician (died 1979)
Erni Krusten was an Estonian writer. He was born Ernst Krustein in Muraste, Harku Parish, in a gardening family, and he worked as a gardener himself. He was the brother of the writ…
Erni Krusten, Estonian author and poet (died 1984)
Heinrich Müller was a high-ranking German Schutzstaffel (SS) and police official during the Nazi era. For most of World War II in Europe, he was the chief of the Gestapo, the secre…
Heinrich Müller, German SS officer (died 1945)