Explore 830 historical events from 1900–1909.
Göran Fredrik Göransson was a Swedish merchant, ironmaster and industrialist. He was the founder of the company Sandvikens Jernverks AB and was the first person to implement the Be…
Göran Fredrik Göransson, Swedish merchant, ironmaster and industrialist (born 1819)
Jean Gaspard Félix Lacher Ravaisson-Mollien was a French philosopher, 'perhaps France's most influential philosopher in the second half of the nineteenth century'. He was originall…
Félix Ravaisson-Mollien, French archaeologist and philosopher (born 1813)
Mary Henrietta Kingsley was an English explorer, travel writer, and ethnographic observer known for her journeys through West Africa and for her influential writings on African soc…
Mary Kingsley, English explorer and author (born 1862)
Stephen Crane was an American poet, novelist, and short story writer. Prolific throughout his short life, he wrote notable works in the Realist tradition as well as early examples …
Stephen Crane, American poet, novelist, and short story writer (born 1871)
Lucretia Peabody Hale was an American writer and editor, best known for her humorous The Peterkin Papers stories.
Lucretia Peabody Hale, American journalist and author (born 1820)
Ivan Mikheevich Pervushin was a Russian clergyman and mathematician of the second half of the 19th century, known for his achievements in number theory. He discovered the ninth per…
Ivan Mikheevich Pervushin, Russian mathematician and academic (born 1827)
A dust explosion is the rapid combustion of fine particles suspended in the air within an enclosed location. Dust explosions can occur where any dispersed powdered combustible mate…
A dust explosion at a coal mine near Scofield, Utah, U
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz is a 1900 children's fantasy novel written by author L. Frank Baum and illustrated by W. W. Denslow. It is the first novel in the Oz series of books. A K…
The first copies of the children's novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L
The Second Boer War, also known as the Boer War, Transvaal War, Anglo–Boer War, or the South African War, was a conflict fought between the British Empire and the Boer republics ov…
Second Boer War: The Siege of Mafeking in South Africa was lifted after 217 days, a decisive victory for the British aga
N'Djamena is the capital and largest city of Chad. It is also a Special Status Province, divided into 10 districts or arrondissements, similar to the city of Paris.
N'Djamena, now the capital of Chad, was founded as Fort-Lamy by French commander Émile Gentil
The temperance movement in the United States, which sought to curb the consumption of alcohol, had a large influence on American politics and American society in the nineteenth and…
American temperance activist Carrie Nation entered a saloon in Kiowa, Kansas, and destroyed its stock of alcoholic bever
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 of the German Naval Laws was passed, authorising the doubling in size of the Imperial German Navy
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: Allied naval forces captured the Taku Forts from Qing China after a brief but bloody battle
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 began a 55-day siege of the Legation Quarter in Peking