Explore 2322 historical events from 1900–1909.
Sir Henry Irving was an English actor-manager in the Victorian and Edwardian eras. He established himself at the West End theatre the Lyceum. His long campaign to have theatre reco…
Henry Irving, English actor and manager (born 1838)
Joseph-Étienne Desmarteau was a Canadian athlete, winner of the weight throwing event at the 1904 Summer Olympics.
Étienne Desmarteau, Canadian weight thrower and shot putter (born 1873)
Boyd Dunlop Morehead was a politician in Queensland, Australia. He was Premier of Queensland from November 1888 to June 1890.
Boyd Dunlop Morehead, Australian politician, 10th Premier of Queensland (born 1843)
Albert Henry George Grey, 4th Earl Grey was a British peer and politician who served as Governor General of Canada from 1904 to 1911, the ninth since Canadian Confederation. He was…
In a ceremony officiated by Albert Grey, 4th Earl Grey, The Luck of Cumberland (pictured) was presented to…
Virgil Walter Earp was an American lawman. He was both deputy U.S. marshal and the city marshal of Tombstone, in the Arizona Territory when he led his younger brothers Wyatt and Mo…
Virgil Earp, American marshal (born 1843)
Abdülhamid II or Abdul Hamid II was the 34th sultan of the Ottoman Empire, from 1876 to 1909, and the last sultan to exert effective control over the fracturing state. He oversaw a…
Sultan Abdul Hamid II established the Ullah millet, a separate millet for the Aromanians within the Ottoman Empire
The Russian Revolution of 1905, also known as the First Russian Revolution, was a revolution in the Russian Empire which began on 22 January 1905 and led to the establishment of a …
First Russian Revolution: The crew of the Russian battleship Potemkin began a mutiny against their officers
The nadir of American race relations is a historical period defined by Rayford Logan as encompassing the worst time for race relations in the United States after the Civil War, whi…
Nadir of American race relations: A mob of white Americans killed eight people in Oconee County, Georgia, as part of a m
Theodore Roosevelt Jr. was the 26th president of the United States, serving from 1901 to 1909. Previously serving for six months as vice president under William McKinley, Roosevelt…
Under the mediation of U.S. president Theodore Roosevelt, the Russo-Japanese War officially ended with the signing of…
The Petersburg Soviet of Workers' Delegates was a workers' council, or soviet, in Saint Petersburg in 1905.
The Saint Petersburg Soviet held its first meeting, becoming the first elected body in Russia to represent workers.
The British Raj was the period of rule of the British Crown on the Indian subcontinent, lasting from 1858 to 1947. It is also called Crown rule in India, or direct rule in India. T…
Authorities of the British Raj partitioned the Bengal Presidency, separating the largely Muslim eastern areas from the…
Horch was a German car manufacturer, which traced its roots to several companies founded in the late 19th and early 20th century by August Horch.
The Horch & Cir
PS General Slocum was an American sidewheel passenger steamboat built in Brooklyn, New York, in 1891. During her service history, she was involved in a number of mishaps, including…
A fire aboard the steamboat SS General Slocum in New York City's East River kills 1,000
Eugen Waldemar Schauman was a Finnish nationalist activist and member of the noble Schauman family. In 1904, Schauman assassinated Nikolai Bobrikov, the Governor-General of Finland…
Eugen Schauman assassinates Nikolay Bobrikov, Governor-General of Finland
The Panama Canal is an artificial 82-kilometer (51-mile) waterway in Panama that connects the Caribbean Sea with the Pacific Ocean. It cuts across the narrowest point of the Isthmu…
The United States begins construction of the Panama Canal
Louis Rigolly (1876–1958), a Frenchman, was the first man to drive a car at over 100 miles per hour (160 km/h).
Louis Rigolly, a Frenchman, becomes the first man to break the 100 mph (161 km/h) barrier on land. He drove a 15-liter…
Snow chains, or tire chains, are devices fitted to the tires of vehicles to provide increased traction when driving through snow and ice.
The automobile tire chain is patented.
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 Liaoyang begins.
In baseball, the pitcher is the player who throws ("pitches") the baseball from the pitcher's mound toward the catcher to begin each play, with the goal of retiring a batter, who a…
Pitching against the Philadelphia Athletics at the Huntington Avenue Grounds, Cy Young of the Boston Americans throws th
The Fédération Internationale de Football Association is an international self-regulatory governing body of association football, beach soccer, and futsal. It was founded on 21 May…
The Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) is founded in Paris
James Augustine Aloysius Joyce was an Irish novelist, poet, and literary critic. He contributed to the modernist movement and is regarded among the most influential and important w…
Irish author James Joyce begins a relationship with Nora Barnacle and subsequently uses the date to set the actions for
SS Norge was a transatlantic ocean liner that was launched in 1881 in Scotland, and lost in 1904 off Rockall with great loss of life. Her final voyage was from Copenhagen, Kristian…
The SS Norge runs aground on Hasselwood Rock in the North Atlantic 430 kilometres (270 mi) northwest of Ireland
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: Battle of Hsimucheng: Units of the Imperial Japanese Army defeat units of the Imperial Russian…
Fifi D'Orsay was a Canadian and American actress and singer.
Fifi D'Orsay, Canadian-American vaudevillian, actress, and singer (died 1983)