Explore 2322 historical events from 1900–1909.
Rudolf Otto Sigismund Lipschitz was a German mathematician who made contributions to mathematical analysis and differential geometry, as well as number theory, algebras with involu…
Rudolf Lipschitz, German mathematician and academic (born 1832)
Jinmaku Kyūgorō was a Japanese professional sumo wrestler from Itō, Izumo Province. He was the sport's 12th yokozuna and one of its most important record keepers and historians.
Jinmaku Kyūgorō, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 12th Yokozuna (born 1829)
Frederick Law Olmsted was an American landscape architect, journalist, social critic, and public administrator. He is considered to be the father of landscape architecture in the U…
Frederick Law Olmsted, American journalist and architect, co-designed Central Park (born 1822)
The Kishinev pogrom or Kishinev massacre was an anti-Jewish riot that took place in Kishinev, then the capital of the Bessarabia Governorate in the Russian Empire, on 19–21 April […
Anti-Jewish riots broke out in Kishinev, the capital of Bessarabia Governorate, causing the death of nearly 50 Jews and
The Frank Slide was a massive rockslide that buried part of the mining town of Frank in the District of Alberta of the North-West Territories, Canada, at 4:10 a.m. on April 29, 190…
A rockslide buried part of the Canadian mining town of Frank under 110 million tonnes of rock, killing around 70 people
Maurice-François Garin was an Italian-French road bicycle racer best known for winning the inaugural Tour de France in 1903, and for being stripped of his title in the second Tour …
French cyclist Maurice Garin won the first edition of the Tour de France.
The Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization was a secret revolutionary society founded in the Ottoman territories in Europe that operated in the late 19th and early 20th cen…
Macedonian rebels in Kruševo proclaimed a republic, which existed for ten days before Ottoman forces destroyed the town.
The Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization was a secret revolutionary society founded in the Ottoman territories in Europe that operated in the late 19th and early 20th cen…
Macedonian rebels in Kruševo established a republic, which existed for ten days before Ottoman forces destroyed the…
Slava was a pre-dreadnought battleship of the Imperial Russian Navy, the last of the five Borodino-class battleships. Completed too late to participate in the Battle of Tsushima du…
Slava, the last of five Borodino-class battleships, was launched by the Imperial Russian Navy.
Slava was a pre-dreadnought battleship of the Imperial Russian Navy, the last of the five Borodino-class battleships. Completed too late to participate in the Battle of Tsushima du…
Slava (pictured), the last of five Borodino-class battleships, was launched by the Imperial Russian Navy.
Alfred Deakin was the second prime minister of Australia. He served three terms from 1903 to 1904, from 1905 to 1908, and from 1909 to 1910. He held office as the leader of the Pro…
Alfred Deakin became the second Australian prime minister, succeeding Edmund Barton, who left office to become a…
Sir Samuel Walker Griffith was an Australian judge and politician who served as the inaugural Chief Justice of Australia, in office from 1903 to 1919. He also served a term as Chie…
Samuel Griffith (pictured) became the first Chief Justice of Australia, while Edmund Barton and Richard O'Connor…
Emmeline Pankhurst was a British political activist who organised the British suffragette movement and helped women to win the right to vote in Great Britain and Ireland in 1918, p…
Emmeline Pankhurst (pictured) founded the Women's Social and Political Union, a militant organisation campaigning for…
The 1902 Guatemala earthquake occurred on April 18 at 8:23 pm with a moment magnitude of 7.5 and a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe). The rupture was initiated at a depth…
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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 and Marie Curie refine radium chloride
Valerios Stais was a Greek archaeologist.
Greek archaeologist Valerios Stais discovers the Antikythera mechanism, an ancient mechanical analog computer
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 Treaty of Vereeniging ends the war and ensures British control of South Africa
The United States Congress is the legislative branch of the federal government of the United States. It is a bicameral legislature, including a lower body, the U.S. House of Repres…
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Agustín Lizárraga Ruiz was a Peruvian explorer and farmer who visited the Inca site of Machu Picchu on 14 July 1902, nine years before American explorer Hiram Bingham brought it to…
Peruvian explorer and farmer Agustín Lizárraga discovers Machu Picchu, the "Lost City of the Incas".
Mount Pelée or Mont Pelée is an active stratovolcano at the northern end of Martinique, an island and French overseas department in the Lesser Antilles Volcanic Arc of the Caribbea…
In Martinique, Mount Pelée erupts, destroying the town of Saint-Pierre and killing over 30,000 people
Cuba, officially the Republic of Cuba, is an island country in the Caribbean. It comprises the eponymous main island as well as 4,195 islands, islets, and cays. Situated at the con…
Cuba gains independence from the United States
St Mark's Campanile is the bell tower of St Mark's Basilica in Venice, Italy. The campanile is a reconstruction completed in 1912, the previous tower having collapsed in 1902. At 9…
The Campanile in St Mark's Square, Venice collapses, also demolishing the loggetta.
Edward VII was King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Emperor of India, from 22 January 1901 until his death in 1910.
Edward VII and Alexandra of Denmark are crowned King and Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
Cadillac Motor Car Division, or simply Cadillac, is the luxury vehicle division of the American automobile manufacturer General Motors (GM). Its major markets are the United States…
The Cadillac Motor Company is founded.