Fires destroy Canadian cities Ottawa and Hull, reducing them to ashes in 12 hours
Fires destroy Canadian cities Ottawa and Hull, reducing them to ashes in 12 hours
21 events found for 1900
Fires destroy Canadian cities Ottawa and Hull, reducing them to ashes in 12 hours
Hawaii becomes a territory of the United States, with Sanford B
The Scofield Mine disaster kills over 200 men in Scofield, Utah in what is to date the fifth-worst mining accident in Un
Opening of World Amateur championship at the Paris Exposition Universelle, also known as Olympic Games
The children's novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L
The United Kingdom proclaims a protectorate over Tonga
Second Boer War: British troops relieve Mafeking
American Civil War: Sergeant William Harvey Carney is awarded the Medal of Honor for his heroism in the Assault on the B
Second Boer War: The United Kingdom annexes the Orange Free State
Thousand Days' War: The Colombian Conservative Party turns the tide of war in their favor with victory against the Colom
N'Djamena is founded as Fort-Lamy by the French commander Émile Gentil
Second Boer War: British soldiers take Pretoria
Indian nationalist Birsa Munda dies of cholera in a British prison
The Reichstag approves new legislation continuing Germany's naval expansion program, providing for construction of 38 ba
The second German Naval Law calls for the Imperial German Navy to be doubled in size, resulting in an Anglo-German naval
Boxer Rebellion: Western Allied and Japanese forces capture the Taku Forts in Tianjin, China
Empress Dowager Cixi of China orders all foreigners killed, including foreign diplomats and their families
Boxer Rebellion: The Imperial Chinese Army begins a 55-day siege of the Legation Quarter in Beijing, China