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Year '''1900''' ('''[[Roman numerals|MCM]]''') was an [[Leap year#Leap year rules|exceptional]] [[common year starting on Monday]] (link will display the full calendar) of the [[Gregorian calendar]], but a [[leap year starting on Saturday]]
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"Calendar in year 1900 (Russia)" (Julian on Saturday), webpage:
[http://www.timeanddate.com/calendar/index.html?year=1900&country=20 Julian-1900]
(Russia used the Julian calendar until [[1919]]).
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of the [[Julian calendar]]. As a result, the Julian calendar was 12 days behind the Gregorian calendar until Wednesday, [[February 28]] ([[Old Style|O.S.]] [[February 16]]) and has been 13 days behind since Thursday, [[March 1]] ([[Old Style|O.S.]] [[February 17]]).
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== Events of 1900 ==
===January===
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* [[January 1]]
**<!--January 1-->[[Hawaii]] asks for a delegate at the U.S. Republican national convention.
**<!--January 1-->[[Nigeria]] becomes a [[United Kingdom|British]] [[electorate]].
* [[January 2]]
**<!--January 2-->The first [[Electric bus]] becomes operational in [[New York City]].
**<!--January 2-->[[John Hay]] announces the [[Open Door Policy]] to promote trade with [[China]].
* [[January 3]] - The British Royal Yacht, [[Victoria and Albert]], capsizes as it leaves port.
* [[January 4]] - Strikes in [[Belgium]] and [[Germany]] lead to mining riots.
* [[January 5]]
**<!--January 5-->[[Ireland|Irish]] leader [[John Edward Redmond]] calls for a revolt against [[United Kingdom|British]] rule.
**<!--January 5-->Dr. [[Henry Augustus Rowland|Henry A. Rowland]] of [[Johns Hopkins University]] discovers the cause of the [[Earth]]'s [[magnetism]].
* [[January 6]] - [[Second Boer War]]: [[Boer]]s attack [[Ladysmith, South Africa]], killing over 1000.
* [[January 8]] - [[President of the United States|United States President]] [[William McKinley]] places [[Alaska]] under military rule.
* [[January 9]]
**<!--January 9--> The first through train runs from [[Cairo]] to [[Khartoum]].
**<!--January 9-->[[Influenza]] strikes [[London]].
* [[January 14]]
**<!--January 14-->Première of opera ''[[Tosca]]'' in Rome - actors have received death threats and nameless letters.{{Fact|date=June 2008}}
**<!--January 14--> The [[United States Senate]] accepts the [[United Kingdom|Anglo]]-[[Germany|German]] treaty of [[1899]] in which the [[United Kingdom]] renounces its claims to the [[American Samoa|Samoan islands]].
**<!--January 14-->George Griffin is the first [[Australia]]n to be killed in the [[Second Boer War|Boer War]].
* [[January 17]]
**<!--January 17-->[[Brigham H. Roberts]] is refused a seat in the [[United States House of Representatives]] because of his [[polygamy]].
**<!--January 17-->The U.S. takes [[Wake Island]], an important cable link between [[Hawaii]] and [[Manila]].
**<!--January 17-->[[Yaqui]] Indians in [[Texas]] proclaim independence from [[Mexico]].
* [[January 23]] - 5000 [[Austria]]n [[miners]] go on strike.
* [[January 24]] - [[Second Boer War]]: The [[Battle of Spion Kop]].
* [[January 26]] - The Labor League Conference opens in [[Sydney]], [[Australia]] with plans to form a Federal Labor Party.
* [[January 27]] - [[Boxer Rebellion]]: Foreign diplomats in [[Peking]], [[China]] demand that the Boxer rebels be disciplined.
* [[January 29]] - The [[American League]] of Professional Baseball Clubs is organized in [[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]] with eight founding teams.
===February===
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[[Image:LabourPartyPlaque.jpg|thumb|200px|Plaque recording the location of the formation of the [[Labour Party (UK)|British Labour Party]] in 1900.]]
* [[February 1]] - [[Western Australia]] refuses to join the Federation unless given 5 years of fiscal freedom.
* [[February 3]]
**<!--February 3-->U.S. gubernatorial candidate [[William Goebel]] is assassinated in [[Frankfort, Kentucky]]. Former [[Secretary of State]] [[Caleb Powers]] is later found guilty in a conspiracy to kill Goebel.
**<!--February 3-->Strikers in [[Aachen]], [[Vienna]] and [[Brussels]] demand an 8-hour working day and higher wages.
* [[February 5]]
**<!--February 5-->[[United Kingdom|Britain]] and the [[United States]] sign a treaty for the building of a [[Nicaragua Canal|Central American shipping canal]] through [[Nicaragua]].
**<!--February 5-->[[Second Boer War]]: The [[British House of Commons]]' vote of censure over the [[British government]]'s handling of the war is defeated by a majority of 213.
* [[February 6]] - The international arbitration court at [[The Hague]] is created when the [[Netherlands]]' Senate ratifies an [[1899]] [[peace conference]] decree.
* [[February 8]] - [[Second Boer War]]: [[United Kingdom|British]] troops are defeated by [[Boer]]s at [[Ladysmith, South Africa|Ladysmith]].
* [[February 9]] - [[Dwight F. Davis]] creates the [[Davis Cup]] [[tennis]] tournament.
* [[February 14]]
**<!--February 14-->[[Russia]] responds to international pressure to free [[Finland]] by tightening imperial control over the country.
**<!--February 14-->[[Second Boer War]]: 20,000 [[United Kingdom|British]] troops invade the Orange Free State in the [[Battle of Paardeberg]].
* [[February 15]] - [[Second Boer War]]: [[Siege of Kimberley]] lifted.
* [[February 17]] - [[Second Boer War]]: [[Battle of Paardeberg]].
* [[February 27]]
**<!--February 27-->The [[Labour Party (UK)|British Labour Party]] is formed.
**<!--February 27-->[[Second Boer War]]: [[United Kingdom|British]] military leaders receive an unconditional notice of surrender from Boer [[General]] [[Piet Cronje]].
**<!--February 27-->[[Ramsay MacDonald]] is appointed secretary of the newly formed [[British Labour Party]].
===March===
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* [[March 2]] - Groups of officials inspect towns around [[Australia]] in order to find the new Federal capital.
* [[March 5]] - Two [[United States|U.S.]] cruisers are sent to [[Central America]] to protect US interests in a dispute between [[Nicaragua]] and [[Costa Rica]].
* [[March 6]]
**<!--March 6-->'Baby-farmer' [[Ada Williams]] is hanged at [[Newgate]] prison for murdering a 21-month old girl.
**<!--March 6-->A [[coal mine]] explosion in [[West Virginia]] traps 50 miners.
* [[March 7]] - Fire at [[Buckingham Palace]] destroys part of its roof.
* [[March 8]] - [[London]]ers celebrate as [[Victoria of the United Kingdom|Queen Victoria]] makes a rare visit to the city.
* [[March 9]] - Women in [[Germany]] demand the right to participate in university entrance exams.
* [[March 14]] - Botanist [[Hugo de Vries]] rediscovers [[Mendelian inheritance|Mendel's laws of heredity]].
* [[March 15]] - The [[Gold Standard Act]] is ratified, placing [[United States currency]] on the [[gold standard]].
* [[March 16]] - The [[United Kingdom|British]] [[archaeologist]] [[Arthur Evans|Sir Arthur Evans]] purchases the land on [[Crete]] on which the ruins of the palace of [[Knossos]] reside. He begins to unearth some of the palace three days later.
* [[March 24]] - [[New York City]] Mayor Van Wyck breaks ground for a new underground "Rapid Transit Railroad" that would link [[Manhattan]] and [[Brooklyn, New York|Brooklyn]].
* [[March 25]] - The [[War of the Golden Stool]] erupts in the [[Ashanti Kingdom]] of West Africa between the Ashanti and British colonial forces.
* [[March 27]]
**<!--March 27-->Arrival of a Russian fleet in [[Korea]] causes concern to [[Japanese government]].
**<!--March 27-->[[India]] is in crisis as millions starve. The country turns to the Colonial Government for help as food supplies run out.{{Fact|date=June 2008}}
* [[March 28]] - Over 1,000 tonnes of filth are removed from demolished [[Sydney, Australia]] buildings in areas affected by the [[bubonic plague]] outbreak.
* [[March 31]] - In [[France]], the legal length of a workday for women and children is limited to 11 hours.
===April===
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* [[April 1]]
**<!--April 1-->[[Irish Guards]] are formed by Queen [[Victoria of the United Kingdom|Victoria]]
**<!--April 1-->[[George I of Greece|King George of Greece]] becomes absolute monarch of [[Crete]].
* [[April 4]] - An anarchist shoots at the [[Edward VII of the United Kingdom|Prince of Wales]] during his visit to [[Belgium]].
* [[April 14]] - The [[Paris Exhibition of 1900|Paris World Exhibition]] opens.
* [[April 22]] - French forces defeat and kill [[Rabih az-Zubayr]] in the [[battle of Kousséri]], thus guaranteeing French domination of [[Chad]].
* [[April 26]] - The [[1900 Hull-Ottawa fire|Great Lumber Fire]] of [[Ottawa, Ontario|Ottawa]]-[[Hull, Quebec|Hull]]. 7 are killed and 15,000 made homeless.
* [[April 30]] - [[Hawaii]] becomes an official [[U.S.]] [[territory]].
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===May===
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* [[May 1]] - An explosion of blasting powder in [[coal]] mine in [[Scofield, Utah]] kills 200.
* [[May 14]] - The second [[Modern Olympic Games]] opens in [[Paris]] (as part of the [[Paris Exhibition of 1900|Paris World Exhibition]]).
* [[May 17]]
**<!--May 17-->[[Second Boer War]]: [[United Kingdom|British]] troops relieve [[Siege of Mafeking|Mafeking]].
**<!--May 17-->[[Boxer Rebellion]]: Boxers destroy three villages near Peking and kill 60 Chinese Christians.
* [[May 18]] - The [[United Kingdom]] proclaims a [[protectorate]] over [[Tonga]].
* [[May 21]] - [[Russia]] invades [[Manchuria]].
* [[May 23]] - Sergeant [[William Harvey Carney]] becomes the first [[African American]] to be awarded the [[Medal of Honor]].
* [[May 24]] - [[Second Boer War]]: British annex [[Orange Free State]] as [[Orange River Colony]].
* [[May 28]] - [[Boxer Rebellion]]: Boxers attack Belgian personnel in the Fengtai railway station.
* [[May 31]] - [[Boxer Rebellion]]: Peacekeepers from various European countries arrive in China.
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===June===
* [[June 1]] - [[Carrie Nation]] demolishes 25 saloons in [[Medicine Lodge, Kansas]].
* [[June 5]] - [[Second Boer War]]: [[United Kingdom|British]] soldiers take [[Pretoria]].
* [[June 14]] - The [[Reichstag (institution)|Reichstag]] approves a second law that allows the expansion of the [[German navy]].
* [[June 20]] - [[Boxer Rebellion]]: Boxers gather about 20,000 people near [[Peking]] and kill hundreds of European citizens, including the German ambassador.
* [[June 30]] - [[Saale disaster]]: The German [[passenger ship]] ''Saale'', owned by the [[North German Lloyd]] Steamship line, catches fire at the docks in [[Hoboken, New Jersey]]. The fire spreads to the adjacent piers and nearby ships killing 326 people.
[[Image:Map of Australia.png|thumb|150px|Australia, founded July 9, 1900.]]
===July===
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* [[July 2]] - The first [[zeppelin]] flight occurs over [[Lake Constance]] near [[Friedrichshafen]], [[Germany]].
* [[July 5]] - [[Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act]] passes British Parliament.
* [[July 9]] - [[Victoria of the United Kingdom|Queen Victoria]] gives royal assent to [[Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act]].
* [[July 12]] - [[Germany|German]] [[Cruise liner]], [[SS Deutschland (1900)|SS Deutschland]] breaks the [[Blue Riband]] record for the first time with an average speed of 22.42 [[Knot (speed)|knots]].
* [[July 19]] - The [[Paris Métro Line 1|first line]] of the [[Paris Métro|Métro]] is inaugurated in [[Paris]].
* [[July 25]] - The [[Robert Charles Riots]] occur in [[New Orleans, Louisiana]], United States.
* [[July 29]] - King [[Umberto I of Italy]] is assassinated by [[Italy|Italian]]-born anarchist [[Gaetano Bresci]].
* [[July 30]] - The Duke of Albany becomes Duke of [[Saxe-Coburg-Gotha|Saxe-Coburg and Gotha]] as [[Carl Eduard of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha|Carl Eduard]] following the death of his uncle, [[Duke Alfred of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha|Duke Alfred]].
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===August===
* [[August 14]] - [[Boxer Rebellion]]: An international contingent of troops, under British command, invades [[Peking]] and frees the [[Europe]]ans taken hostage.
===September===
* [[September 8]] - A powerful [[tropical cyclone|hurricane]] [[Galveston Hurricane of 1900|hits]] [[Galveston, Texas]] killing about 8,000.
* [[September 13]] - [[Philippine-American War]]: Filipino resistance fighters defeat a larger American column in the [[Battle of Pulang Lupa]].
* [[September 17]] - [[Philippine-American War]]: Filipinos under [[Juan Cailles]] defeat Americans under Colonel Benjamin F. Cheatham at [[Mabitac]].
*[[September 25]] - In the [[United Kingdom general election, 1900|British general election]], the recently-formed Labour Party gains two seats. [[Winston Churchill]] is elected to Parliament for the first time.
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===November===
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* [[November 3]]
**<!--November 3-->The first [[automobile]] [[Auto show|show]] in the [[United States]] opens at [[New York City]]'s [[Madison Square Garden]].
**<!--November 3-->[[Panama]] separates from [[Colombia]].
* [[November 6]] - [[U.S. presidential election, 1900]]: [[United States Republican Party|Republican]] incumbent [[William McKinley]] is reelected by defeating [[United States Democratic Party|Democrat]] challenger [[William Jennings Bryan]].
===December===
* [[December 7]] - [[Max Planck]] discovers the law of [[black body]] emission.
===Undated===
*[[U.S.]] [[New Haven, CT]] Louis Lassen of [[Louis' Lunch]] makes the first modern-day [[hamburger]] [[sandwich]].
===World population===
*[[World population]]: 1,650,000,000
**[[Africa]]: 133,000,000
**[[Asia]]: 947,000,000
**[[Europe]]: 408,000,000
**[[Latin-America]]: 74,000,000
**[[Northern America]]: 82,000,000
**[[Oceania]]: 6,000,000
==Births==
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===January-June===
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* [[January 2]] - [[William Haines]], American actor (d. [[1973]])
* [[January 4]] - [[James Bond (ornithologist)|James Bond]], American ornithologist (d. [[1989]])
* [[January 5]] - [[Yves Tanguy]], French painter (d. [[1955]])
* [[January 16]] - [[Edith Frank]], German-Dutch mother of [[Anne Frank]] (d. [[1945]])
* [[January 25]] - [[Theodosius Dobzhansky]], Ukrainian geneticist and evolutionary biologist (d. [[1975]])
* [[January 23]] - [[William Ifor Jones]], Welsh conductor and organist (d. [[1988]])
* [[January 26]] - [[Karl Ristenpart]], German conductor (d. [[1967]])
* [[January 27]] - [[Hyman Rickover]], American admiral (d. [[1986]])
* [[January 30]] - [[Martita Hunt]], Argentine-born British actress (d. [[1969]])
* [[February 4]] - [[Jacques Prévert]], French lyricist and author (d. [[1977]])
* [[February 5]] - [[Adlai Stevenson]], American politician (d. [[1965]])
* [[February 11]] - [[Hans-Georg Gadamer]], German philosopher (d. [[2002]])
* [[February 12]] - [[Roger J. Traynor]], American judge (d. [[1983]])
* [[February 19]] - [[Giorgos Seferis]], Greek writer, [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. [[1971]])
* [[February 22]] - [[Luis Buñuel]], Spanish film director (d. [[1983]])
* [[February 28]] - [[Wolfram Hirth]], German pilot and aircraft designer (d. [[1959]])
* [[March 4]] - [[Herbert Biberman]], American screenwriter and film director (d. [[1971]])
* [[March 9]] - [[Howard Aiken]], American computing pioneer (d. [[1973]])
* [[March 19]] - [[Frédéric Joliot]], French physicist, recipient of the [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry]] (d. [[1958]])
* [[March 23]] - [[Erich Fromm]], German-born psychologist and philosopher (d. [[1980]])
* [[March 29]] - [[John McEwen]], Prime Minister of Australia (d. [[1980]])
* [[March 31]] - [[Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester]] (d. [[1974]])
* [[April 2]] - [[Roberto Arlt]], Argentine writer (d. [[1942]])
* [[April 5]] - [[Spencer Tracy]], American actor (d. [[1967]])
* [[April 8]] - [[Marie Byles]], Australian solicitor (d. [[1979]])
* [[April 16]] - [[Polly Adler]], Russian author (d. [[1962]])
* [[April 21]] - [[Hans Fritzsche]], German Nazi official (d. [[1953]])
* [[April 25]] - [[Wolfgang Ernst Pauli]], Austrian-born physicist, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. [[1958]])
* [[April 26]] - [[Charles Richter]], American geophysicist and inventor (d. [[1985]])
* [[April 27]] – [[August Koern]], Estonian statesman and diplomat (d. [[1989]])
* [[April 30]] - [[Cecily Lefort]], English World War II heroine (d. [[1945]])
* [[May 1]] - [[Ignazio Silone]], Italian author (d. [[1978]])
* [[May 12]] - [[Helene Weigel]], Austrian actress (d. [[1971]])
* [[May 15]] - [[Zheng Ji (biochemist)|Zheng Ji]], Chinese nutritionist and biochemist
* [[May 17]] - [[Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini]], Iranian political leader (d. [[1989]])
* [[May 23]] - [[Hans Frank]], German Nazi official (d. [[1946]])
* [[May 27]] - [[Uładzimir Zylka]], Belarusian poet (d. [[1933]])
* [[May 28]] - [[Tommy Ladnier]], American jazz trumpeter (d. [[1939]])
* [[June 3]] - [[Rolland Fisher]], American temperance activist (d. [[1982]])
* [[June 4]] - [[George Watkins (baseball player)|George Watkins]], American baseball player (d. [[1970]])
* [[June 5]] - [[Dennis Gabor]], Hungarian physicist, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. [[1979]])
* [[June 7]] - [[Glen Gray]], American saxophonist (d. [[1963]])
* [[June 15]] - [[Paul Mares]], American jazz trumpeter (d. [[1949]])
* [[June 17]] - [[Martin Bormann]], German Nazi official (d. [[1945]])
* [[June 29]] - [[Antoine de Saint-Exupery]], French pilot and writer (d. [[1944]])
===July-December===
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* [[July 4]] - [[Robert Desnos]], French poet (d. [[1945]])
* [[July 6]] - [[Frederica Sagor Maas]], American playwright, essayist, and author
* [[July 13]] - [[George Lewis (clarinetist)|George Lewis]], American jazz clarinetist (d. [[1968]])
* [[July 29]] - [[Eyvind Johnson]], Swedish writer, [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. [[1976]])
* [[August 3]] - [[Ernie Pyle]], American journalist (d. [[1945]])
* [[August 4]] - [[Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon]], queen of [[George VI of the United Kingdom]] (d. [[2002]])
* [[August 6]] - [[Cecil H. Green]], British-born geophysicist and businessman (d. [[2003]])
* [[August 10]] - [[Arthur Espie Porritt]], New Zealand politician and athlete (d. [[1994]])
* [[August 11]] - [[Philip Phillips (archaeologist)|Philip Phillips]], American archaeologist (d. [[1994]])
* [[August 18]] - [[Glenn Albert Black]], American archaeologist (d. [[1964]])
* [[August 19]]
**<!--August 19-->[[Colleen Moore]], American actress (d. [[1988]])
**<!--August 19-->[[Gilbert Ryle]], British philosopher (d. [[1976]])
* [[August 22]] - [[Sergei Ozhegov]], Russian lexicographer (d. [[1964]])
* [[August 25]] - Sir [[Hans Adolf Krebs]], German physician and biochemist, recipient of the [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine]] (d. [[1981]])
* [[August 26]] - [[Hellmuth Walter]], German engineer and inventor (d. [[1980]])
* [[September 3]] - [[Urho Kekkonen]], President of Finland (d. [[1986]])
* [[September 6]] - [[W.A.C. Bennett]], Canadian politician (d. [[1979]])
* [[September 22]] - [[Paul H. Emmett]], American chemical engineer (d. [[1985]])
* [[September 23]] - [[Louise Nevelson]], Ukrainian-born American sculptor (d. [[1988]])
* [[September 28]] - [[Boris Efimov]], Russian political cartoonist and propaganda artist
* [[September 29]] - [[Miguel Alemán Valdés]], President of Mexico (d. [[1983]])
* [[September 29]] - [[Auguste van Pels]], German-Dutch mother of Peter van Pels, housemate of Anne Frank (d. [[1945]])
* [[October 1]] - [[Tom Goddard]], English cricketer (d. [[1966]])
* [[October 6]] - [[Stan Nichols]], English cricketer (d. [[1961]])
* [[October 7]] - [[Heinrich Himmler]], German Nazi official and SS head (d. [[1945]])
* [[October 30]] - [[Ragnar Granit]], Finnish neuroscientist, recipient of the [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine]] (d. [[1991]])
* [[November 4]] - [[Lucreţiu Pătrăşcanu]], Romanian communist activist and sociologist (d. [[1954]])
* [[November 5]]
**<!--November 5-->[[Martin Dies, Jr.]], American politician (d. [[1972]])
**<!--November 5-->[[Natalie Schafer]], American actress (d. [[1991]])
* [[November 8]]
**<!--November 8-->[[Charlie Paddock]], American athlete (d. [[1943]])
**<!--November 8-->[[Margaret Mitchell]], American writer (d. [[1949]])
* [[November 11]] - [[Halina Konopacka]], Polish athlete (d. [[1989]])
* [[November 13]] - [[David Marshall Williams]], American inventor (d. [[1975]])
* [[November 14]] - [[Aaron Copland]], American composer (d. [[1990]])
* [[November 16]] - [[Nikolai Pogodin]], Soviet playwright (d. [[1962]])
* [[November 22]] - [[Tom Macdonald (writer)|Tom Macdonald]], Welsh journalist and novelist (d. [[1980]])
* [[November 25]] - [[Rudolf Höß]], German Nazi official (d. [[1947]])
* [[December 3]]
**<!--December 3-->[[Ulrich Inderbinen]], Swiss mountain guide (d. [[2004]])
**<!--December 3-->[[Richard Kuhn]], Austrian chemist, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. [[1967]])
* [[December 4]] - [[John Axon]], British railwayman (d. [[1957]])
* [[December 12]] - [[Sammy Davis, Sr.]], American dancer (d. [[1988]])
* [[December 20]] - [[Marinus van der Goes van Naters]], Dutch politician (d. [[2005]])
==Deaths==
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* [[January 20]] - [[John Ruskin]], English writer and social critic (b. [[1819]])
* [[January 31]] - [[John Sholto Douglas, 9th Marquess of Queensberry]], Scottish nobleman and boxer (b. [[1844]])
* [[February 18]] - [[Clinton L. Merriam]], American politician (b. [[1824]])
* [[March 6]]
**<!--March 6-->[[Gottlieb Daimler]], German inventor and automotive pioneer (b. [[1834]])
**<!--March 6-->[[Bechstein|Carl Bechstein]], [[Germany|German]] [[piano]] maker (b. [[1826]])
* [[April 5]]
**<!--April 5-->[[Joseph Louis François Bertrand]], French mathematician (b. [[1822]])
**<!--April 5-->[[Osman Nuri Paşa]], Ottoman military leader (b. [[1832]])
*[[April 17]] - [[George Curry (Wild Bunch)|George Curry]], Wild West robber (Wild Bunch) (b. [[1864]]) (shot)
* [[April 19]] - [[James Dawson (activist)|James Dawson]], Australian activist (b. [[1806]])
*[[April 22]] - [[Amédée-François Lamy]], French solder (b. [[1858]]) (killed in battle)
* [[April 24]] - [[George Douglas Campbell, 8th Duke of Argyll]], British politician (b.[[1823]])
* [[April 30]] - [[Casey Jones]], American railway engineer (b. [[1864]])
* [[May 18]] - [[Jean Gaspard Felix Ravaisson-Mollien]], French philosopher (b. [[1813]])
* [[June 2]]
**<!--June 2-->[[Samori Ture]], West African empire-builder (b. [[1830]])
**<!--June 2-->[[Clarence Cook]], American critic and writer (b. [[1828]])
* [[June 3]] - [[Mary Kingsley]], English explorer and writer (b. [[1862]])
* [[June 5]] - [[Stephen Crane]], American author (b. [[1871]])
* [[June 11]] - [[Belle Boyd]], American Confederate spy and actress (b. [[1843]])
*[[June 19]] - [[Princess Josephine of Baden]] (b. [[1813]])
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*[[July 8]] - [[Henry D. Cogswell]], American philanthropist (b. [[1820]])
* [[July 29]] - [[Umberto I of Italy|Umberto I]], King of Italy (b. [[1844]])
* [[July 31]] - [[Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha]], second son of Queen Victoria (b. [[1844]])
* [[August 10]] - [[Charles Russell, Baron Russell of Killowen]], Lord Chief Justice of England (b.[[1832]])
* [[August 12]] - [[Wilhelm Steinitz]], Austrian-born chess player (b. [[1836]])
* [[August 16]] - [[José Maria de Eça de Queiroz]], Portuguese writer (b. [[1845]])
* [[August 23]] - [[Kuroda Kiyotaka]], Prime Minister of Japan (b. [[1840]])
* [[August 25]] - [[Friedrich Nietzsche]], German philosopher and writer (b. [[1844]])
* [[September 23]]
**<!--September 23-->[[William Marsh Rice]], American philanthropist and university founder (b. [[1816]])
**<!--September 23-->[[Arsenio Martínez Campos]], Spanish revolutionary (b. [[1831]])
* [[September 29]] - [[Samuel Fenton Cary]], American politician (b. [[1814]])
* [[October 15]] - [[Zdeněk Fibich]], Czech composer (b. [[1850]])
* [[October 22]] - [[John Sherman (politician)|John Sherman]], American politician (b.[[1823]])
* [[November 22]] - [[Arthur Sullivan|Sir Arthur Sullivan]]. English composer (b. [[1842]])
* [[November 30]] - [[Oscar Wilde]], Irish writer (b. [[1854]])
==Notes==
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==External links==
*[http://www.coinpage.com/1900-pictures.html 1900 Coin Pictures]
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