1900 34653 224219859 2008-07-07T21:25:20Z Joao Xavier 5230734 Miguel Alemán Valdez = 1900 {{otheruses2|1900}} {{year nav|1900}} {{C20YearInTopicX}} 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]] <ref> "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]]). </ref> 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]]). {{C20YearTOC}} == Events of 1900 == ===January=== <!-- Link dates even if repeated, for date-format preferences. --> {{Month3|1|0|0}} * [[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=== <!--Link dates even if repeated, for date-format preferences. --> {{Month3|2|3|0}} [[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=== {{Month3|3|3|0}} * [[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=== <!--Link dates even if repeated, for date-format preferences. --> {{Month3|4|6|0}} * [[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]]. {{Month3|5|1|0}} {{Month3|6|4|0}} ===May=== <!--Link dates even if repeated, for date-format preferences. --> * [[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. {{Month3|7|6|0}} ===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=== <!--Link dates even if repeated, for date-format preferences. --> * [[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]]. {{Month3|8|2|0}} {{Month3|9|5|0}} ===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. {{Month3|10|0|0}} {{Month3|11|3|0}} {{Month3|12|5|0}} ===November=== <!--Link dates even if repeated, for date-format preferences. --> * [[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== {{Year in other calendars|japanese=[[Meiji period|Meiji]] 33}} ===January-June=== <!--Link dates even if repeated, for date-format preferences. --> * [[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=== <!--Link dates even if repeated, for date-format preferences. --> * [[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== ===January - June=== <!--DEATHS--> <!--Link dates even if repeated, for date-format preferences. --> * [[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]]) {{C20YearTOCright}} ===July - December=== <!--DEATHS--> <!--Link dates, even if repeated, for date-format preferences. --> *[[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. 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