1900 Events

1900 Albert Einstein graduates from Federal Polytechnic in Zurich
Einstein applied directly to the Eidgenössische Polytechnische Schule (later Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule (ETH)) in Zürich, Switzerland. Lacking the requisite Matura certificate, ...
1900 B. Harley Bradley House Constructed
The B. Harley Bradley House in Kankakee, Illinois, is widely acknowledged as Wright's first Prairie Style design. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places individually and...
1900 Warren Hickox House Constructed
Warren Hickox House, also known as the Hickox/Brown house, is a Frank Lloyd Wright designed Prairie school home that was constructed in Kankakee, Illinois in 1900. Warren Hickox's wife wa...
1900 Feb 16 Montreal Shamrocks win Stanley Cup
A late season challenge from the Winnipeg Victorias saw the Montreal Shamrocks play three games against the Manitoba champions. Playing all three games in five days, the Victorias won the...
1900 Mar 6 Gottlieb Daimler Dies
In a letter to his wife in the 1870s there was historically significant remark. On a panoramic postcard of Cologne, Gottieb Daimler traced a three pointed star, writing: "one day this sta...
1900 Apr 11 U.S. Navy Acquires Its First Submarine
On April 11, 1900, the U.S. Navy acquired its first submarine, designed by Irish immigrant John P. Holland. Propelled by gasoline while on the surface and by electricity when submerged, ...
1900 May 1 Scofield Mine Disaster
The Scofield mine disaster occurred on 1 May 1900 when an explosion ripped through the Winter Quarters Number Four mine located west of Scofield. Men working in the mine were killed outri...
1900 May 14
to 1900 Oct 28
 Games of the II Olympiad held in Paris, France
The 1900 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the II Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event which was celebrated in 1900 in Paris, France. No opening or closing cer...
1900 May 17 'The Wonderful Wizard of Oz' is Published
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz is a children's novel written by L. Frank Baum and illustrated by W.W. Denslow. It was originally published by the George M. Hill Company in Chicago on May 17, ...
1900 Jun 14 President William McKinley appoints Sanford Dole first territorial governor of Hawaii
The territory of Hawaii is established and Sanford Dole, cousin of James Dole, is appointed first Governor of the new territory.
1900 Jul 4 Tacoma Trolley Disaster
Nearly a hundred people, passengers on a car bound for this city, were plunged into a gulch at Twenty-sixth and C Streets shortly after 8 o'clock this morning. Those who were standing on ...
1900 Jul 14 Prescott's Great Fire
Prescott is home to the historical area known as "Whiskey Row", until 1956 a notorious red-light district. In 1900, a great fire destroyed most of the buildings on Whiskey Row. As legend ...
1900 Aug 4 Étienne Lenoir dies
Self-taught chemist and inventor Étienne Lenoir built the first practical internal-combustion engine, with valves allowing both the intake of an air-fuel mixture and the outflow of exhaus...
1900 Aug 27 U.S. Army Physician James Carroll Allowed An Infected Mosquito To Feed On Him
On August 27, 1900, U.S. Army physician James Carroll allowed an infected mosquito to feed on him in an attempt to isolate the means of transmission of yellow fever. Carroll developed a s...
1900 Sep 8 A Hurricane Hits The Gulf Of Mexico
On September 8, 1900, hurricane winds of at least 120 miles per hour ripped across the Texas coastline of the Gulf of Mexico, killing over 5000 people and decimating the city of Galveston...
1900 Sep 8 Galveston Hurricane of 1900
The Hurricane of 1900 made landfall on the city of Galveston in the U.S. state of Texas, on September 8, 1900. It had estimated winds of 135 miles per hour (217 km/h) at landfall, making ...
1900 Oct 1 Winston Churchill Is Elected To The House Of Commons
Churchill from the beginning invariably addressed national rather than local issues. Oldham (for which he sat in 1900-06) was an important cotton-spinning centre whose electorate favoured...
1900 Oct 5 Flight of 1900 Wright Glider
The 1900 glider was the Wrights’ first piloted aircraft. First flight-tested at Kitty Hawk in the fall of that year, it incorporated the wire-braced biplane structure and wing-warping con...
1900 Nov 6 Theodore Roosevelt Elected Vice President of United States
Roosevelt was a powerful campaign asset for the Republican ticket, which defeated William Jennings Bryan in a landslide based on restoration of prosperity at home and a successful war and...
1900 Nov 14 Aaron Copland Is Born
American composer Aaron Copland was born on November 14, 1900, in Brooklyn, New York. The son of Russian-Jewish immigrants, at age 15 Copland decided to become a composer. In 1942, Co...
1900 Nov 30 Oscar Wilde Dies
"Death must be so beautiful. To lie in the soft brown earth, with the grasses waving above one's head, and listen to silence. To have no yesterday, and no to-morrow. To forget time, to for..." —Oscar Wilde
1900 Dec Winston Churchill Publishes 'The Story of the Malakand Field Force'
"Every influence, every motive, that provokes the spirit of murder among men, impels these mountaineers to deeds of treachery and violence. The strong aboriginal propensity to kill, inhere..." —Winston Churchill
1900 Dec 27 Carry Nation Brings Her Campaign Against Alcohol To Wichita, Kansas
On December 27, 1900, Carry Nation brought her campaign against alcohol to Wichita, Kansas when she smashed the bar at the elegant Carey Hotel. Earlier that year, Nation abandoned the non...