...Date... AGE Event
1900/--/-- -1 - American novelist Theodore Dreiser publishes his first novel Sister Carrie.
1900/--/-- -1 - An international force lifts the Boxer siege of Peking.
1900/--/-- -1 - British politician Keir Hardie helps to found the Labour party.
1900/--/-- -1 - Chinese nationalists besiege foreigners in Peking during the Boxer Uprising.
1900/--/-- -1 - Dutch physiologist Willem Einthoven invents the electrocardiograph.
1900/--/-- -1 - Hawaii is made a U.S. Territory; Sanford Dole serves as the first governor.
1900/--/-- -1 - Hector Guimard uses Art Nouveau designs for the entrances to the Paris Metro.
1900/--/-- -1 - Humbert I is assassinated; he is succeeded by Victor Emanuel III as king of Italy.
1900/--/-- -1 - Italian author Gabriele D'Annunzio publishes The Flame of Life.
1900/--/-- -1 - James J. Jeffries beats Jim Corbett to retain the heavyweight boxing title.
1900/--/-- -1 - Max Planck formulates the quantum theory in physics.
1900/--/-- -1 - Psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud publishes The Interpretation of Dreams.
1900/--/-- -1 - Sir Arthur Evans begins the excavation of the Minoan palace at Knossos, Crete.
1900/--/-- -1 - The Boers begin a guerrilla war against the British occupation forces.
1900/--/-- -1 - The British defeat the Boer (Afrikaner) armies in South Africa and occupy Pretoria.
1900/--/-- -1 - The U.S. wins the first Davis Cup tennis contest.
1900/04/18 0 *** Benson, Alfred Clayton - Born to Benson, William Bradford Alexander and Omohundro, Margaret (Maggie)
1900/09/06 0 *** Benson, Lena May [1st cousin] - Born to Benson, Richard James and Speck, Hortense (Hortie) Kelso, Lincoln, Tennessee
1901/--/-- 0 - A 39,000 year-old frozen mammoth is discovered in Russia.
1901/--/-- 0 - A stele bearing the Code of Hammurabi is discovered in Susa, Iran.
1901/--/-- 0 - American surgeon Walter Reed proves that yellow fever is transmitted by mosquitoes.
1901/--/-- 0 - An American League of baseball is formed in competition to the National League.
1901/--/-- 0 - Andrew Carnegie sells his company and devotes himself to philanthropy.
1901/--/-- 0 - Britain incorporates Ashanti territory into the Gold Coast (Ghana).
1901/--/-- 0 - English author Beatrix Potter publishes her children's book The Tale of Peter Rabbit.
1901/--/-- 0 - Guglielmo Marconi tests radio transmissions between England and Newfoundland.
1901/--/-- 0 - King C. Gillette founds the American Safety Razor Company.
1901/--/-- 0 - Pres. McKinley shot by anarchist
1901/--/-- 0 - President McKinley is assassinated by the anarchist Leon Czolgosz.
1901/--/-- 0 - Queen Victoria dies; she is succeeded by her son Edward VII.
1901/--/-- 0 - Russia occupies Manchuria in north-east China.
1901/--/-- 0 - Sergei Rachmaninoff writes his Second Piano Concerto.
1901/--/-- 0 - Sir Edward Elgar composes the first of his five Pomp and Circumstance Marches.
1901/--/-- 0 - Spanish painter Pablo Picasso's Blue Period begins.
1901/--/-- 0 - Temperance advocate Carry Nation uses a hatchet to attack a Kansas saloon.
1901/--/-- 0 - The Commonwealth of Australia is founded.
1901/--/-- 0 - The first U.S. national bowling tournament is held.
1901/--/-- 0 - Theodore Roosevelt (Republican) becomes president of the United States
1901/--/-- 0 - Theodore Roosevelt is inaugurated as the 26th U.S. president.
1901/--/-- 0 - Victor L. Berger and Eugene V. Debs help found the American Socialist party.
1901/01/02 0 - Edward VII succeeds as King of Great Britain and Ireland.
1901/10/27 1 *** Benson, Alfred Clayton - Died
In 1900 Transportation was by:
Foot
Horse
Bicycle
Train
Steamboat
Balloon
In 1900 Communications was by:
Word of Mouth
Post Office
Telegraph
By 1901 Communications was by:
Telephone
in addition.
In 1900 Food Preparation was by:
Wood
In 1900 Entertainment was by:
Social Intercourse
Organized Sports
Travel
Professional Sports
Movies
Radio
Television
Theme parks
Computer
In 1900 Health Care was by:
Operations
Anesthetic
X-Rays
MRI
In 1900 War Making was by:
Calvary
gun
Artillery
Machine guns
Submarine
Iron Clad ships
Mines
In 1900 Navigation was by:
Stars & Maps
Compass
from the SFHR database of Duane Bristow 03-13-2021 19:55:25