1900
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| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 18th century – 19th century – 20th century |
| Decades: | 1870s 1880s 1890s – 1900s – 1910s 1920s 1930s |
| Years: | 1897 1898 1899 – 1900 – 1901 1902 1903 |
1900 (MCM) was an exceptional common year starting on Monday, in accordance with the Gregorian Calendar. It was the last year of the 19th century but the first of the 1900s.
Art, music, theatre, literature[change | change source]
- May 17 – The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum is published.
Events[change | change source]
- February 9 – The Boers defeat the British at Ladysmith, South Africa.
- The Olympic Games took place in Paris.
Births[change | change source]
- March 29 – John McEwen, eighteenth Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1980)
- April 16 – Polly Adler, Russian writer (d. 1962)
- April 26 – Charles Richter, American geophysicist and inventor (d. 1985)
- June 17 – Martin Bormann, Nazi-German politician (d. 1945)
- August 4 – Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, queen of George VI of the United Kingdom (d. 2002)
- October 7 – Heinrich Himmler, Nazi official (d. 1945)
- November 14 – Aaron Copland, American composer (d. 1990)
Deaths[change | change source]
- June 5 – Stephen Crane, American writer (b. 1871)
- August 25 – Friedrich Nietzsche, German philosopher and writer (b. 1844)
- November 22 – Sir Arthur Sullivan. English composer (b. 1842)
- November 30 – Oscar Wilde, Irish writer (b. 1854)
