Date: February 18, 1900
Nicaragua sells canal rights to U.S. for $5 million. The canal agreement fails in March 1901. Great Britain rejects the amended treaty. Date: December 1, 1900 📅 Other events on December 1 📅 Events on this day in 1900 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1900Second Boer War: UK Annexes Orange Free State,…
U.S. Government announces plans to buy Danish West Indies for $7 million. Date: October 24, 1900 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 24 📅 Events on this day in 1900 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1900Max Planck Presents Quantum Theory of Black-Body Radiation, December 14, 1900Thousand Days’ War:…
Fires destroy Canadian cities Ottawa and Hull, reducing them to ashes in 12 hours. Twelve thousand people are left without a home. Date: April 26, 1900 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 26 📅 Events on this day in 1900 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1900Great Britain Annexes…
Second Boer War: The Battle of Spion Kop between the forces of the South African Republic and the Orange Free State and British forces ends in a British defeat. Date: January 23, 1900 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 23 📅 Events on this day in 1900 📅 On This Day…
The Taoist monk Wang Yuanlu discovers the Dunhuang manuscripts, a cache of ancient texts that are of great historical and religious significance, in the Mogao Caves of Dunhuang, China. Date: June 25, 1900 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 25 📅 Events on this day in 1900 📅 On This Day…
The luxury raching yacht Idler capsizes and sinks on Lake Erie during a storm, drowning six of its seven passengers (all members of the family of Cleveland businessman James C. Corrigan). Date: July 7, 1900 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 7 📅 Events on this day in 1900 📅 On…