June 9 » Indian nationalist Birsa Munda dies of cholera in a British prison.
June 17 » Boxer Rebellion: Western Allied and Japanese forces capture the Taku Forts in Tianjin, China.
June 20 » Boxer Rebellion: The Imperial Chinese Army begins a 55-day siege of the Legation Quarter in Beijing, China.
July 9 » The Federation of Australia is given royal assent.
November 7 » The People's Party is founded in Cuba.
December 18 » The Upper Ferntree Gully to Gembrook, Victoria Narrow-gauge (2ft 6 in or 762mm) Railway (now the Puffing Billy Railway) in Victoria, Australia is opened for traffic.
Day of death July 19, 1900
The temperature on July 19, 1900 was about 30.1 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 41%. Source: KNMI
January 24 » Second Boer War: Boers stop a British attempt to break the Siege of Ladysmith in the Battle of Spion Kop.
February 27 » Second Boer War: In South Africa, British military leaders receive an unconditional notice of surrender from Boer General Piet Cronjé at the Battle of Paardeberg.
February 28 » The Second Boer War: The 118-day "Siege of Ladysmith" is lifted.
June 5 » Second Boer War: British soldiers take Pretoria.
June 14 » The second German Naval Law calls for the Imperial German Navy to be doubled in size, resulting in an Anglo-German naval arms race.
October 9 » The Cook Islands become a territory of the United Kingdom.
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